Benjamin Lord. Gunsmith

Benjamin Lord

Gunsmith

Dame Street.
Dublin

Flintlock brass barrelled holster pistol

engraved "B. Lord". c. 1760

Photography courtesy Jim Horne.

               Benjamin Lords only trades directory entry for 1761

	Collins	Matthew		Dame St
	Govers	John		Dame St
	Lord	Benjamin		Dame st
	Lord	Francis		Dame St
	Rainsford	James		Castle Lane
	Thorp	Thomas		Darby Sq
	Trulock	Thomas		Castle Yard

M.S. Dudley Westropp lists Benjamin Lord for both 1755 & 1758.


Benjamin Lord became a Freeman of Dublin in Midsummer 1749. He is noted to be the son of
 a Francis Lord? Whether this is the gunmaker Francis Lord it is not clear. Gunmakers Benjamin and Francis could both be sons of this Francis Lord mentioned in the Dublin City Library and Archive Ancient Freemen of Dublin.

Benjamin Lord originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA. 

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

         Dave Stroud ramrodantiques.co.uk

East Cork: 1843 Registration Act.

The Irish Registration Act of 1843

  Schedule B.,6&7 Vic.,Cap.74,Sec 3.

                                   Licence to Keep Arms.

                                       County East Cork.

The following entries have been collected over a number years by myself, fellow collectors and dealers. In total over 1100 registrations from the 40 areas have been collated which is a very small sample of the 300.000 weapons the authorities had calculated were in circulation in private hands

at this time.

The list below gives all those weapons found registered in County East Cork between 1843-1846.

Listed are the county prefix, licence number, description of weapon/s and where possible the maker/retailer.

EC 72	Pair Duelling Pistols	Wogdon
EC 91	Pocket pistol. Converted to Perc'	Bryan
EC 112	Pair Flk Duelling Pistols	Whitney
EC 175	Converted Boarding Pistol.Spring Bayonet.	Bennett
EC 177	Flk Pistol	Griffin
EC 184	Flk Blunderbuss. Brass barrel	Henry Nock
EC 220	Flk Blunderbuss. 3 stage barrel.	T Hughes
EC 262	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss	Ketland & Co
EC 286	Flk Blunderbuss. Brass barrel	Whitney
EC 336	Perc' 4 Barrelled. Rotary Hammer Pistol.	M & J Pattison
EC 423	Flk 16 bore Duelling Pistols	P Whitney
EC 423	Dutch/Irish Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss
EC 482	Flk Duelling Pistols. 24 Bore.	Blackwell
EC 508	Percussion Officers Pistol	D.Egg
EC 641	Perc' Travelling Pistol. No Lock. PCBassett.
EC 736	40 bore perc'boxlock sidehammer pistol
EC 792	Percussion Pistol	Bachman
EC 884	Perc' Trav' Pistol	Hutchinson
EC 914	Converted Pkt Pistol.	Bryan
EC 945	Pair Silver Mounted Holster Pistols	Edwards
EC 947	Flk 18 bore Pocket Pistol.	Bryan
EC 1001	Cased Pair Duelling/Holster Pistols	Mc Dermott
EC 1069	Flk Duelling /Holster Pistols.Cased	Theo Richards
EC 1150	Flk Pistol.	Prosser
EC 1166/1167	Flk Cannon Barrelled Pistols	T Hughes
EC 1207	Flk Travelling Pistol	Fowler
EC 1211	Flk Cannon Barrelled Holster Pistol	T. Hughes
EC 1216	Flk Duelling Pistol. With shortened barrel.	Mills
EC 1220	Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss	Whitney
EC 1225	Flk Duelling Pistol. 10.5/8" barrel. TH on barrel.	P.Whitney
EC 1225	25 Bore Duelling Pistol. H.Hayes. Vernon mt JR. 54 Strand.	J Richards
EC 1242	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss. Cork No2 Mail.	Bryan
EC 1260	Flk Blunderbuss..	Hall
EC 1272	Flk Blunderbuss. Brass lock. 2 stage barrel.	Westerman
EC 1273	Flk Repeating Pistol	Lorenzoni
EC 1282	Flk Blunderbuss	Ketland
EC 1282	Flk Brass Barrelled Blunderbuss..	Edwards
EC 1332	Flk Heavy Calvary Pistol. 10 Bore. Birmingham Proof 1813.	Tower
EC 1536	Percussion Pistol.	Connel & Co
EC 1621	Perc' Travelling Pistol. ( Conversion). 16 bore. 4.5" Barrel	Tyner?
EC 1717	Pair Perc' Turnover Pocket Pistols. Birm.Proof.	Allport
EC 1717	Flk Light Dragoon Pistol. 9" Barrel.
EC 2057	28 Bore Miquelet Rifle
EC 2210	Flk Pistol . Silver Mounts.	Bourdiec
EC 2339	Flk Converted Caplock. D/B Shotgun	Manton
EC 2344	Flk Converted Caplock. D/B Shotgun	J Manton & Son
EC 2399	Cased Pair Perc' Duelling Pistols 1988. Now reconverted	Durs Egg
EC 2416	Pair Flk Holster Pistols	Harrison
EC 2466	Flk Light Dragoon Pistol.	Ketland
EC 2789	Flk Blunderbuss pistol. Steel Barrel. 10"	T.Hughes
EC 2925	Flk Silver Mounted Holster Pistol. 1777	Wilson
EC 2892	Pair Flk Belt Pistols.	Bass
EC 3675	Perc'Boxlock Pkt Pistol	Westley Richards
	A pair of Bass belt pistols both marked  EC- 2892                              Authors photography

As will be seen through these lists the majority of pairs of pistols are consecutively numbered. 

There was considerable confusion and many anomalies exist within the marking of weapons but these are normally easily explained.  County Louth did appear to have a number of issues and weapons  have been found marked "DR" (Drogheda). In another instance four different weapons were issued with the same licence number viz.  LH 1257. We will deal with other instances in later blogs.
                                          
                                   Official House of Commons Returns 8th May 1846. 

We are always pleased to know of other weapons registered in East Cork or any of the other 39 areas

under this Act.

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

Game Notices. Ireland

Game Notices.

                                               Ireland

         With the ever popular interest of fieldsports in Ireland the need to protect game became
         paramount. The above notices being evidence of the ongoing battle against the poacher.

            We are always interested in any advertisements related to early fieldsports in Ireland.
                                         
                                                   Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

Samuel Wallace. Gunmaker

Samuel Wallace
Gunmaker
Dublin

1782-1798

Featured Duelling Pistol

                                     Lockmaker mark "W H". Possibly William Henderson.
                                       Henderson was a Freeman in 1763 and was 
                                            apprenticed to Thomas Truelock, 
                                                    College Green, Dublin.

                                                              Detented lock

                                                    Enclosed roller to spring

                                              Classic "Wogdon" flat sided stock.

                                         Reverse side showing "V" & "P" Proof.



1798 Trades Directory final entry for Samuel Wallace.

Alley	William		6 Abbey St
Blackwell	Elizabeth		46 Fishamble st
Clarke	Nicholas		35 Capel St
Devereux	Michael		3 Blackall Row
Divine	Thomas		194 Abbey St
Dobson	James		32 Skinner Row
Edwards	William		1 Palace St
Fowler	Thomas		121 Capel st
Gray	John		2 Bride St
Guinness	Richard		107 James's St
Hutchinson	Michael		8 Dame St
Kinder	Matthew		81 Camden St
Meredith	Charles		45 Fishamble St
Morton	William		28 Castle St
Muley	Daniel		28 Parliament St
Phillips	Thomas		45 Gt Ship St
Powell	Isabella		159 Abbey St
Rigby	John		19 Suffolk St
Langson	John		22 Eustace St
Mc Dermott	Farrell		2 Abbey St
Tomlinson	Robert		123 Capel St
Truelock	Thomas		50 Barrack St
Wallace	Samuel		22 Eustace St

                  Our sincere thanks to the owner for photography and permission to feature this
                                          very elegant and desirable duelling pistol.

Samuel Wallace originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA. 

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

                We are always pleased to feature Irish pistols/guns through these blogs.

Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

Trulock & Son. 9 Dawson St.

Trulock & Son
Gunmakers
9 Dawson St.
Dublin

                                        Trade label used for the period 1832-1842.

                                
Truelock & Son trades directory entry for 1832.

Bales & King			28 Nassau Street. Listed as " London Gun Makers"
Calderwood	Thomas		14 Earl Street N.
Dempsey	William		192 Gt Britain Street
Donough	Thomas		2 Essex Quay
Gallagher	Henry		207 Gt Britain Street
Kavanagh	William		4 Ormond Quay Upper.
Lanigan	John		14 College Green
Murphy	John		190 Gt Britain Street
Parkinson	John		22 Arran Quay
Pattison	Mark & John		17 Crampton Quay
Pepper	George		1 Abbey Street
Rigby	William & John		24 Suffolk Street
Truelock	William & Son		9 Dawson Street
Walsh	John		43 Montgomery Street
Wilson	James		45 W. New Row

Both spellings Trulock & Truelock are found in the directories for the period 1832-1842.
However, we have never seen a trade card/label with the latter spelling.


Please refer to our earlier blogs:-     9/11/2015
                                                         29/9/2015 
                                                           5/9/2015

We are always interested in any material related to the Trulock dynasty of gunmakers.
                                      
Dave Stroud. ramrodantiques.co.uk

Gunstocks: Dublin

Alder's Timber Yard
No 52 Bridge Foot Street
Dublin. 

                                    Advertisement for Walnut Stocks for Guns and Pistols
                                                                         c. 1780

The above advertisement emphasizes the importance of the guntrade to the Dublin economy
in the late 18th century.  

         The Dublin guntrade in 1780 included:-

Alley	Lewis		15 Cork Hill
Dalton	Edward		46 College Green
Devine	Thomas		3 Abbey St
Edwards	William		5 Palace St
Morton	William		31 Skinner Row
Rainsford	James		29 Dame St.
Thorp	Thomas		Darby Sq

We are always interested in early advertisements related to the guntrade in Ireland.

Dave Stroud ramrodantiques.co.uk

Obadiah Wisdom. Gunmaker.

Obadiah Wisdom

Gunmaker

Drogheda

Gold  cartouche of Obadiah Wisdom.

All photography courtesy of the owner

Johan Van Zyl of South Africa.

Prior to the conversion this pistol was a top class dueller,

 possibly one of a pair. C. 1810

The above pistol being 15.75" in overall length with a 10.63" octagonal bead sighted barrel 

of 22 bore.

Half stocked chequered grip with horn forend.

Barrel made by John Murphy ("J.M")

Dublin.

In this conversion the full rainproof pan from the flintlock

has been poorly filed and remnants still evident.

The lockplate work is not that of Obadiah Wisdom.

Twin gold lined breech bands.  

The reworked breech plug and bolster very well executed.

Please refer to our earlier blog related to this gunmaker: 21/9/2015.

Our sincere thanks to the owner for details and photography.

Obadiah Wisdom originally listed by M.S. Dudley Westropp, MRIA. 

Journal Arms & Armour Society, 1957.

Vol.11. No 1.

We are always pleased to to know of weapons manufactured by this gunmaker.

Dave Stroud ramrodantiques.co.uk