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Popham was constantly beset by financial difficulties and was forced to sell his estates and around 1630 was forced to flee to France to escape his debtors. He died childless and bequeathed his remaining estate, to which his title was by now disputed, to his brother.
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Popham married twice: firstly
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Popham was born on 11 November 1581. He was the eldest son of
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