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POPHAM, Edward (by 1530-86), of Huntworth, Som.

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b. by 1530, 1st s. of Alexander Popham of Huntworth by Joan, da. of Sir Edward Stradling of St. Donat’s, Glam.; bro. of John. m. settlement 1 July 1551, Jane, da. of Richard Norton of Abbots Leigh, Bristol, Glos. 7s. inc. Alexander 9da. suc. fa. 11 June 1556.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/108/104. Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 87-88, 125, where he is incorrectly shown as the third son; C142/211/56.
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Subsidy collector, Som. 1553; escheator, Som. and Dorset 1560 – 61; recorder, Bridgwater by 1572 – d.; j.p.q. Som. 1573/74; commr. piracy 1577, musters 1583.E179/169/140; Lansd. 56, f. 168; 146, f. 19v; VCH Som. ii. 254n.

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POPHAM, Edward (by 1530-86), of Huntworth, Som.
Main residence: Huntworth, Som.
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S.R.J.
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Commons 1509-1558
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POPHAM, Edward (by 1530-86)

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POPHAM, Alexander (by 1504-56), of Huntworth, Som.

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b. by 1504, 1st s. of John Popham of Huntworth by Isabel, da. of Thomas Knolle. educ. ?M. Temple. m. by 1530, Joan, da. of Sir Edward Stradling (d.1535) of St. Donat’s, Glam., 4s. inc. Edward and John 3da. suc. fa. 17 Feb. 1536.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/58/81. Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 125.
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Escheator, Som. and Dorset Apr. – Nov. 1536, 1551 – 52; j.p. Som. 1538 – d.; recorder, Bridgwater by 1541 – d.; commr. benevolence, Som. 1544/45, relief 1550.LP Hen. VIII, xiii-xxi; CPR, 1553, p. 359; Bridgwater corp. ms 1449.

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POPHAM, Alexander (by 1504-56), of Huntworth, Som.
Main residence: Huntworth, Som.
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R.V.
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Commons 1509-1558
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POPHAM, Alexander (by 1504-56)

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POPE, Thomas (1506/7-59), of Clerkenwell, London and Tittenhanger, Herts.

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b. 1506 /7, 1st s. of William Pope of Deddington, Oxon. by 2nd w. Margaret, da. of Edmund Yate of Standlake, Oxon. educ. Banbury sch.; Eton c.1520-4. m. (1) ?Elizabeth Gunston (div. 11 July 1536); (2) 17 July 1536, Margaret (d.1538), wid. of Sir Ralph Dodmer of London, 1da.; (3) Elizabeth, da. of Walter Blount I of Blount’s Hall, nr. Uttoxeter, Staffs. and Osbaston, Leics., wid. of Anthony Basford (d. 1 Mar. 1538) of Bentley, Derbys., s.p. suc. fa. 16 Mar. 1523. Kntd. Oct. 1537.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/40/56. DNB; H. E. D. Blakiston, Trinity Coll. Oxf. 35.
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Clerk of the writs, Star Chamber 1532, jt. clerk 1534 – d.; warden of the mint, the Tower of London 1534 – 36; treasurer, ct. augmentations 1536 – 40; master of the woods, south of the Trent by 1545 – 53; clerk of the crown in Chancery by July 1537, jt. (with John Lucas) Feb. 1538–44; j.p. Oxon., Surr. 1541 – 47, q. Kent, Oxon., Surr. 1554; commr. benevolence, Surr. 1544/45, contribution 1546, chantries, Surr., Suss. and Southwark 1546, Surr. 1549, of Admiralty in Nov. 1547, relief, Herts., Oxon., Surr. and Southwark 1550, heresy 1557; PC by July 1544 – ?47, 4 Aug. 1553 – ?58; custos rot. Surr. c. 1547; sheriff, Essex and Herts. 1552 – 53, 1557–8.LP Hen. VIII, v, vii, xi, xiii, xv-xxi; W. C. Richardson, Ct. Augmentations, 71, 304–5, 331n, 492; C66/801; 193/12/1; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 88, 90; 1548–9, p. 115; 1550–3, p. 141; 1553, pp. 354, 357, 362; 1553–4, pp. 20, 23–24, 35, 138, 176, 195–6, 265, 302, 507; 1554–5, pp. 90–91, 107, 343; 1555–7, p. 281; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 115; Rep. R. Comm. of 1552 (Archs. of Brit. Hist. and Culture iii), 76; C. E. Challis, The Tudor Coinage, 30, 84; HCA 14/2.

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POPE, Thomas (1506/7-59), of Clerkenwell, London and Tittenhanger, Herts.
Main residences: Clerkenwell, London; Tittenhanger, Herts.
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T.F.T.B.
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Commons 1509-1558
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POOLE, Henry II (by 1507-59), of Kirk Langley, Derbys. and Withcote, Leics.

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b. by 1507, 1st s. of Henry Poole of Chesterfield, Derbys. by Ursula, da. and h. of Thomas Twyford of Kirk Langley. m. Dorothy, da. of Richard Cave of Stanford, Northants., wid. of John Smith (d.1544) of Withcote; 1s. 1da. illegit.Date of birth estimated from first reference. J. C. Cox, Derbys. Churches, iv. 268-74; Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 66; Nichols, Leics. ii. 393; PCC 42 Pynnyng, 39 Welles.
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Member, order of St. John of Jerusalem 23 July 1528, lt. turcopolier 1534, preceptor, Dalby, Leics. 1535 – 40; j.p. Leics. 1538 – d.; commr. musters 1539, 1546, relief 1550; sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 1558–d.H. P. Scicluna, Eng. Tongue 1523–67, pp. 23, 33, 34, 44; C1/732/38; LP Hen. VIII, xiii-xv, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 85; 1553, p. 356; 1553–4, p. 21.

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POOLE, Henry II (by 1507-59), of Kirk Langley, Derbys. and Withcote, Leics.
Main residences: Kirk Langley, Derbys.; Withcote, Leics.
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A.D.
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Commons 1509-1558
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POOLE, Henry II (by 1507-59)

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POOLE, Henry I (by 1526-80), of Ditchling, Suss.

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b. by 1526, 2nd s. of Leonard Poole of Sapperton, Glos. by Catherine, da. of Sir Giles Brydges of Coberley, Glos.; bro. of Sir Giles. m. Margaret, da. of George Neville, 5th Lord Bergavenny, wid. of John Cheyne (d.1544), 6s.Date of birth estimated from first appearance as a gentleman pensioner. Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), iii. 207-8; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 201; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 104; Arch. Cant. xxiv. 122-3; PCC 15 Arundell.
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Gent. pens. in reversion by 1547, gent. pens. by Apr. 1549–1561/4; commr. relief, Wilts. 1550; j.p. Suss. 1564.LC2/2, ff. 41–3; 2/3(1), p. 113; E 179/69/62, 407/1/2, 3 ex inf. W. J. Tighe; CPR, 1553, p. 359.

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POOLE, Henry I (by 1526-80), of Ditchling, Suss.
Main residence: Ditchling, Suss.
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A.D.
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Commons 1509-1558
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POOLE, Henry I (by 1526-80)

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