Hampshire in 1155 and who obtained confirmation from the Empress Maud of all his land of Popham which he had held at the death of Henry I) 3: Gules, a pair of wings in lure argent overall a bend azure (Seymour? Reigny?) 4: Per pale azure and gules three lions rampant argent (Herbert, Earl of Pembroke) 5: Argent, a fess between three martlets sable, with a crescent sable for difference (Edmondes, for Agnes Edmondes, daughter and heiress of William Edmondes and wife of William Popham (died 1464) of Huntworth) 6: Gules, on a bend argent three escallops sable (Knoell, Knolle, Knowles, etc., for Isabel Knolle daughter and heiress of Thomas Knolle and wife of John Popham (died 1536) of Huntworth, grandfather of Sir John Popham (died 1607), as shown on the monument to Katherine Popham (died 1588), mother of Sir William Pole (died 1635), in Colyton Church, Devon. 7: Sable, three fishes palewise tails uppermost argent (Unknown family, apparently a Knolle heiress) 8: Argent, a saltire gules between four eagles displayed azure (Hampden, an heiress of Knolle, as shown on monument to Katherine Popham (died 1588), mother of Sir William Pole, in Colyton Church, Devon. 9: Per pale argent and gules overall a bend azure (?) References Further reading Collinson, John, History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, Vol.2, Bath, 1791, pp. 196–201, pedigree of Popham Hasler, P. W., biography of Popham, John (c. 1532 – 1607), of Wellington, Som., published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1558–1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981 Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol.2, London, 1837, pp. 196–201, pedigree of Popham Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 15th Edition, ed. Pirie-Gordon, H., London, 1937, pp. 1830–1, pedigree of Leyborne Popham of Hunstrete late of Littlecote 1531 births 1607 deaths 17th-century English judges People from Sedgemoor (district) Speakers of the House of Commons of England Lord chief justices of England and Wales Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Attorneys General for England and Wales Regicides of Mary, Queen of Scots Members of the Middle Temple English MPs 1559 English MPs 1571 English MPs 1572–1583 People of pre-statehood Maine John 16th-century English judges Serjeants-at-law (England) Knights Bachelor English justices of the peace