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The following extracts are from the Abbey Registers :— 
1644. Oct. 2. Spenser son of George Reeve & Mary Christened 
1646. Jan. 10. Matthew son of George Reeve & Mary r 
1664. July 4. Mary wife of George Reeves Burial 
1676. Sep.27. George Reeve one of ye Comon Counsell Bs 
Anthony-a-Wood in 1676, notes as then in the Abbey ‘Ona 
pillar next below the pulpit the p-portion of a woman kneeling 
with a hat on her head, between two children & under them on a 
brass plate is written—Here lyeth Mary wife of George Reeve of 
Bath, goldsmith, (and also of Spencer his father and of Kath® his 
mother) and of Spencer his first son, and of George his 2nd & of 
Henry his 3rd and Spencer his 4th. Shee the said Mary departed 
this life 3 July 1664.—On a flat stone und-neath (of marble) 
George Reeve, Goldsmith, one of ye Comon Counsell of ye citie, 
ob 23 Septr 1677? aet 53. Armes are—Chev. betw 3 pair of 
wings.” 
A later description of the monuments in the Abbey, states that 
the following lines were on the plate after 4th and preceding 
“¢ Shee” :— 
“So that you see gaynst deaths all conquering hand 
Nor sex, nor age, agaynst his force can stand 
But ther’s a tyme wherein our body's must 
Revive agayne, though now turned into dust.” 
The Chamberlain notes in 1657. 
“Ttem of George Reeves for his ffreedome oo —-06—00” 
In September 1658, George Reeves was a candidate for the 
Council but was not then elected. The M. B. September 12th 
1659, records, “ Who shall be one of ye Comon Counsell of this 
Cittie in ye plase of Mr. Antony Elkington deceased—Agreed 
that Mr. George Reeve of this Cittie be one of the Comon 
Counsell of this Citty.” Reeve was very frequently absent from 
the Council meetings, and on the 29th of June 1660, he and two 
others were by vote removed from the Council, to make way for 
Henry Chapman, Samuel Wintle and Robert Shepparde, old 
