From before 1200 the family had held lands at Popham, which he inherited after the deaths of his father and his elder brother.
[1] His career began in 1363 with service in Ireland under Sir William Windsor, but thereafter all his public activities were in England.
To his paternal lands inherited in 1360, he added in 1386 half the rights of his deceased uncle Sir Laurence St Martin MP, who had extensive properties in Dorset, Hampshire, and Wiltshire.
He left a will dated 6 November 1417 that was proved on 22 June 1418,[1] and an inquisition post mortem has survived.
[1] By 1402, Joan had died and he was married to Margaret James, who was the widow of Richard Mewes, who held land at Beauchamp Roding in Essex,[1] and the daughter of John James, owner of Rush Court at Wallingford then in Berkshire, and his wife Christine Anstey, daughter of John Anstey who held land at Clapcot in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell.