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Description: | Bronze muzzleloading smoothbore 4pdr gun mounted on a replica carriage.. The gun is engraved: MOUNTIOY EARLE OF NEWPORT MR GENERALL OF THE ORDNANCE IOHN BROWNE MADETHIS PEECE 1640. Tudor rose crown CR (Charles I). Calibre: 3.2in. The Brownes were a famous family of gunfounders. John Browne was appointed Royal Founder in 1618 and was forced to supply cannon to the Parliamentary Forces during the Civil War. He continued casting guns until his death in 1651. The family's gunfounders works were at Bedgebury, Brenchley and Horsmonden in Sussex and Chiddingford in Surrey.
Mountjoy Blount, Baron Mountjoy and Earl of Newport (1597-1666) was appointed Master General of the Ordnance for life in 1634 but was discharged from office in 1660. These three guns were found in the Victualling Yard at Deptford and transferred to the NM. There are an additional two dated 1638 in the collection of the Royal Armouries. All these guns were mounted on the bastion of the Royal Victoria Yard at Deptford as a defence against the threatened attack by the Dutch in 1667. They are possibly the guns referred to in Pepy's Diary -entry June 14th 1667. See also KTP0023 and KTP0045.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | artillery | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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