If an Irish farmer owned a caliver in 1630, is he likely to have been a former soldier?

Question

The man in question was a tenant farmer on the Ulster Plantation with no known military service.

Answer 1

He might had been a former soldier since a caliver is a heavy musket or fireman that eas replaced by the lighter arquebus.

Answer 2

Caliver's in the 1630 were the horses used by solders in battle back then. However, due to the changing times with more and more solders getting black powder weapons, the calivers were not being used as much and were turning into plow horses. If the farmer never served as a soldier, he may have gotten it from a soldier in a trade of some sort or for some other service and was trying to used the horse for a plow horse.

Answer 3

A caliver, or light musket, was the weapon used by the men who followed Hugh O'Neill when he fought the British in Ulster. The Battle of Clontibret was in 1595, so if the farmer in question was a youngish man at the time, in his early 20's, maybe, its possible he did fight in that particular battle. though, I wouldn't call it military service. Hugh's followers were a rebel force, so he'd have been more of a citizen militia.....sort of like the minutemen of the American Revolution.

Answer 4

a caliver is a 16th century gun, before the musket was invented. he may have been a soldier as it was unusual for farmers to carry that type of gun on the job.

Answer 5

Am Irish and confused by this question

Answer 6

vauxhall did not bring out the cavalier until the 1970's.

Answer 7

whats a caliver????????