Lady Amy <I>Adams</I> Popham

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Lady Amy Adams Popham

Birth
Saint Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Death
1612 (aged 80–81)
Burial
Wellington, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England Add to Map
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Due to her father's premature death she became a ward of Alexander Popham of Huntworth, near Bridgwater, Somerset, who married her to his second son, John Popham.

Daughter and heiress of Hywel Adam (d. 1532) of Castleton, near St Athan, Glamorgan, by his wife Jane ferch Llewelyn, daughter of Llywelyn Bach ap Dafydd of Llancarfan by his wife Catrin Bawdrip. Catrin Bawdrip was a daughter of Thomas Bawdrip of Odyn's Fee, near Llancarfan, by his first wife Jane Ragland, daughter of John Herbert alias Ragland (d. aft. 1482) of Garnllwyd, near Llancarfan, by his wife Catrin, daughter and heiress of Lewis Mathew of Garnllwyd by his wife Joan ferch Tomas ap Madog. John Herbert alias Raglan (d. aft. 1482) was a son of Robert ab Ieuan by his wife Joan, daughter and co-heiress of Wilcock Clerk (d. 1445) of Knoyles Place in Llantwit Major. Robert ab Ieuan was a son of Ieuan ap Tomas by his wife Margery, daughter of Gwilym ap Jenkin Grant by his wife Morfydd ferch Madog.

Granddaughter of Richard Adam (d. aft. 1516) of Castleton, near St Athan, by his wife Katherine Vaughan (d. 1520). After Richard's death Katherine married her fourth husband John Nerber, lord of Castleton, by whom she was the mother of Agnes Nerber (d.s.p. 1558) of Brigan.

Great-granddaughter of Huw ab Adam of St Athan [a descendant in the direct male line of Bleddyn ap Maenyrch (d. 1093), arglwydd of Brycheiniog] by his wife Tangwystl ferch Gruffudd, daughter of Gruffudd ap Rhys Llwyd of Porth yr Ogof in Ystradfellte [also a descendant in the direct male line from Bleddyn ap Maenyrch (d. 1093)].

Amy Adam Popham was a first cousin of William Evans, son of her aunt Isabel Adam by Ieuan ap Thomas Herbert of Llangattock.
Due to her father's premature death she became a ward of Alexander Popham of Huntworth, near Bridgwater, Somerset, who married her to his second son, John Popham.

Daughter and heiress of Hywel Adam (d. 1532) of Castleton, near St Athan, Glamorgan, by his wife Jane ferch Llewelyn, daughter of Llywelyn Bach ap Dafydd of Llancarfan by his wife Catrin Bawdrip. Catrin Bawdrip was a daughter of Thomas Bawdrip of Odyn's Fee, near Llancarfan, by his first wife Jane Ragland, daughter of John Herbert alias Ragland (d. aft. 1482) of Garnllwyd, near Llancarfan, by his wife Catrin, daughter and heiress of Lewis Mathew of Garnllwyd by his wife Joan ferch Tomas ap Madog. John Herbert alias Raglan (d. aft. 1482) was a son of Robert ab Ieuan by his wife Joan, daughter and co-heiress of Wilcock Clerk (d. 1445) of Knoyles Place in Llantwit Major. Robert ab Ieuan was a son of Ieuan ap Tomas by his wife Margery, daughter of Gwilym ap Jenkin Grant by his wife Morfydd ferch Madog.

Granddaughter of Richard Adam (d. aft. 1516) of Castleton, near St Athan, by his wife Katherine Vaughan (d. 1520). After Richard's death Katherine married her fourth husband John Nerber, lord of Castleton, by whom she was the mother of Agnes Nerber (d.s.p. 1558) of Brigan.

Great-granddaughter of Huw ab Adam of St Athan [a descendant in the direct male line of Bleddyn ap Maenyrch (d. 1093), arglwydd of Brycheiniog] by his wife Tangwystl ferch Gruffudd, daughter of Gruffudd ap Rhys Llwyd of Porth yr Ogof in Ystradfellte [also a descendant in the direct male line from Bleddyn ap Maenyrch (d. 1093)].

Amy Adam Popham was a first cousin of William Evans, son of her aunt Isabel Adam by Ieuan ap Thomas Herbert of Llangattock.

Gravesite Details

Their monument with effigies was moved from its original placement in 1848, and again in 1938 to its current location.



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