Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Steven Popham
Abt 1393 - 1444 (~ 51 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Steven Popham was born about 1393 in of West Dean in West Tytherley, Hampshire, England (son of Henry Popham and Joan); died on 12 Nov 1444. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1396, of Popham, Hampshire, England
- Alternate death: 14 Nov 1444
Notes:
Knight of the shire for Hampshire in 1420, 1423, 1425, 1431, and 1442. Sheriff of Hampshire 1427-28, 1440-41. Sheriff of Wiltshire 1434-35.
Served under Edward, Duke of York, at Agincourt, where he was probably knighted.
"In 1442 he endorsed a proposal in Parliament for systematic patrols to deal with piracy, and shortly afterwards was chosen to serve as chief commander of a force of 565 men which policed the Channel. He was a shipowner, and one of his vessels, the Cokke William, was requisitioned for the passage of Margaret of Anjou's entourage to Southampton." [Royal Ancestry]Family/Spouse: Beatrice Bohun. Beatrice (daughter of John Bohun and Alice) died after 5 Feb 1446. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Elizabeth Popham was born about 1439; died after 1483.
2. Henry Popham was born about 1339 in of Popham, Hampshire, England (son of John de Popham and Sibyl de Saint Martin); died on 17 Jun 1418; was buried in Lymington, Hampshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Between 1349 and 1355, of Popham, Hampshire, England
Notes:
Knight of the shire for Hampshire 1383, 1385, 1388, 1390, 1394, 1403. Sheriff of Hampshire 1388-89.
Henry married Joan before 1380. Joan died before 1402. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Joan died before 1402. Children:
- 1. Steven Popham was born about 1393 in of West Dean in West Tytherley, Hampshire, England; died on 12 Nov 1444.
Generation: 3
4. John de Popham was born in of Popham, Hampshire, England (son of Robert de Popham and Alice); died in 1359. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Bef 1378
Notes:
Knight of the shire for Hampshire, 1351-53.
John married Sibyl de Saint Martin. Sibyl (daughter of Laurence de Saint Martin and Sibyl) was born about 1316; died before 1385. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Sibyl de Saint Martin was born about 1316 (daughter of Laurence de Saint Martin and Sibyl); died before 1385. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 1386
Children:
- 2. Henry Popham was born about 1339 in of Popham, Hampshire, England; died on 17 Jun 1418; was buried in Lymington, Hampshire, England.
Generation: 4
8. Robert de Popham was born about 1300 in of Popham, Hampshire, England (son of John de Popham and (Unknown) la Zouche); died after 1346. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 1350
Notes:
Knight of the shire for Hampshire, 1329, 1335, 1337, 1343; sheriff of Hampshire 1340-41.
Robert married Alice before 1318. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Alice Children:
- 4. John de Popham was born in of Popham, Hampshire, England; died in 1359.
10. Laurence de Saint Martin was born in of West Dean, Wiltshire, England (son of Reginald de Saint Martin and Eva); died before 10 Sep 1318. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1292, of New Dean, Hampshire, England
Laurence married Sibyl. Sibyl died in 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Sibyl died in 1349. Notes:
Not Sibyl the daughter of Sir John Lorty of Axford, Wiltshire, as claimed by Burke. As The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz points out, that Sibyl has to have been born about 1318, the same year that this Sibyl's husband Laurence de Saint Martin died.
Children:
- Joan Saint Martin
- 5. Sibyl de Saint Martin was born about 1316; died before 1385.