Ancestral Trails 2016 » Alexander POPHAM (1500-1556)

Personal data Alexander POPHAM 

  • He was born in the year 1500 in Huntworth, Nr North Petherton, Somerset.
  • He died on June 11, 1556 in Huntworth, Nr North Petherton, Somerset, he was 56 years old.
  • He is buried June 1556 in St Mary, North Petherton, Sedgemoor, Somerset.

Household of Alexander POPHAM

He is married to Jane STRADLING.

They got married in the year 1529 at Huntworth, Nr North Petherton, Somerset, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Edward POPHAM  1530-???? 
  2. Elizabeth POPHAM  ± 1533-???? 
  3. John POPHAM  1531-1607 
  4. Katherine POPHAM  1536-1588 


Notes about Alexander POPHAM

Son of John Popham of Huntworth (near Bridgwater) by his wife Isabel Knoyle (second daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Knoyle of Chinnor Manor), Alexander is described as 'Mr. Popham of the Middle Temple' in the will of his father-in-law Sir Edward Stradling (1476-1535) indicating which institution he received his legal training.

Popham served as Escheator in Somerset and Dorset, as J.P. in Somerset, and as recorder in Bridgwater. Receiving only the manor of Huntworth from his father, he acquired other estates during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, some of which he resold, and at his death he held the manors of Buckland and Huntworth and 60 houses in Bridgwater.

His will was dated Jun. 1, 1556 in which he nominated Sir Robert Stradling, Bartholomew Combe, and his brother-in-law Humphrey Walrond as executors, and as overseers Sir William Portman and his son-in-law Richard Michell. His remains were interred in the church at North Petherton, Somerset.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101358389/alexander-popham

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander POPHAM

Alexander POPHAM
1500-1556

1529

Jane STRADLING
1505-1555

Edward POPHAM
1530-????
Elizabeth POPHAM
± 1533-????
John POPHAM
1531-1607
Katherine POPHAM
1536-1588

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Historical events

Day of death June 11, 1556

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1556: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 16 » Philip II becomes King of Spain.
    • January 23 » The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
    • February 14 » Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
    • June 27 » The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
    • September 15 » Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
    • November 5 » Second Battle of Panipat: Fought between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and forces of Muslim Emperor Akbar.


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