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Encyclopedia > John Popham

Sir John Popham (1531 - June 10, 1607) [1] was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1580 to 1583, Attorney General from 1 June 1581 to 1592 and Lord Chief Justice of England from June 2, 1592 to June 1607. January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake - thousands die. ... is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1607 (MDCVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. ... Events March 1 - Michel de Montaigne signs the preface to his most significant work, Essays. ... 1583 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Her Majestys Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the Crown in England and Wales. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 16 - English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism April 4 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. July 26 - The Northern Netherlands proclaim their independence from Spain in the Oath of Abjuration. ... Year 1592 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, and the presiding judge of Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal, and of the Queens Bench Division of the High Court. ... is the 153rd day of the year (154th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1592 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1607 (MDCVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...

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Early life

He was born in Huntworth, near North Petherton in Somerset in 1531 to Alexander and Jane Popham (née Stradling). It is said he was kidnapped by gypsies when he was a child, and spent his childhood wandering with this lawless group of associates. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford where he read classics and divinity, and entered the Middle Temple before beginning his legal career. Various sources suggest he supported himself as a highwayman. Huntworth is a small hamlet and farming community (population approximately 50) one mile east of the M5 motorway three miles from Bridgwater, Somerset, England. ... , North Petherton is a small town in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the eastern foothills of the Quantocks, and close to the edge of the Somerset Levels. ... This article is about the county of Somerset in England. ... January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake - thousands die. ... and of the Balliol College College name Balliol College Named after John de Balliol Established 1263 Sister college St Johns College, Cambridge Master Andrew Graham JCR President Helen Lochead Undergraduates 403 MCR President Chelsea Payne Graduates 228 Location of Balliol College within central Oxford , Homepage Boatclub Balliol College (pronounced... Folk image of a mounted highwayman Highwayman was a term used particularly in Britain during the 17th and 18th centuries to describe robbers who targeted people traveling by stagecoach and other modes of transport along public highways. ...


Popham is credited with maintaining the stability of the British State, and for being one of the "real colonisers" of the British Empire; hosting two Wabanaki tribesmen kidnapped on the Maine coast in 1605, subsequently funding and orchestrating the aborted Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine (1607-1608). ... Official language(s) None (English and French de facto) Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 39th  - Total 33,414 sq mi (86,542 km²)  - Width 210 miles (338 km)  - Length 320 miles (515 km)  - % water 13. ... The site of the 1607 Popham Colony in present-day Maine is shown by Po on the map. ...


He served as an MP for Bristol in the 1570s and 1580s and was a Justice of the Peace in Somerset. Popham became a very wealthy man, and amongst the many estates he owned was Publow in Somerset,[2], Littlecote in Wiltshire, and Hemyock Castle in Devon. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... This article is about the English city. ... A justice of the peace (JP) is a puisne judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. ... Publow (Grid reference ST625643) is a small village on the River Chew in the Chew Valley, Somerset. ... Littlecote House is a large 16th-century house and estate in the English county of Wiltshire. ... Not to be confused with Wilshire. ... Hemyock is a village in the county of Devon in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Devon (disambiguation). ...


Famous trials

Popham presided over the trial of the Jesuit, Robert Southwell, in 1595 and passed sentence of death by hanging, drawing and quartering. He also presided over the trials of Mary Queen of Scots (1587), Sir Walter Raleigh (1603) and Guy Fawkes (1606), sentencing Mary and Fawkes to death. St Robert Southwell (c. ... Seventeenth century print of the execution, by hanging, drawing and quartering, of the members of the Gunpowder plot. ... Mary, Queen of Scots redirects here. ... 1587 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the sixteenth-century explorer. ... For other uses, see Guido Fawkes (disambiguation). ...


While working as the messenger to the Queen, Popham was imprisoned by the Earl of Essex with his henchman. Ever stoic, Popham replied that at his age, death would be “but cutting off a few years.” However, he was rescued and rowed to safety by Sir Ferdinando Gorges (1565-1647). Earl of Essex is a title that has been held by several families and individuals, of which the best-known and most closely associated with the title was Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1566 - 1601). ... Sir Ferdinando Gorges (1565-1647) was an early English colonial entrepreneur in North America and founder of the Province of Maine in 1622. ...


According to local legend, Popham was killed in 1607 by being thrown from his horse into Popham's Pit, a deep local dell, dying horribly and descending to Hell. He is named on his wife's grave stone in the nearby Wellington Church, but according to legend his body doesn't lie there. Every New Year's Eve his ghost is supposed to emerge from Popham's Pit and take one cock's step nearer to the grave. Until he has reached it, legend says that his soul will not rest in peace.


Popham's fortune was held in Chancery after his death, and his descendants were prevented for unknown reasons from accessing this inheritance. One story tells how one descendant changed his name to 'Smith' in a fit of rage, giving up on his inheritance. One of the courts of equity in England and Wales. ...


Family

John Popham married Amy Anne Games, daughter and heiress of Robert Games of Castleton, Glamorganshire. They had 8 children: Glamorgan or Morgannwg is a maritime traditional county of Wales, UK, and was previously a medieval kingdom or principality. ...

  • Sir Francis Popham
  • Katherine Popham
  • Penelope Popham
  • Elinor Popham
  • Elizabeth Popham
  • Katherine Popham
  • Mary Popham
  • Amy Popham

Sir John Popham died June 10, 1607 at Wellington, Somerset. is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1607 (MDCVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Map sources for Wellington, Somerset at grid reference ST1420 Wellington is a small industrial town in rural Somerset, England, situated seven miles south west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district, near the border with Devon, which runs along the Blackdown Hills to the south of the town. ...


His only son Francis married Anne Gardiner Dudley and was the father of Colonel Alexander Popham JP, MP, 1605 - 1669, who fought on the side of the Parliamentarians during the Civil War and had a garrison stationed at Littlecote House. Alexander Popham (c. ... Littlecote House is a large 16th-century house and estate in the English county of Wiltshire. ...


A descendant of Sir John Popham is Sir Home Riggs Popham (1762-1820), a British admiral who developed the Signal Code adopted by the Navy in 1803. Sir Home Riggs Popham (1762 - September 20, 1820), was a British admiral who saw service during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. ...


References

  1. ^ "thePeerage.com Person Page 19580" (genealogy), Darryl Lundy, thePeerage.com, Wellington, NZ, 2006-09-16, webpage: TPcom-19580.
  2. ^ Janes, Rowland (2003) Pensford, Publow and Woollard: A Topographical History. Biografix. ISBN 0-9545125-0-2
  • Popham, Frederick William, “A West Country Family: The Pophams since 1150” (privately printed, 1976)

External links

  • Portrait in the National Portrait Gallery

Further reading

  • The Life And Achievements of Sir John Popham, 1531-1607, Douglas Walthew Rice - 2005 ISBN 0838640605
Legal offices
Preceded by
Sir Christopher Wray
Lord Chief Justice
1592–1607
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Fleming
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir Amias Paulet
Custos Rotulorum of Somerset
bef. 1594–1607
Succeeded by
Sir Edward Phelips
Political offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Bell
Speaker of the House of Commons
1580–1583
Succeeded by
Sir John Puckering
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