About Henry Popham
Lived 1345 – 1418 (aged 72–73). Henry Popham was a politician.
Henry Popham (about 1339 – 17 June 1418) was an English landowner, administrator and politician from Popham in Hampshire.
Origins Born about 1339, he was the second known son of Sir John Popham and his wife Sibyl St Martin, his elder brother being Laurence Popham and his younger brother Sir John Popham MP. From before 1200 the family had held lands at Popham, which he inherited after the deaths of his father and his elder brother.
Family Before 1377 he married Joan, They had one son, his heir Stephen Popham MP. They had two sons, one being John Popham who died before his mother. Margaret outlived her husband by nearly 30 years, dying on 11 June 1448.
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