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Thomas HARRISON ca.1650-1707

Bookplate of Thomas Harrison (British Museum Franks Collection *365)

Biographical Note

Son of Thomas Harrison of Allerthorpe, Yorkshire, gentleman. Matriculated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 1667, but did not graduate; admitted at Gray's Inn 1667 (barrister, 1673). MP for Boroughbridge 1695-6; he spent some years in Ireland around 1700 as a Trustee for Irish Forfeitures.

Books

Harrison used an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1698, on which he noted his address as of Copgrave, near Knaresborough (Franks *365); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.

Sources

History of Parliament.
Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.

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-Harrison used an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1698, on which he noted his address as of [[location::Copgrove]], near [[location::Knaresborough]] (Franks *365); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.
+Harrison used an engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1698, on which he noted his address as of [[location::Copgrave]], near [[location::Knaresborough]] (Franks *365); the extent and disposition of his library are not known.
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