page_title: John Popham (judge)
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: John Popham (judge) / Origins
caption_attribution_description: English: Escutcheon in the Pole Chapel of Colyton Church, Devon, showing arms of Popham (Argent, on a chief gules two stag's heads cabossed or) impaling Stradling (Paly of six argent and azure, on a bend gules three mullets or), representing the marriage of Alexander Popham (c.1504-1556) MP, of Huntworth, Somerset, and Joan Stradling, daughter of Sir Edward Stradling (d.1535) of St Donat's Castle, Glamorgan. Detail from monument to Katherine Popham (died 1588), daughter of Alexander Popham and wife of William Pole (1515-1587), MP, and mother of Sir William Pole (1561–1635) of Shute and of Colcombe Castle, Colyton, historian of Devon, and sister of Sir John Popham (1531–1607), Lord Chief Justice of England.
context_page_description: Sir John Popham of Wellington, Somerset, was Speaker of the House of Commons, Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice of England.
context_section_description: Popham was born in 1531 at Huntworth in the parish of North Petherton, near Bridgwater, in Somerset, the second son of Alexander Popham (c. 1504 – 1556) of Huntworth, twice MP for Bridgwater in 1545 and 1547, by his wife Jane Stradling, a daughter of Sir Edward Stradling (died 1535) of St Donat's Castle, Glamorgan; one of Jane's brothers is Thomas Stradling. St Donat's Castle situated on the south coast of Glamorgan was a short sail across the Bristol Channel into the inland port of Bridgwater on the River Parret. The Popham family had held the manor of Huntworth since the 13th century when Sir Hugh de Popham (tempore Edward I) (a younger son of the Popham family of the manor of Popham, Hampshire) married Joan de Kentisbury, daughter and heiress of Sir Stephen de Kentisbury of Huntworth. His nephews included George Popham, founder of Popham Colony (of which Sir John was one of the principal financial backers) and Sir William Pole (1561–1635), the historian of Devon.
caption: Escutcheon in the Pole Chapel of Colyton Church, Devon, showing arms of Popham impaling Stradling (Paly of six argent and azure, on a bend gules three mullets or), representing the marriage of Sir John Popham's parents
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