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Britton, Thomas (1644–1714)  

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
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Britton, Thomas (1644–1714), concert promoter, book collector, and coal merchant  

Douglas A. Reid

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Britton, Thomas (1644–1714), concert promoter, book collector, and coal merchant, was born on 14 January 1644 at Rushden near Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire. He migrated to London where he apprenticed himself to a ‘small-coal’ (slack-coal, or charcoal) merchant near St John the Baptist's Street...