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Son and heir of Rev. Alexander Popham, Rector of West Monckton, Somerset. He was educated at Oxford, where he graduated M.A. in 1755. He was called to the Bar 7 Feb. 1755, became a Bencher of the Inn 28 Jan. 1785, Reader in 1793, and Treasurer in 1800. He was returned for Taunton in 1768 and in 1774 brought in a Bill for the better management of prisons, which passed into the Acts 14 Geo. III. Caps. 20 and 59. He died in Lincoln's Inn Fields 13 Oct 1810.

Admitted 14 November, 1632.

Fourth son of (q.v.) of Littlecote, Wilts, and brother of (q.v.). In 1636 he served with the Fleet, and in 1639 had the command of a ship. In the Civil War he joined the Parliament and did good service in the West. In 1648 he was appointed with Blake and others as Commissioner for the ordering of the Fleet, and in the following year he commanded in the Downs. He was buried 19 Aug. 1651.

Admitted 1 December, 1589.

Only son of {q.v.) of Wellington, Somerset As a soldier he took part in the expedition to Cadiz under the Earl of Essex, and was knighted for his services in 1596. From the following year till his death he sat in Parliament for one or other of the constituencies in Wiltshire or Somersetshire, and took an active interest in the settlement of Virginia and New England. He was buried 15 Aug. 1644.

There is no record of his admission, but he was Reader at the Inn in 1568, and Treasurer in 1580. He was the second son of Alexander Popham, and was born at Huntworth, Somerset Becoming Member of Parliament for Bristol in 1572, he held during the term of his parliamentary career the positions of Solicitor and Attorney-General, and of Speaker. He was elevated to the office of Chief Justice of the King's Bench in 1592, and knighted. He presided at the trial of (q.v.), and of the Gunpowder Plot Conspirators. He died in 1607.

He was the author of a number of Reports, published after his death, with the following title: Reports and Cases [from the 34th to 39th Elizabeth] written with his own hand in French and now Translated into English &hellip; with some Additional Cases &hellip; Folio, London (1656).

Son of Henry Port, Mayor of Chester. There is no entry of his admission to the Inn, but he was Reader in 1509, and Treasurer in 1515, being at the same time a Justice of the Peace for Derbyshire. In 1522 he was made