POPHAM, Sir Francis (c.1573-1644), of Wellington, Som. and Littlecote, Wilts.; later of Houndstreet, Som. and Stoke Newington, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1573, o.s. of Sir John Popham†, c.j.q.b. 1592, of Wellington, and Amy, da. and h. of Hugh Adams of Castleton, Glam.Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 124-5. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1588, aged 15; M. Temple 1589. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 1590, F.W. Popham, A West Country Fam. 58. Anne, da. and h. of John Dudley I† of Stoke Newington, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 8da. Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 124-5; J. Burke, Commoners, ii. 196-9. Kntd. 27 June 1596; S. and E. Usherwood, Counter-Armada, 1596, p. 147. suc. fa. 10 June 1607. C142/303/128; J. Aubrey, Brief Lives ed. A. Clark, ii. 160. d. 28 July 1644. CSP Dom. 1644, p. 382. sig. Francis Popham.

Offices Held

Vol. Cadiz expedition 1596. Usherwood, 147.

Col. militia ft., Wilts. by 1597–1605; Longleat, Thynne Pprs. (IHR microfilm XR71/4), vii. f. 102; SP16/502/71(I); Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 92–3. j.p. Wilts. 1597-at least 1642, C231/1, f. 37v; 231/5, p. 529. Som. 1602–1643; C231/1, f. 129; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, i. 10–11. dep. lt. Som. 1597 – at least1633, Wilts. 1598–d.; C231/1, f. 56v; APC, 1597–8, pp. 91–2; SP12/283A/85; 16/247/17. bailiff, Glastonbury manor, Som. 1603; E315/310, f. 14v. commr. sewers, Som. 1603–41, C181/1, f. 70; 181/2, ff. 129v, 245v; 181/4, ff. 21, 172v; 181/5, f. 205. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1604–42; C181/1, ff. 76, 131v; 181/2, ff. 7v, 335; 181/3, ff. 6, 259v; 181/4, ff. 11v, 193v; 181/5, ff. 5v, 221. gov., Sir John Popham’s hosp. for orphans, Wellington 1604–d.; PROB 11/112, f. 18v. commr. Thames navigation, Wilts. 1607, C181/2, f. 34. subsidy, Wilts. 1608, 1622, 1624, 1628 – 29, Som. 1608, 1621; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20, 21, 23; Add. 34566, f. 132; E179/199/400. collector aid, Som. 1609, 1612; SP14/43/107; E403/2732, f. 15v. constable, Taunton Castle, Som. 1613; J. Toulmin, Taunton, 269; S.W. Bates-Harbin, MPs for Som. 133. commr. inquiry, Wilts. cloth trade 1616, APC, 1616–17, p. 21. disafforestation, Roche Forest, Som. 1627, SP16/73/68. swans, Som., Hants, Wilts., Dorset, Devon, Cornw. and I.o.W. 1629, C181/4, f. 2. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Som. 1633, GL, ms 25475/1, f. 12. contributions, 1643, malignants, 1643, assessment, Wilts. 1644, militia, Wilts. 1644. A. and O. i. 68, 69, 460, 475.

Member, Mines Royal Co. 1604, Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 15. Council for Virg. 1606 – 08, Council, New Eng. Co. 1620. A. Brown, Genesis of US, ii. 968–9.

Parlimentarian

POPHAM, Sir Francis (c.1573-1644), of Wellington, Som. and Littlecote, Wilts.; later of Houndstreet, Som. and Stoke Newington, Mdx.

Main residences: Wellington, Som.; Littlecote, Wilts.; Houndstreet, Som.; Stoke Newington, Mdx.

Author

H.J.L.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

POPHAM, Sir Francis (c.1573-1644)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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