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PORTER, William I, of London and Southwark, Surr.
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Main residences: London; Southwark, Surr.
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Commons 1386-1421
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PORTER, William I
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PORTER, John, of Taunton, Som.
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Portreeve, Taunton Mich. 1385–6, 1389 – 90, 1394–5.
Tax collector, Som. Nov. 1388.
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Main residence: Taunton, Som.
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Commons 1386-1421
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PORTER, John
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POPHAM, Sir Stephen (c.1386-1444), of Popham, Hants.
Family and Education
b. c.1386, s. and h. of Henry Popham. ?; educ. Winchester c.1394-c.1401. m. (1) c.1417, Margaret, da. of Nicholas Rede of ‘Cherestaunton’, Som., 2da.; (2) prob. by Beatrice, da. of Sir John Bohun (d.1433) of Midhurst, Suss. by his 1st w., 2da. Kntd. by June 1418.Genealogist (ser. 2), xxviii. 13-15; CCR, 1413-19, p. 475; Winchester Coll. muns. 70, 78; W. Suss. RO, Cowdray ms 4734/5.
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J.p. Hants 12 Feb. 1422 – Oct. 1439, 24 Nov. 1440 – d.
Commr. to take musters, Southampton June 1423, Portsdown May 1431, Portsmouth Aug. 1437, Portsdown Mar. 1441; of inquiry, Hants Dec. 1428 (piracy), June 1432 (trespass), July 1433 (piracy), July 1433 (felonies), Jan. 1437 (despoiling of Genoese and Hansards at Southampton), Jan., Mar., Apr. 1442 (piracy); to raise royal loans Mar. 1431, Mar. 1442; of array May 1435, Wilts., Hants Jan. 1436, Hants Mar. 1443; weirs, Southampton and Solent Dec. 1435; to assess taxes, Hants Jan. 1436; of oyer and terminer, Hants, Surr., Suss. Sept. 1440; to distribute tax allowances, Hants Mar. 1442.
Sheriff, Hants 7 Nov. 1427 – 4 Nov. 1428, 4 Nov. 1440–1, Wilts. 3 Nov. 1434–7 Nov. 1435.
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Main residence: Popham, Hants.
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Commons 1386-1421
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POPHAM, Sir Stephen (c.1386-1444)
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POPHAM, Sir John (d.1418), of South Charford, Hants.
Family and Education
yr. bro. of Henry Popham m. (1) by 1394, Maud ?da. and h. of Oliver Zouche of South Charford and Eynesbury, Hunts., at least 1s. Sir John Zouche; (2) 1400, Isabel (d. 24 May 1419), da. of Sir Walter Romsey of Rockbourne, Hants, wid. of Thomas Lye of Staunton Fitzherberd, Wilts., 1s. Kntd. by Nov. 1390.
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Bailiff of the duchy of Lancaster hundred of King’s Somborne, Hants c. June 1397–31 May 1408.
Commr. of arrest, Hants Nov. 1399; array Dec. 1399, May 1406, Apr. 1418; inquiry, Wilts. May 1403 (claim to land by Elizabeth, countess of Huntingdon), Hants Jan. 1416 (trade through Southampton); to take musters, Southampton June 1412, Nov. 1417, Mar. 1418, escort the prior of St. Swithin’s, Winchester, to the Tower of London, Aug. 1415.
Sheriff, Hants 18 Jan.-19 Feb. 1404.
Constable of Southampton castle 23 Mar. 1404 – d.
J.p. Hants 27 Jan. 1406 – Feb. 1407.
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Main residence: South Charford, Hants.
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He is not to be confused with Sir John, s. of Sir Hugh and Hawise Popham, who held property in Somerset, including the manor of East Postridge, valued in 1377 at pound;30 a year. That Sir John died in about 1410, leaving as his heir his son, Thomas. (F. W. Popham, Pophams, 15; Hylle Cart. (Som. Rec. Soc. lxviii), 45-47; E159/156 recorda Hil.)
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Commons 1386-1421
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POPHAM, Sir John (-d.1418)
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Oxford 1644
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