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of ffrancis Baber of the Citty of Bristoll Wine Cooper in Reversion 
of his own life and Eliz his wife and to take a new Lease for 99 
yeares if the said Benjamin Baber Eliz his wife and John Baber 
shall soe long live of and in one tenem* one Brewhouse and 
kitchin & one little Shopp being Churchlands” “ Rent paid 
6s”—“ Agreede for 1s increased rent,” and “of and in one 
Messuage or tenem’ lyinge in Cheap Street together w™ y® Cellar 
lately digged and made under ye Shop and Passage—-Agreede for 
20s.’ The 
“Item of Mr. Benjamin Baber for ye 
cellaring under ye Passage 00 — ol — 00” 
continually recurs in the Ch. Acs. 
On the 18th of August, 1687, James 2nd came to Bath from 
Portsmouth, and the same day the Queen, Mary of Modena, 
joined him, arriving from Windsor for the benefit of the Hot 
springs, during her visit using the Cross Bath. James stayed a 
few days only and then left for the north, returning on September 
6th for a further short visit, the Queen however made a continuous 
stay to the 6th of October when she returned to Windsor. In 
the M. B. October 3rd, are the entries “ Whether any of this 
Corporation shall attend the Queen at Winsor or Whitehall after 
her going from the Bath—-Agreed that some of the Corporation 
shall goo to attend the Queen at Winsor or Whitehall at her 
departure from here.—Agreed that Mr. Pocock Mayor & Mr. 
Baber Mayor electe shall goe—Agreede that this Corporation 
shall defray the charges.” And doubtless Mr. Baber in company 
with the Mayor—both highly elated at the honor, duly attended 
her Majesty to Windsor, but we have no record of how they fared. 
Towards the end of May, 1688, Baber as Mayor, with the 
Corporation on foot and “in their formalities,” must have 
welcomed at the North Gate the Princess Anne (afterwards 
Queen) on her first visit to the city for the use of its waters 
and escorted her to her lodgings. 
