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This is a collection of articles, some in Adobe PDF format, relating to John Hampden, the Civil Wars, and the 17th century in general. The copyright to these documents resides with the John Hampden Society (except where otherwise stated) and may only be downloaded and printed for purposes of private study.
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Hampden House Gardens and Park: A Bucks Gardens Trust Research and Recording Project
The link below provides access to a dossier for Hampden House Park and Gardens prepared as part of the Buckinghamshire […]John Drinkwater’s notes on his book – John Hampden’s England
A transcript of handwritten notes made by John Drinkwater on the reverse of pages of the typescript of his 1933 […]Facsimile of the Domesday Book entry for Great and Little Hampden
A copy of the entry for Hampden in the Domesday Book Click Here The Domesday is not easy to read. […]The origins of the English Civil War – a short video clip
A video clip produced by the Royal Holloway University Click here Causes of the English Civil WarA Military Historian’s Civil War
Professor Ian Beckett's illustrated talk at the Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury, on 6th July 2019.John Hampden’s Will & Testament
The text of John Hampden’s last will and testament. Pages 99 – 105 of the document. Click Here Dated 1636 […]The Battle of Chalgrove 1643 – Simon Marsh’s narrative
The Battle of Chalgrove – Simon Marsh’s narrative An account by Simon Marsh of the Battle of Chalgrove drawing on […]The Battle of Chalgrove – links to reference material
There is a wealth of information on the website of Colonel John Hampden’s Regiment. Click on the link below for […]The Death of John Hampden
The death of John Hampden by Professor John Adair, the President of the John Hampden Society Click here An article […]The Long Parliament and John Hampden
The Long Parliament and John Hampden by Dr Paul Hooper A much longer successor to Dr Hooper’s previous work, split […]John Hampden in the Short Parliament 1640
An in-depth look at Hampden’s activities during the famous Short Parliament of April/May 1640, by Dr Paul Hooper one of […]John Hampden – War Leader? by Jonathan Keen
A scholarly assessment of Hampden’s role as both a political and military leader during the period 1641-1643, written as a […]Macaulay’s Critical and Historical Essays No.1 – John Hampden
A link to Lord Macaulay’s review of Lord Nugent’s 1831 biography of John Hampden. Macaulay comments on Hampden’s life and […]Shared Memory: John Hampden, New World and Old by Dr Maija Jansson
Published in the December 2008 issue of The Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, this meticulously-researched article by Dr Maija Jansson looks […]Hampden’s Disinterment
An article in Chambers’ Book of Days about Lord Nugent’s supposed disinterment of Hampden’s body in 1828. Scroll down to […]The Life and Death of John Hampden Junior
An investigation by Roy Bailey, one of the Society’s founders, into the mystery surrounding the death of John Hampden’s eldest […]Was Cromwell at the Battle of Aylesbury?
An investigation by Bob Hammond,the Society’s former Vice-Chairman, into some contradictory accounts. Click hereThe First Green Jackets?
An article, by Roy Bailey, tracing the history of the Royal Green Jackets (now a part of The Rifles) back […]John Hampden – The Rise From Obscurity 1594 – 1636
John Hampden – The Rise From Obscurity 1594 – 1636 by Roy Bailey One of the four papers presented to […]The Downing Street Campaigns
A description of the campaign The Downing Street Campaign – Patriot No. 28 Reply from the DCMS March 2000 Reply […]A History of Hampden House
A History of Hampden House by Tim Oliver A history of John Hampden’s ancestral home by the present owner.Great Hampden Parish Register
Great Hampden Parish Register The complete transcription of the Hampden family entries in the register of St Mary Magdalene Church, […]A Ship Money protest
A Ship Money protest A transcription of the protest by the people of Chesham against the Ship Money assessment in […]Visit to the home of John Hampden the Patriot
Visit to the home of John Hampden the Patriot A transcription of an article in the Monthly Record of the […]Charles I and his Parliaments: The Road to Civil War
A precis of an essay written by one of the Society’s Trustees at the end a series of University lectures […]Philip, Lord Wharton
An article about a revolutionary aristocrat who married Arthur Goodwin’s daughter Jane. From the Journal of the United Reform Church […]The Great Hampden Walk – historic sites and scenery
A circular five mile walk through beautiful countryside starting at the car park of the Hampden Arms at Great Hampden. The […]John Hampden’s Regiment of Foot.
An article on the organisation and financing of John Hampden’s Regiment of Foot. Please click to download
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