Presbury, Philip, Bridge St Row (or Bridge St), Chester, cm and auctioneer (1750–95). Son of Samuel Presbury of Chester, wet glover. His father was dead by 9 March 1750 when Philip was made free. He took as apps John Cooke in 1750, James Green in 1752, Walter Griffith in 1753, John Linney in 1754, John Edwards in 1755, Robert Hooker in 1757, John Crimes in 1759, Thomas Roberts in 1767 and Robert Adams in 1773. In 1767 an application to extend the front of his property forward in line with the two adjacent buildings was granted. He appears to have traded from the first floor of the building and an application made at the same time to build a flight of steps directly from the street was refused. Despite the impressive number of apps taken in the 1750s, soon after the establishment of the business, it appears to have been only of modest size in 1780 with total insurance cover of £400 of which £150 was for utensils and stock. He advertised several auction sales in the period 1777–82 and may have scaled down his cabinet making to some extent to concentrate more on this side of the business. [D; poll bks; freemen rolls; Chester RO, AB/4; GL, Sun MS vol. 110, ref. 145963; vol. 282, ref. 427606; Chester Chronicle, 25 April 1777, 15 March 1782, 6 September 1782]