A LIFE OF JOHN HAMPDEN THE PATRIOT (1594-1643) by Dr John Adair. (ISBN 978-0-9555530-1-1) Certainly the best of the full-length biographies, containing much new material not previously available. The author is a noted military historian. The original hardback publication is now out of print, but the work was republished in paperback in 2003, incorporating new information supplied by members of the John Hampden Society, who now own all existing copies. To read a sample page, click here. £7.50

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JOHN HAMPDEN OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE - THE PEOPLE'S HERO by Dr Frank Hansford-Miller. Shire Publications - 1976. (ISBN 978-0-9555530-2-8) The John Hampden Society - 1997. This is a small, 48-page illustrated life of the Patriot, originally published in the 'Lifelines' series, and is an excellent introduction to the subject. This book is now out of print, and we have re-published it under our own imprint. To read a sample page, click here. £2.50

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THE CONTROVERSY OF JOHN HAMPDEN'S DEATH by Derek Lester & Gill Blackshaw. The John Hampden Society - 2000. (ISBN 0953803406) The Society's second publication, in association with The Chalgrove Battle Group; an in-depth investigation into the mystery surrounding John Hampden's death wound and the supposed exhumation by Lord Nugent. To read a sample page, click here. £3.50

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HAMPDEN'S MONUMENT UNVEILED by Derek & Gill Lester. The John Hampden Society - 2006. A compilation of five reports of the events surrounding the unveiling of the Hampden Monument at Chalgrove on 19 June 1843. The greater part of the book is dedicated to copying verbatim the report in The Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette. This gives, word for word, the speech given by Lord Nugent and the reply of the Rev. Renn Dickson Hampden. The reporter also commented on some of the unseemly happenings concerning the hundreds of uninvited onlookers. To read a sample page, click here. £4.00

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JOHN HAMPDEN IN THE SHORT PARLIAMENT - 1640 by Dr Paul Hooper. The John Hampden Society - 2007. (ISBN 978-0-9555530-0-4) A scholarly account, by one of the Society's leading historians, of Hampden's activities in the ill-fated Short Parliament of April/May 1640. To read a sample page, click here. £2.50

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JOHN HAMPDEN AND HIS TIMES (The Hampden Lectures) Market Group Management - 1993. A 32-page, full colour booklet produced in association with the John Hampden Society by the company which owns Hampden House. It contains a number of portraits claiming to be of John Hampden; the text of the talk given by Dr John Adair at Hampden House on 26th June 1993 (together with the question and answer session afterwards); notes on the history and restoration of Hampden House; and some information (now somewhat out of date) about the Society itself. To read a sample page, click here. £3.50

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BUCKS IN THE CIVIL WAR EXHIBITION (Catalogue) Buckinghamshire County Museum - 2004 The catalogue is 62 pages long and contains 87 illustrations, most of which are in colour including the famous portrait of John Hampden by Robert Walker. It was produced to accompany the exhibition which ran at the County Museum in Aylesbury from 28th November 2004 until 27th February 2005. The text includes not only well-researched captions accompanying the pictures but also a twelve-page essay by Society Vice-President Professor Ian Beckett and thumbnail biographies of the painters whose work is represented in the exhibition. To read a sample page, click here. £4.00 For UK addresses - plus £1.50 postage & packing. For addresses outside the UK - plus £3.50 postage & packing. The following are post free if ordered with one of the above publications - otherwise add 25p postage and packing:- POSTCARDS A full-colour postcard of the Walker portrait of John Hampden, with details of Hampden and the Society on the reverse. £2.00 for 10. THE BATTLE OF CHALGROVE FIELD by P.S.W. Beck A print, on A4 cream vellum-style paper, of the battle where John Hampden received his death wound. First published in Dr John Adair's 1976 biography of Hampden, and reproduced by kind permission of the author. Ideal for framing. £1.25 each. IN THE STEPS OF THE PATRIOT A folded A3 leaflet, produced in Millennium Year by members of the Society, describing a tour of the most significant places in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire associated with John Hampden. Illustrated with line drawings by local artist Gillian Goodall and a map.      75p THE PATRIOT This is the quarterly illustrated newsletter of the John Hampden Society, which is sent, free of charge, to members. Some back numbers are available for £1 each. The cost of the special 12-page colour souvenir issue pictured above, and of the similar one for the unveiling of the Wendover plaque, is £2.50. To view issues online over the past 4 years, click here. This attractive enamelled badge, which is just 1½ inches in diameter, is suitable for wearing as a brooch. £2.00. The smaller jewel on the left is a replica of the Hampden Jewel, which is said to have been worn around his neck by John Hampden at the Battle of Chalgrove. The original (right), which is a cornelian in a silver setting, was given to the Bodleian Library by Thomas Knight in 1795, and has engraved around the edge the couplet, 'Against my King I do not fight, But for my King & Kingdom's right.' The Bodleian Library has produced these replicas, which are on sale for £38.00. To order, go to the Bodleian Library Shop. The replicas do not have the couplet engraved around the edge, but a copy is included in the presentation box. Supplies of this 63mm x 32mm self-adhesive promotional label are also available, free of charge, by sending an S.A.E to the Society. All orders should be sent to: 9 Mulberry Drive Wheatley Oxon OX33 1UT All remittances should be made payable in sterling to The John Hampden Society. Postage charges for each item are as indicated in the online ordering section above. Books about John Hampden Anyone who wishes to know more about John Hampden will find the following books of interest. Some of them are now out of print and difficult to obtain, even from libraries. MEMORIALS OF JOHN HAMPDEN, HIS PARTY AND HIS TIMES by George Grenville, Lord Nugent. George Bell & Sons - 1831. The first biography of Hampden, written by the man who erected the monument at Chalgrove, and who opened Hampden's coffin (or so he thought) to try to discover the truth about Hampden's death wound. JOHN HAMPDEN'S ENGLAND by John Drinkwater. Thornton Butterworth - 1933.   Keystone Library - 1936. As its title suggests, more a look at 17th century life as it affected Hampden than a biography. It contains the arguments put forward by both sides in the Ship Money trial in some detail. JOHN HAMPDEN - A LIFE by Hugh Ross Williamson. Hodder & Stoughton - 1933. More of a narrative history of Hampden's life than the previous two, and much lighter going. The author is very critical of Nugent's work. WORLD-FAMOUS REBELS by Charles Connell. Odhams Books - 1970. (ISBN 600726533) Contains an excellent 14-page section on John Hampden. Home | About John Hampden | About the Society | The Society's activities | Booklist | Archives Documents | Join the Society | Diary of events | Links to other sites | Newsletter | Facebook | Contact us