Gallyon Gun & Rifle Makers Ltd (formerly known as Gallyon & Sons) is a British gunmaker currently based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England, which offers bespoke sporting shotguns and rifles. The company was established by William Gallyon in Cambridge, in 1784. Gallyon Gun & Rifle Makers is a member of the Heritage Crafts and has held several Royal Warrant. History Gun making by the Gallyon family began in the late 1700s when William Gallyon [1758-1838], a descendant of a family of glaziers, was apprenticed to John Henshaw, a well-known London trained gunmaker. Henshaw completed his training in London and became a member of the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers, a London Guild, and became a Freeman of the City of London. Henshaw worked and traded in London before moving to Cambridge around 1746. In 1784 William Gallyon had left the employment of John Henshaw and had established his own gun making business in Cambridge. John Henshaw died on 7 February 1796 and within his will & testament, he directed his kinsman, James Henshaw, an ironmonger from London, to sell and dispose of the business, along with all the stock in trade and working goods; these were bought by William Gallyon. In 1939 Gallyon & Sons bought the business of Lionel Clough based in King's Lynn, a business which had its origins in 1800 with M. Spencer, gunmaker. In 1860 the business was sold and transferred to J.M. Boreham, and then 10 years later to John Young's Potter. Potter was an extremely fine craftsman who made a very good 12 and 16 bore game guns and larger bore fowling pieces. John Youngs Potter married Sarah Ann Rey at Stepney Baptist Church, Broad Street, Lynn on 3 March 1850. The 1851 census showed that they were staying with his brother Thomas Potter, at Hanover Square in London. This was close to where John Youngs Potter worked for one of the most prestigious gunmakers in England, Harris Holland of Bond Street, London. On 26 June 1858, he placed the following advertisement in the Lynn Advertiser: ‘GUNS. J. Potter, Practical Gun, Rifle, and Pistol Manufacturer, from Holland’s, London, 52, HIGH STREET, LYNN, returns his sincere thanks to his friends and the public in general for the very liberal support he has received since entering upon the above business, and hopes by strict attention to merit a continuance of their future favors. Also would call the