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following items, March 28th, 1653, “Who shall bee Constable in 
Mr. Abbotts place for ye remainder of this yeare” ‘‘ Agreede 
Mr. Willim Childe be constable in ye plase of Mr. Abbott as 
abovesayed.” 20th of September, 1653, “Whether Mr. Richard 
Abbott having deserted ye Citty shall be displased and put out of 
ye office of a Comon Counsell man of this Citty. Agreede he 
shall be put out of ye office abovesayed." Twenty members 
were present at this meeting and nineteen voted for the expulsion 
of Abbott. ‘Who shall he chosen one of ye Comon Counsell 
of this Citty in. ye place of Mr. Abbott. Agreede that Mr. 
- Robte Chapman of this Citty Apothecary be chosen one of ye 
Comon Counsell of this Citty in ye place of Mr. Abbott ” 
Abbott also held property in “Walcott Streete” this being 
granted to ffrauncis Raunce ” (see token) in 1655. 
WILLY BATH 
8 . 4.0:  BENIAMIN + BABER=The Drapers Arms 
R: IN * BATH eB (45k 2B 
Gye. A variety is dated on reverse, 1669. 
Benjamin Baber carried on business in Cheap Street, his 
residence being shewn on the border of Gilmore’s Map, 1694, as 
‘** Alderman Babers Lodgings in Cheap Street.” 
The property occupied by Baber originally abutting on the 
graveyard of the Church of St Mary de Stalles, was gradually 
extended over this and was also built over the way which led 
from Cocke’s Lane (now Union Passage) towards the King’s Bath. 
The premises of Messrs. Titley and Price, Tailors, now occupy the 
site of Baber’s shop, and the existing arch over the footway is 
a reminder of the time when influential persons built over a 
public way with impunity. 
He was a Churchwarden of the Abbey, and on the title page 
of a Catalogue of the Library once kept in the Vestry of the 
Church, but now at the Reference Library, is written, 
“Benjamin Baber of Bath—Churchwarden—1657.” 
