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Family and Education
b. c. 1605, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Francis Popham*;Burke Commoners, ii. 198-9. bro. of John Popham† and Edward Popham*. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 16 July 1621;Al. Ox. M. Temple 15 Nov. 1622;M. Temple Admiss. i. 114. travelled abroad (Spain) 1630-1.CSP Dom. 1629-31, p. 250; 1631-3, p. 11. m. (1) 29 Oct. 1635 (with £4,000), Dorothy (d. 2 Apr. 1643), da. and h. of Richard Cole of Nailsea, Som. 1s. d.v.p. ;Nailsea Holy Trinity par. reg.; Som. RO, DD/GL/22. (2) c.1644, Letitia (bur. 27 Apr. 1660), da. of William Kerr of Linton, Roxburgh, groom of the bedchamber to James I, 5s. (2 ) 3da.Burke Commoners, ii. 199-200; ‘Kerr of Fernihirst’, The Gen. ii. 290-1; CCSP v. 2. suc. fa. 1644. bur. 8 Dec. 1669 8 Dec. 1669.Chilton Foliat par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Som. 1625, July 1641–d.C181/3, f. 186v; C181/5, ff. 205, 268; C181/6, pp. 74, 394; C181/7, pp. 24, 26. Dep. lt. 1642–d.PJ iii. 282; Som. RO, DD/BR/bn/37. Commr. loans on Propositions, 20 July 1642;LJ v. 226a. Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643;A. and O. assessment, Som. 27 Jan. 1643, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Wilts. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Lincs. (Kesteven) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Westminster 1 June 1660, 1661; Bristol 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); SR; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, Som. 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Bristol 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Som. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; commr. for Bristol, 28 Oct. 1645.A. and O. J.p. Kesteven June 1646-bef. Jan. 1650;C231/6, p. 47. Som., Wilts. by Feb. 1650 – d.; Westminster Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 60; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 76. Commr. militia, Som., Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Bristol, Westminster 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Custos rot. Som. 15 Feb. 1650-July 1660.C231/6, p. 174; C231/7, p. 17 Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660, Jan. 1665–d.;C181/6, pp. 9, 377; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 114; C181/7, pp. 313, 495. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som., Wilts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, Westminster, Som., Wilts. 1660; subsidy, Som., Wilts. 1663.SR.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) by Dec. 1642–3, 1644 – 45; capt. of horse by Apr. 1643.T. Richardson and G. Rimer, Littlecote: The Civil War Armory (Leeds, 2012), p. x; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Col militia horse, Som. c.May 1650, Apr. 1660;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 144; Mercurius Publicus no. 17 (19–26 Apr. 1660), 268 (E.183.3). col. militia ft. 29 Aug. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 532, 533.

Central: commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. for governing army, 26 Dec. 1659.CJ vii. 797a.

Religious: elder, Bath and Wrington classis, Som. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 415.

Mercantile: dep. gov. Soc. of Mines Royal, 1654 – 57; asst. 1658 – 61; gov. 1661 – 63.

Parlimentarian
POPHAM, Alexander (c.1605-69), of Houndstreet, Som. and Littlecote, Wilts.
: Som.; Littlecote, Wilts. and Mdx., Stoke Newington.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1650;Royal Armouries. oil on panel, A. Shaphorst, c.1660-5.Yale Center for British Art.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

POPHAM, Alexander (c.1605-69), of Hunstrete, Som.; Littlecote, Wilts. and Stoke Newington, Mdx.

Will
7 Oct. 1669, pr. 20 Dec. 1670.PROB11/334/554.
Estates
inherited extensive estates in Som. and Wilts. 1644; bought manor of Timsbury, Som. for £1,570, 1658.Som. RO, DD/POT/29; DD/POT/3.
Oxford 1644
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