CHAPMAN, William.

EITHERof Bath, Som. s. of Richard Chapman, alderman of Bath. m. (1) Edith (bur. 13 May 1599), s.p.; (2) by 1612, Dorothy (bur. 27 June 1626), 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1572. d. 20 Oct. 1627.R. Rawlinson, Hist. and Antiqs. of Cathedral Church of Salisbury, and Abbey Church of Bath (1719), p. 261; Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath ed. A.J. Jewers (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxvii-xxviii), 337, 344.Freeman, Bath, Som. ?1578, alderman by 1593-d., mayor and coroner 1593-4. Accts. of Chamberlains of Bath, 1568-1602 ed. F.D. Wardle (Som. Rec. Soc. xxxviii), 37, 133; Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath, 352.ORof Bath. o. s. of John Chapman of Bath, gent. and da. of one Horton of Wilts. m. 5 Jan. 1598, Joan (bur. 25 July 1643), da. of John Webb of Bromham, Wilts. 5s. 5da. (3 d.v.p.). d. 16 June 1647. Vis. Som. and Bristol (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 19; Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath, 21, 204, 347, 362; PROB 11/205, ff. 342-5; A Wood, ‘Monumental inscriptions in the churches of Bath’ ed. J.G. Godwin Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. iv. 32.Freeman, Bath, Som. ?1605, Bath RO, chamberlains’ accts transcript, i. no. 46. alderman by 1616-; d., mayor and coroner 1616-17, 1623-4, 1630-1, 1639-40, 1641-2.; Bath RO, mayoral list transcript; Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath, 366. ?churchwarden, St. Peter and St. Paul, Bath, Som. 1630-1; Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Bath, 28. commr. subsidy, Bath, Som. 1641. SR, v. 89.