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Sep. 24. Joane dau of Mr Walter Chapman & Anne Buried 
1655. May 8. Mr. Walter Chapman, Alderman a 
1670. Mar.21. William Chapman son of Mr Walter BE 
1682. Jan. 26. Mr Walter Chapman, Gent. 3 
Anthony-a-wood in his work previously referred to, 1676, 
mentions as then in the “N. Isle” of the Abbey. “Ona plaine 
Stone lying on the ground—Round the verg, Walter Chapman, 
Aldm. of Bath (rest woren out). In the middle of the stone, 
Elizabeth wife of John Masters, Aldm of Bath, died 11 Dec. 
1668.” (See Masters.) 
The Ch. Ac. for 1638 notes :— 
“TItm of Walter Chapman for his 
ffreedome oo — 06 — oo” 
The year 1639 was a troubled one for Bath citizens, and many 
of them then purchased ammunition from the Chamberlain, who 
records that he 
“ Receavd of Mr. Walter Chapman for 
three quarter of a hundred and 
twenty two poundes of powder and 
twelve poundes of mach 06 — 07 — 04 
In 1642. Itm payd Mr Walter Chapman for 
ye Stuffe for ye Lecture gound and 
all things belonginge to it for Iron 
shrouds and locks as by his Bill app 11 — 15 —I0 
< payd for makeinge y° saide gound +00 — 07 — 06” 
The M. B. December 31st, 1643, records that “ Walter 
Chapman John Pearce and Robert Penny Comon Counsell are 
(with others) to hold the Comon in trust for ye Corporaton.” 
On the x8th of April, 1645, “It is ordered that a drawbridge 
shall bee made at West Gate,” that “the saide Gate may be 
opened and left open for the genall use and ease of the saide Cittie 
and that the chardges of doing the same shall bee collected and 
_ gathered by a genall rate.” 
