Frank Chapman (priest) explained

Francis Robert Chapman (31 January 1831 – 18 March 1924), known as Frank, was an Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Sudbury from 1869 ^[1] until 1900.

Chapman was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1855.^[2] He served curacies at Leeds then Kensington. He was Perpetual Curate at Walsham-le-Willows from 1860 to 1865 and the Vicar of St James's, Bury St Edmunds from 1865 to 1873; and Rector of Stowlangtoft from 1873 to 1881.

Chapman edited two volumes The Sacrist Rolls of Ely (1907–8).^[3]

Notes and References

1. [The Times]
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 255: London, Horace Cox, 1908
3. Reviewed Work: The Sacrist Rolls of Ely by F. R. Chapman,Review by: J. N. Dalton, The English Historical Review Vol. 23, No. 92 (Oct., 1908), pp. 773-776, Published by: Oxford University Press.