486 
WILLY... BATH 7 
16 . 13.0: 10HN + CLARKE « MERCER = The Mercers 
Arms. 
Re iN « BATH « T1655 == 1 > Alea 
From the Abbey Registers :— 
1651. Sep. 29. Anne daughter of John Clarke _ Burial 
1656. Sep. 4. John Clarke “A 
The issuer was not a member of the Council and possibly was 
not one of the freemen:of the City. 
On the 26th of June, 1699, the M. B. records “ Mr. John 
Clarke” (perhaps son of the issuer) and others “bids 204 to 
exchange the life of Richard Chapman of Weston Zoaland in the 
County of Somstt” “in a messuage or tenem‘ and Garden lying 
in Broade Street.” 
WILL® . BATH. 
17. «14. O: Archard | Collins | C | R-E 
R: 4 | Clothier | in. Bathe | 1669. 
The issuer of this token possibly carried on business in Broad 
Street as a Cloth manufacturer. 
In 1681 the Chamberlain notes :— 
“ Receaved of Richard Collins for his 
fine and seal 04 — 06 — 08” 
On the 26th of March, 1683, ‘Hannah Collins bids 54 ” 
‘“‘in a tenem’ in Broade Streete nowe in her possession and to have 
a new Lease for 99 yeares if y°sd Richard Collins her sonne 
in lawe Eliz his wife and Richard Collins their Sonn shall soo 
long live.” 
In 1694 the Chamberlain notes :— 
“Recd of Richard Collins in Broad 
street 2 yeares rent o0o—10—o0” 
On the 26th of June, 1699, “Richard Collins bids 404 to 
exchange the life of Dorothy Bishop widdow for the life of Henry 
Gibbs sonn of Mr Walter Gibbs the younger and to add the life 
