POPHAM, Sir John (d.1463), of South Charford, Hants.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Sir John Popham† (d.1418) of South Charford, by his 1st w. Maud, ? da. and h. of Oliver Zouche of South Charford and Eynesbury, Hunts.; nephew of Henry Popham† of Popham, Hants, and cousin and h. male of Sir Stephen*. prob. educ. Winchester Coll. unm. Kntd. ?Agincourt 25 Oct. 1415, kt. banneret by May 1436. Implied by his being paid 4s. per day for his military service in 1436, and see also E159/215, brevia Hil. rot. 21; E101/323/5, 6.

Offices Held

Bailli of Caen 23 Dec. 1417-Sept. 1422. Rot. Normanniae ed. Hardy, 231; Add. Chs. 1061, 3531, 6809, 11635, 11647; C64/10, m. 15d; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, fr. 25766/796.

Constable, Southampton castle 27 Oct. 1418–28 Nov. 1441. DKR, xli. 702; CPR, 1422–9, p. 111; PPC, v. 179.

Capt. Bayeux 25 Dec. 1420–29 Sept. 1422, Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 26043/5578 (indenture 25 Dec. 1420); DKR, xlii. 397 (appointment 18 Jan. 1421); Caen, Archives Départementales du Calvados, F1297. St. Suzanne, Maine Nov. 1425–?1435. English Suits Parlement of Paris (Cam. Soc. ser. 4, xxvi), 301.

Chancellor of Normandy by Nov. 1422 – ?Jan. 1424, of France under the Regent John, duke of Bedford, c. summer 1425-aft. Feb. 1428; R.A. Newhall, English Conquest of Normandy, 217 (from Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 26044/5759); Rouen, Archives Départmentales de la Seine Maritime, FD 3/3/5; Add. Ch. 11566. chamberlain to the duke of Bedford ?Apr. 1429-Sept. 1435. Bibliothèque Nationale, nouv. acq. fr. 1482/83; William of Worcestre, Itins. ed. Harvey, 339.

J.p. Hants 20 July 1424 – Apr. 1431.

Lt. Rouen castle 1 Jan.-6 Nov. 1429. Bibliothèque Nationale, fr. 4488, pp. 281–4; 26051/1020; Archives Nationales, Paris, Monuments Historiques, K 63/7/4.

Commr. to treat for loans, Hants Mar. 1430, Nov. 1440, Mar., May, Aug. 1442, June 1446, Sept. 1449, Dec. 1452; of array May 1435, Jan. 1436, Mar. 1443, Sept. 1449, hundreds of Christchurch, Fordingbridge, New Forest, Ringwood Sept. 1457; to take musters, Portsdown Dec. 1435, of the duke of York’s army in Normandy May 1436, the sea-keeping force Aug. 1442, the duke of Somerset’s army June 1443, Portsmouth Aug. 1453; of inquiry, Hants Jan. 1437 (illegal seizure of goods of foreign merchants), Feb. 1448 (concealments), Oct. 1450 (breach of truce at sea); to distribute tax allowances Apr. 1440; assess tax on landed income Aug. 1450.

Envoy to the Congress of Arras 13 July – 15 Nov. 1435, France 19 Mar. – 20 Oct. 1438, France, Flanders, Brabant 15 May – 7 Oct. 1439.

Treasurer of Hen. VI’s household 17 Apr. 1437–9 Apr. 1439. E101/408/23.

Speaker-elect 7 Nov. 1449. PROME, xii. 82.

Portreeve of Downton, Wilts. bef. 1461. Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe roll 11M59/B1/195 (formerly 155830), f. 7v. This was clearly an honorary position, accorded him by Bp. Waynflete.

Parlimentarian

POPHAM, Sir John (d.1463), of South Charford, Hants.

Main residence: South Charford, Hants.

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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