The weapons of Bonnie Prince Charlie – a new examination. (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Corp, Edward; Rimer, Graeme
• Is Part Of: Arms & armour. Volume 17:Number 1(2020)
• Page Start: 27
• Page End: 79
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Charles Edward Stuart -- Jacobite -- 3rd Duke of Perth -- William Mosman -- Kandler -- Jerningham/Jernegan -- Culloden -- Brodie -- Rome -- St. Andrew -- Order of Thistle -- Philip von Stosch -- targe -- broadsword -- Highland -- Medusa -- James Brown -- Cluny Macpherson -- William Gibb -- St. John Hope -- Gang Warily -- Duke of Sussex; Armor -- History -- Periodicals; Weapons -- History -- Periodicals; 623.405
• DOI: 10.1080/17416124.2020.1745429
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1741-6124

Abstract

Abstract : It is well documented that the Jacobite 3rd Duke of Perth gave Prince Charles Stuart, then in Rome, some Highland weapons and armour in 1739. Two swords and a targe in Scottish collections have been traditionally described as possibly forming part of that gift, but a different sword has recently been identified as a more likely candidate to be the one given by Perth to the prince. A re-examination both of the available documentary evidence and of the weapons themselves demonstrates that neither the two swords nor the targe in Scotland, nor a similar targe at Warwick Castle, could possibly have been given to Prince Charles Stuart in 1739, whereas it now seems probable that the recently identified sword really was the one given to him by the Duke of Perth.