POPHAM, Sir John (d.1418), of South Charford, Hants.

Family and Education

yr. bro. of Henry Popham m. (1) by 1394, Maud ?da. and h. of Oliver Zouche of South Charford and Eynesbury, Hunts., at least 1s. Sir John Zouche; (2) 1400, Isabel (d. 24 May 1419), da. of Sir Walter Romsey of Rockbourne, Hants, wid. of Thomas Lye of Staunton Fitzherberd, Wilts., 1s. Kntd. by Nov. 1390.

Offices Held

Bailiff of the duchy of Lancaster hundred of King’s Somborne, Hants c. June 1397–31 May 1408.Somerville, Duchy, i. 628.

Commr. of arrest, Hants Nov. 1399; array Dec. 1399, May 1406, Apr. 1418; inquiry, Wilts. May 1403 (claim to land by Elizabeth, countess of Huntingdon), Hants Jan. 1416 (trade through Southampton); to take musters, Southampton June 1412, Nov. 1417, Mar. 1418, escort the prior of St. Swithin’s, Winchester, to the Tower of London, Aug. 1415.

Sheriff, Hants 18 Jan.-19 Feb. 1404.

Constable of Southampton castle 23 Mar. 1404 – d.

J.p. Hants 27 Jan. 1406 – Feb. 1407.

Parlimentarian

POPHAM, Sir John (d.1418), of South Charford, Hants.

Main residence: South Charford, Hants.

Notes

He is not to be confused with Sir John, s. of Sir Hugh and Hawise Popham, who held property in Somerset, including the manor of East Postridge, valued in 1377 at pound;30 a year. That Sir John died in about 1410, leaving as his heir his son, Thomas. (F. W. Popham, Pophams, 15; Hylle Cart. (Som. Rec. Soc. lxviii), 45-47; E159/156 recorda Hil.)

Author

L.S.W.

Volume

Commons 1386-1421

Web Title

POPHAM, Sir John (-d.1418)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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