Legacy
As he was in his own time, Manton is revered as a maker of fine weaponry today. His weapons are considered the finest of the flintlock age, and often fetch considerably more at auction than even Holland & Holland's historical or modern shotguns.
Another example of Manton's huge influence on the art of gunmaking is the fact that his workforce included: James Purdey (who went on to found the world famous Purdey's), Thomas Boss, Joseph Lang, William Greener and Charles Lancaster. These five all went on to establish firms which ranked amongst the greatest gunmakers of the nineteenth century, all of these firms continue to make guns of supreme artistry.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)