Catalogue description Sir John Popham: Papers

This collection consists in the main of the official papers of Sir John Popham when he was Attorney General (1581-592). There are also some papers from his time as Chief Justice of the King's Bench (June 1592-June 1607). They include drafts of letters patent and indentures, duly examined and certified by him, particulars for leases and miscellaneous documents.

A few documents survive from his tenure of the chief justiceship of England (1592 -1607). There are also a few family papers.

For records of the Law Officers' Department see LO

Sir John Popham, Knight, 1531-1607

, through the British Record Society, in October 1929.

Hugh Francis Arthur Leyborne Popham, 1929-1929 , through the British Record Society, in October 1929.