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Keys, Philip (1752-54)

Keys, Philip, ‘The Golden Key’, opposite Berwick St, Oxford St, London, upholders and cm (1752–54). In both 1752 and 1754 took out insurance cover of £1,000. He had a timber store, warehouse and two workshops behind his dwelling house and also used the house immediately to the east of his dwelling for stock which was said to be mainly ‘Grocery & chandlery goods’. Most of the sum insured was for premises and stock used in his business. [GL, Sun MS vol. 95, ref. 129900; vol. 105, ref. 140289]

The original entry from Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840 can be found at British History Online.