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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

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.

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.

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.

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

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
No
1640 Volume
Other House 1658
Addresses
Religion
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