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have Tenne pounds of it allowed to him out of Mr. Robert 
Chapmans fine or not.—Agreed that Henry Chapman gent be 
allowed him 10 as abovesaid.” In the same year the Ch. Ac. 
notes :— 
“Tt pd at ye sunn in wynne for ye 
entertainement of Sr William Bassett or —or—oo 
It Mr. Henry Chapman for the sunn o1—oo—oo” 
(The comparatively high rent for the Sun proves it to have been 
a large and somewhat important building). 
In 1672-3 Chapman was Mayor for the second time, receiving a 
stipend of £40 os. od. He presided over a Council meeting in 
February, 1673, when it was :—‘‘ Agreede by Generall Consent 
that ffive & twenty shillings shall be quarterly paid for a Newes. 
Letter to be sent to y* Mayor of this Citty for y® tyme being & to. 
remayne at his house for y* publique use of this Corporason 
ye first quarter commencing from y® sixth day of this instant 
ffebruary.” Payments for the ‘ Newes Letter” appear in the 
Ch. Ac., and much good liquor was no doubt imbibed by members 
of the Council whilst discussing its contents at the sign of “the 
Sunne.” 
“Henry Chapman, Gent,” anxious to extend the fame of the 
Hot Springs, wrote and published November 16th, 1673, 
“Thermae Redivivae. ‘The City of Bath Described with Some 
observations on those Soveraign Waters, both as to the Bathing 
in; and Drinking of Them, Now so much in use,” dedicating his 
work “To the most August and Serene Prince Charles II,” from 
the “Sun in Bath.” 
The M. B. October znd, 1682, records :—‘‘ Whether Mr. 
Henry Chapman shall have a Lease of the garden w™ he lately 
enclosed in out of the Bowling Green for 42 years.—Agreed that 
no Lease be granted.” The Council, however, must have quickly 
relented, for on January 26th, 1686, occurs :—‘‘ Whether Mr. 
Wm. Chapman shall have a lease of the Stable & Garden in the 
bowling green w™ Captaine Chapman lately built he having 
