1st Clip
You might like to alter the title of your post -
'Know all Men by these Presents that We William Lobb'
....County of Cornwall Shipwright.......
............Bodmin in the said County Cabinet maker and
John Topham of the said Borough Grocer
............ John Sheepshanks
......Clerk Master of Arts......
Sheepshanks or to his certain Attorney his Executors Adminis-
-trators or Assigns.......
to which payment well and truly to be made We oblige ourselves
and every of us by himself & themselves
.......... in the fifth year of the Reign of our Sove-
-reign Lady Victoria.........
I think it's John Topham and not Popham as you have written. I can't see a 'P' there,
It could be another 'J' the same as the first letter of 'John. which would make it 'Jopham', which sounds unlikely, but worth considering if you're going to be looking for him.