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PORTER, Thomas (by 1482-1522), of Gloucester.

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b. by 1482.Date of birth estimated from first reference.
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Sheriff, Gloucester 1503 – 04, 1509 – 10, mayor 1511 – 12, alderman 1516 – d.; commr. subsidy 1512, 1514.S. Rudder, New Hist. Glos. 115; T. D. Fosbroke, Gloucester (1819), 208; Statutes, iii. 82, 118; Gloucester Guildhall 1375, f. 28.

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PORTER, Thomas (by 1482-1522), of Gloucester.
Main residence: Gloucester.
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PORTER, Henry (by 1501-55/56), of Fletchamstead and Coventry, Warws.

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b. by 1501, yr. s. of John Porter of Coventry; bro. of Baldwin. prob. unm. Date of birth estimated from first reference. PCC 20 Ketchyn; C1/1459/84.
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Steward, Coventry by 1553.C1/1321/50.

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PORTER, Henry (by 1501-55/56), of Fletchamstead and Coventry, Warws.
Main residences: Fletchamstead; Coventry, Warws.
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PORTER, Baldwin (by 1487-1560/65), of Coventry, Warws.

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b. by 1487, s. of John Porter of Coventry; bro. of Henry. educ. New Inn; I. Temple, adm. 29 Jan. 1514. m. at least 3s. 4da. suc. fa. by 1527.Date of birth estimated from first reference. C1/1459/84; 3/145/5; PCC 20 Ketchyn.
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Attorney, Coventry in 1516, steward and town clerk by 1524–52 or later, subsidy collector 1545; j.p. Warws. 1524–52 or later; commr. tenths of spiritualities, Coventry and Warwick 1535, relief, Warws. 1550; escheator, Leics. and Warws. Nov. 1532-Feb. 1534.Coventry Leet Bk. (EETS cxxxviii), 650, 686–800 passim; E179/192/170; LP Hen. VIII, iv, v, viii, xii-xiv, xvi, xvii, xx; CPR, 1548–9, p. 90; 1553, p. 360.

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PORTER, Baldwin (by 1487-1560/65), of Coventry, Warws.
Main residence: Coventry, Warws.
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D.F.C.
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PORTER, Baldwin (by 1487-1560/65)

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PORTER, Arthur (by 1505-59), of Newent and Alvington, Glos.

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b. by 1505, 1st or o. surv. s. of Roger Porter of Newent by Margaret, da. of John Arthur of Clapton-in-Gordano, Som. educ. L. Inn, adm. 14 Feb. 1524. m. (1) by Feb. 1524, Alice, da. of John Arnold of Churcham, Glos., at least 12ch. inc. Sir Thomas; (2) Isabel, da. of Sir William Denys of Dyrham, Glos. by Anne, da. of Maurice, de jure 3rd Lord Berkeley, wid. of Sir John Berkeley (d.c.1548) of Stoke, Som., s.p. suc. fa. 1523.Date of birth estimated from first appointment. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xxi. 30, 340; xxv. 128; xxxi. 8; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 4, 8; Mill Stephenson, Mon. Brasses, 152.
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Escheator, Glos. and Welsh marches 1526 – 27; feodary, duchy of Lancaster, Glos. and Herefs. 1529 – 30, 1559; j.p. Glos. 1537 – 47, q. 1554 – d.; commr. musters 1542, chantries 1548, relief 1550; sheriff 1548–9.Somerville, Duchy, i. 639; LP Hen. VIII, xii, xiv-xviii, xx; CPR, 1547–8, p. 83; 1548–9, p. 136; 1553, p. 354; 1553–4, pp. 19, 27; 1554–5, pp. 106–7, 111.

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PORTER, Arthur (by 1505-59), of Newent and Alvington, Glos.
Main residences: Newent; Alvington, Glos.
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PORTE, John (by 1514-57), of Etwall, Derbys.

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b. by 1514, s. of Sir John Porte of Etwall by Joan, da. of John Fitzherbert. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. adm. c.1524; I. Temple, adm. 3 Feb. 1528. m. (1) by 1538, Elizabeth, da. of (Sir) Thomas Giffard of Caverswall and Chillington, Staffs., 2s. d.v.p. 3da.; (2) Dorothy, da. of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert of Norbury, Derbys. suc. fa. Mar. 1540. KB 20 Feb. 1547.Date of birth estimated from admission to I. Temple. His fellowship at Oxford beforehand was one endowed by his father and it is likely that the usual age of admission was waived in his favour. DNB; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, p. 458; PCC 4 Alenger.
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Commr. benevolence, Derbys. 1544/45, musters 1546, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, heresy 1557, loan 1557; j.p. 1545 – d.; escheator, Notts. and Derbys. 1546 – 47; sheriff 1553–4.LP Hen. VIII, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 82; 1550–3, p. 394; 1553, pp. 352, 414; Strype, Eccles. Memorials, iii(2), 15.

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PORTE, John (by 1514-57), of Etwall, Derbys.
Main residence: Etwall, Derbys.
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POPHAM, John (1532/33-1607), of Wellington, Som. and London.

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b. 1532 /33, 2nd s. of Alexander Popham, and bro. of Edward. educ. Balliol, Oxf.; M. Temple. m. by Jan. 1549, Amy, da. and h. of Hugh Adams of Castleton, Glam., 1s. Francis 6da. Kntd. 1592.Aged 25 on 15 May 1558, but allegedly 76 at death according to MI, St.Ch.3/9/88; Collinson, Som. ii. 483. Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 125; CPR, 1553, p. 326.
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Autumn reader, M. Temple 1568, Lent 1573, treasurer 1580–8.

Recorder, Bridgwater 1571 – 72, Bristol 1571 – 80; j.p.q. Som. 1573/74, Mdx. 1583, Bucks., Norf., Wilts. 1594, Beds., Cambs., Hunts., Suff. 1600; serjeant-at-law 1579; solicitor-gen. 1579 – 81; attorney-gen. 1581 – 89; 2nd justice, Lancaster 1581 – 89; j.c.p. 1589 – 92; l.c.j. KB 1592 – d.; receiver of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1593, 1597, 1601, 1604; custos rot. Som. by 1594; commr. eccles. causes, Salisbury diocese 1599, chancellorship of duchy of Lancaster 1601; PC 1599.W. Barrett, Bristol, 115; Dugdale, Chronica Series, 95, 97–98; APC, xxix. 738; LJ, ii. 168, 191, 226, 263; Somerville, Duchy. i. 396–7; C66/1421; SP 13 case no. 11.

Speaker of House of Commons 1581.

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POPHAM, John (1532/33-1607), of Wellington, Som. and London.
Main residences: Wellington, Som.; London.
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H.M.
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