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Floruit: 1603–1617
floruit (A) 1603 - 1617 ; Male, married
Introduction
Phillip Harrison was a bookseller in London and member of the Stationers' Company. He was freed by patrimony on June 27, 1603, as the son of John Harrison, a stationer, and established himself at the Royal Exchange and Cornhill. Harrison took on at least three apprentices in the book trade between 1603 and 1612, and was documented as active in the London book trade through the early 17th century.
Family Relationships
Livery Companies
| Company |
Source
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| Stationers' Company |
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Occupations (1)
| Occupation |
Comment
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| Bookseller |
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910)
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Had Apprentice(s): (3)
Addresses (3)
| Date |
Address |
Trade at Addr |
Source |
Comment
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| 1608 |
Royal Exchange |
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
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| 1608 |
|
|
STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- at the Little Shop against the conduit
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| 1609 |
Cornhill |
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STC. vol.3, (1991) |
- Shop in - over against Royal Exchange
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Events (7)
Sources and References
| Original Sources |
Comments
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| St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin |
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SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS
Transcriptions
S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p,78
McKerrow, R.B. &c. (1910), p.127
HARRISON (PHILIP), bookseller in London, 1603-8; At the Exchange. Son of John Harrison the younger (1579-1617) { HARRISON, John ( - 1617) ‹ LBT 07622 › }, and admitted to the freedom of the Company "per patrimonium" on June 27th, 1603 [Arber, ii. 735], and in August of the same year he entered an apprentice [Arber, ii. 273]. On March 5th, 1607/8, he entered a book relating to the East Indies [Arber, iii. 370; see Hazlitt, III. 235]. Another Philip Harrison, perhaps son of the above, took up his freedom in the Company on July 4th, 1631 { HARRISON, Phillip ‹ LBT 10123 › } [Arber, iii. 686].