Richard Chapman (shipwright): Difference between revisions

The principal Shipwrights mentioned in the times of Queen Elizabeth I were Peter Pett, Mathew Baker (the son of James, who designed the means of mounting cannon in the ship's lower levels rather than on the top deck, an idea credited to Henry VIIIth, and Richard Chapman. 

Richard's mother had been born as Ann Pett; the Chapman family however included several Mariners whose origins appear to be in the County of

At the time of Queen Elizabeth I Richard Chapman is described as the owner of a private shipyard at

Richard's son Edmund Chapman had also become 'Chief Joiner' to the Queen and owned significant property in Greenwich. Edmund provided the lands for the building of the almshouses named the 'Queen Elizabeth Collage', which was founded in 1574, and himself lived at 'Swanne House'.