Editing John Popham (judge) (section)

{{short description|Speaker of the House of Commons and Lord Chief Justice}}
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| honorific-prefix = Sir
| name        = John Popham
| image       = SirJohnPopham.jpg
| caption     = Sir John Popham (1531–1607), Lord Chief Justice. 1602 portrait by unknown artist, collection of Harvard Law School
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| birth_date  = c. 1531
| birth_place = [[Huntworth]], [[North Petherton]], [[Somerset]]
| death_date  = 10 October {{Death year and age|1607|1531}}
| death_place = [[Wellington, Somerset]]
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| occupation  = Speaker of the House of Commons, Attorney General, Lord Chief Justice
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| spouse      = Amy Adams (''alias'' Games)<ref name="History of Parliament">History of Parliament</ref>
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| parents     = Alexander Popham, Jane Stradling
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| signature   = John Popham signature.png
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| footer = ''Sr. John Popham knight Lorde Cheife Justice of England & of her Maj. most honorable Privie Counsell''. Sir John Popham (1531–1607), Lord Chief Justice. '''Left''': Copy by [[George Perfect Harding]] (1781–1853) of lost original by unknown artist. National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 2405; '''right''' another existing version, possibly original or further copy from same source
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| image2 = PophamArms 1607 WellingtonChurch Somerset.PNG
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| footer = Arms of Popham: ''Argent, on a chief gules two stag's heads cabossed or''; '''right''': detail from monument to Sir John Popham in Wellington Church, showing a ''crescent sable'' for [[Difference (heraldry)|difference]] with crest: ''A stag's head and neck erased proper''
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'''Sir John Popham''' (c. 1531 – 10 June 1607){{citation needed|date=October 2020}} of [[Wellington, Somerset]], was [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] (1580 to 1583), [[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]] (1581 to 1592) and [[Lord Chief Justice]] of England (1592 to 1607).