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This is a loose list of laws about arms and armour in the British Isles by monarchical period.
England
Plantagenet era
1252- All able men from age 15-60 must practice archery on Sundays and ban all other sports.
Edwardian era
1285- Ban of fencing schools within city limits.
1328- No person but knights shall wear a sword within city limits except when entering or leaving a city.
No person shall be found with sharp arrowheads.+
1318- Ban of armour at parliament.
Henriad era
1415- Soldiers must bear the cross of St. George.
Tudor era
1540- Reestablishment of fencing guild, specifically the CoMoDs*.
1540- Ban of thrusts.
1566- Swords must have a blade no more than [41 inches], daggers [1 foot], or buckler spike of 2 inches.
Scotland
Bruce era
1318- Men worth 10 pounds must have a minimum of an aketon, helm (bascinet), maille gloves, a spear and sword, men who could afford a cow must have a spear or bow with 24 arrows.
Stuart era
1488- Men worth 10 pounds must have a minimum of a helm (bascinet or sallet), pisan, leg harness, sword, spear, and dagger; yeomen must have a bow or axe in addition to the previous; and Burgess to have white armour or brigandine and plate gauntlets.
1488- Ban all sports except archery.
1540- Noblemen must have plate armour; lower status men must have jack plates, hauberk, or brigandine, splint pisan, maille knee pans, and gauntlets; yeomen must have jack plates, hauberk, or brigandine, splints, helm (sallet or bonnet), pisan, and sword.
Great Britain
Stewart era
1603- Repeal of Tudor sumptuary laws.
Ban of two-handed swords and replace with swords and targes.+
1689- Right of Protestants to bear arms
Georgian era
1745- Ban of Highland dress (including arms) except for military regiments.
1751- 1st of many military regulations regarding weapons (see previous post for these and others).
Ban of dueling.+
Ireland
1695- Penal laws ban right to bear arms for Catholics
1777- Code Duello
United Kingdom
1903- Firearms sale restrictions.
1916- Sword ban in military.
*CoMoDs: Company of Masters of Defence
+: No discernible date
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