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year, and energetic and enterprising, he occupied the position 
with conspicuous success. Inspired by the then recent visit of 
Charles iI. and his Queen, Catherine of Braganza, for the use of 
‘the waters, Chapman set about improving the Baths, and during 
his term of office and probably on his initiative, the elaborate 
Cross shown on Johnson’s drawing (1675) was erected in the 
centre of the King’s Bath at a cost to the City of £150 4s. 8d. 
-and in connection with this structure, Henry Chapman as Mayor, 
was certainly responsible for the earliest advertisement relating 
to the Hot Springs of our City. 
On March 26th, 1664, appeared in “ The Intelligencer, 
Published (in London) for Satisfaction and Information of the 
People,” under the head of “ Advertisement,” “There is now 
Erecting in the City of Lathe, an Enclosed-Sath, in that famous 
Bath called the Azngs-Bath, which will be finished by the end of 
‘this month, wherein 20 Persons may in 3 several Rooms sit 
private, and secure from Rain, or Wind ; whence also diverse 
Springs are to be led away to several places of the Great-Bath, 
-and upon occasion let loose into the /rivate-Bath (the now 
demolished Queen’s bath) whereby this Satt may be made 
usefull at all Seasons of the Year.” Chapman in 1664 also 
placed in the King’s Bath a brass plate (long lost) bearing an 
inscription from which the following lines are taken :— 
“JEHOVAHS Blessing let’s admire, 
Here’s constant heat and yet no fire;” 
“God and the King are here our free imparters ; 
God gives the Waters and ye King the Charters.” 
In 1664 the Ch. Ac. notes :— 
“Ttem of Mr. Henry Chapman for half 
a yeres rent for the prison till 29th 
Septr 1664 and 6d for one quarter 
then also due for a house nowe Benj 
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