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paire of staires, above an ale-house, where men get drunk with 
more credit and apology.” (Bishop Earle in his Microsmography.) 
His tokens are not dated, but possibly they were some of the ~ 
earliest issued in Bath, and the ‘‘ Quondam Esquire” was perhaps 
a somewhat satirical reference to Chapman’s displacement from 
all office by the Commonwealth Parliament. A token of John 
Bush, 1656, in my possession, is clearly struck over a token of 
Henry Chapman’s, some of the letters of Esquire shewing partially 
defaced. 
The following items are taken from the Abbey Registers : 
1604. Mar. 11. Henry Chapman—Elizabeth Harrison Married 
(Perhaps the parents of the issuer.) 
1643. Oct. 26. Scarburrough son of Mr Henry Chapman 
& Anne Christened 
1646. Feb. 26. William son of Henry Chapman and 
Anne i 
1658. Apr. 29. Anne wife of Mr. Henry Chapman Buried 
Anthony-a-Wood, 1676, mentions as then in the “N Isle” of 
the Abbey “Ona blew flat marble, 
Ann wife of Henry Chapman of Bath, Gent : 
obs. Apr 1655" . 
Henry Chapman, Mayor of the City in 1663-4 and 1672-3, 
mentions in his “Thermae Redivivae” (written with zealous 
civic patriotism to awaken interest in the healing waters of his 
native place) that for some twenty years he was much away from 
Bath. 
The Ch. Ac. for 1643, contains the entry 
“Ttm of Mr. Henry Chapman his 
freedome by Composicon 00 — 12 — 08” 
I have previously mentioned that the minutes for some years, 
1638-43, have disappeared from the Hall-book, but in March 
1643, Henry Chapman appears as a member of the Chamber. 
During the turmoil of the Civil War, Bath was occupied by the 
forces of both parties alternately and neither Royalist or Round- 
