The Earl of Buckinghamshire at the Society's 20th anniversary service in Great Hampden Church
The Ship Money monument at Prestwood
The Palace of Westminster in the 17th century
Pyrton Manor, home of John Hampden's first wife
The former Lord Williams's Grammar School, Thame
The Earl of Buckinghamshire at the 350th anniversary ceremony in Thame
St Mary Magdalene church, Great Hampden
Charles I tries to arrest the Five Members in the House of Commons
John Hampden's funeral in 1643
Arthur Goodwin, Hampden's lifelong friend
Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth. Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees.
The Great Hall at Hampden House
St Mary Magdalene church and Hampden House
Hampden's regiment marching through Thame
The Battle of Aylesbury is one of those events that seems always to evoke strong emotions. The publication of Charles Cordell’s historical novel, “God’s Vindictive Wrath”, has revived the debate about whether the battle actually happened, and if who was involved, and where and when was it fought. Member Dale Smith has produced a helpful … Read more
The talk on the 18th November was recorded on Zoom and will be available to view free of charge for the next month. Link to talk on the Battle of Worcester The pass code is 97jVHsi. The Battle of Worcester was the final, decisive battle of the English Civil War in 1651, and one of Cromwell’s … Read more
Click on the link below to listen to a discussion by Professor Andrew Hopper of the University of Oxford and distinguished historian, Dr Stephen Roberts about the importance of John Pym. https://www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/john-pym-1584-1643-pivotal-parliamentary-figure-and-opponent-of-the-king/ John Hampden and John Pym worked closely together in the Short and Long Parliaments.
Dr Larminie shared with us some of her most recent research about the Parliaments of the 1640s. She was a Senior Research Fellow at the History of Parliament Trust and the Assistant Editor of House of Commons 1640-1660. Click here to view the recording.
Click here for link to video of Dr Nusbacher’s talk
The link below provides access to a dossier for Hampden House Park and Gardens prepared as part of the Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust Research and Recording Project. Work on this project started in 2014 and the dossier was published in September 2020. This site is one of several hundred designed landscapes in the county identified in … Read more
A transcript of handwritten notes made by John Drinkwater on the reverse of pages of the typescript of his 1933 biography, John Hampden’s England. Click here
A copy of the entry for Hampden in the Domesday Book Click Here The Domesday is not easy to read. It is written in a heavily abbreviated form of Latin with small marks to show where a letter or letters have been left out
A video clip produced by the Royal Holloway University Click here Causes of the English Civil War