Christopher Harris (died 1623)

Arms of Harris of Lanrest: *Sable, three crescents argent a bordure of the last*. These are the arms of Harris of Radford differenced by a *bordure argent*^[1]

Christopher Harris (1590–November 1623) of Lanrest in the parish of Liskeard in Cornwall, was a Member of Parliament for West Looe in Cornwall (1621). He should not be confused with his great-uncle Christopher Harris (c.1553-1625) of Radford in the parish of Plymstock in Devon, MP for Plymouth in 1584, whose heir apparent he was.

^ It is assumed by Gilbert (Gilbert, Charles Sandoe, An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, Volume 2, Part 1, p.136 & footnote) that the family of Harris of Lanrest was a junior branch of Harris of Radford, whose heirs they became. Harris of Lanrest was not a family long-established in Cornwall and no ancestry is recorded in the Heraldic Visitations of Cornwall [1].Gilbert states that Harris of Lanrest bore the same differenced arms as Harris of Hayne, i.e. with bordure argent, until they inherited Radford, when they adopted the undifferenced arms of the senior line

[1] It is assumed by Gilbert (Gilbert, Charles Sandoe, An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, Volume 2, Part 1, p.136 & footnote) that the family of Harris of Lanrest was a junior branch of Harris of Radford, whose heirs they became. Harris of Lanrest was not a family long-established in Cornwall and no ancestry is recorded in the Heraldic Visitations of Cornwall [1].Gilbert states that Harris of Lanrest bore the same differenced arms as Harris of Hayne, i.e. with bordure argent, until they inherited Radford, when they adopted the undifferenced arms of the senior line

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