Anton,Lagopus, Kensal Rise
The Truelocke.
London:William Truelocke apprenticed to Thomas Hollis, 1640, Free of Blacksmiths Co., 1655, Made free of Gunmakers Co., 1661, Elected Assistant, 1664, Master, 1673, Gunmaker, St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross, 1660-75,
Appointed Gunsmith without Fee-in-Ordinary to Charles II, 1668, Contractor to Ordnance, 1661-80, Gun viewer to Hudson Bay Co., 1681-3.
Quoted from the diary of Samuel Pepys, March 29, 1667: “"One Truelocke the famous gunsmith, that is a mighty ingenious man and he did take my gun in pieces and made me understand the secrets thereof."”
Truelock, William son of William Truelocke 1653-1690
Apprenticed to Robert Silke., Turned over to father, 1667, Free of Gunmakers Co., 1674, Proof piece, 1674, Gunmaker to Ordnance, 1683.
George 1 Trulock, free of the Gunmakers' Company in 1688, and Assistant in 1700, was Gunmaker to Ordnance between 1695 and 1708.
Dublin :Thomas Truelock 1720 -1798, October 25
Gunmaker and Sherriff to Lord Mayor of Dublin, Henry Hart (1774/5)
Alderman of Dublin (Elected August 6, 1792)
Thomas Truelock 1741 1830, Gunmaker
College Green, Dublin (1762-71), Old Church Street, Dublin (1787), Barrack Street, Dublin (1789-1821), 22 Suffolk Street, Dublin (1796), Dame Street, Dublin
Willliam Trulock's gunmaking business was called 'William Truelock & Son', Upon his death, it was taken over by his wife Elizabeth. After several years the name was changed and the business became known as 'E. Truelock and Son' (1843),
William left the sum of £1,384 to his wife, Elizabeth. George Trulock took over the business in 1853.
Joseph Harriss married Elizabeth Trulock in 1846 and went into partnership with his brother-in-law George Trulock. The business, formerly known as 'E. Trulock and Son', became henceforth known as 'Trulock and Harriss'.
Then, in 1898, Richardson, a gunmaker from Cork, joined and the company became known as 'Trulock, Harriss and Richardson'.
Trulock, Brothers, 13 Parliament street, Dublin.
Trulock Brothers. 11 Essex Bridge, Dublin.
The Trulock & Harriss company was based at 9 Dawson St, Dublin, Ireland. . In 1892 John Rigby was moving his Dublin operation to London and Trulock & Harris purchased the Dublin works of the Rigby company at 24- 64 Suffolk Street.
There was also a London branch at one point ?? which may or may not be Henry Trulock Harriss, 22 Bury Street, St. James, London 1909 to 1911-1916 of which Lagopus refers.
The company ceased trading at its Dublin address in 1914, to the best of my knowledge.
Oh BTW they produced some very nice guns.
