Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Unknown man, formerly known as Sir John Popham NPG 478

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Unknown artist

After studying at Balliol College, Oxford, he proceeded to the Middle Temple, where he rose to become Treasurer in 1580. He was elected as an MP in 1571. In 1581 he was elected Speaker of the House of Commons, and later that year was appointed Attorney General. In this role, and then as Chief Justice, he presided over the trials of Sir Walter Ralegh (1603) and Guy Fawkes (1606). His legal career developed rapidly alongside his parliamentary activities and was extremely lucrative for... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.