. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . s discharged by a match fixedin a holder, which is depressed by the hand on to the pan. These are theonly existing examples of matchlock pistols. Hentzner mentions suchpistols, with four chambers, in his account of the Tower (Page 65 of thepresent work). Diameter, lylin. In the Inventory of 1547 there were forty of these targets in store, ofwhich one is described as with xxti little gonnes and one wt iiijgonnes. 1542. Item a targette of Steele wt. a gonne lacking, part oj the Steele fringedwith grene silke and lyned with grene ve
. Inventory and survey of the armouries of the Tower of London . s discharged by a match fixedin a holder, which is depressed by the hand on to the pan. These are theonly existing examples of matchlock pistols. Hentzner mentions suchpistols, with four chambers, in his account of the Tower (Page 65 of thepresent work). Diameter, lylin. In the Inventory of 1547 there were forty of these targets in store, ofwhich one is described as with xxti little gonnes and one wt iiijgonnes. 1542. Item a targette of Steele wt. a gonne lacking, part oj the Steele fringedwith grene silke and lyned with grene velat. 1547. Targettes steiled wt gonnes xxxv. 1676. Old Targettes of Iron with Pistolls 66Shield of Wood wth Pistoll i Ditto covered wth Leather i 1683, Old Targettes of Iron wth Pistolls 51Shields of Wood wth Pistolls i 1688. (Valuation). Old Targ wth Pistolls ^o at 5 s a Sheilds of wood wth pistolls i at g s. 196 THE ARMOURIES OF THE TOWER OF LONDON. 43. Pistol Shield, similar to the above, faced with steel, not painted ;the whole in good
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