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No. 86 Autumn 2016
● 21st century battle of Chalgrove ● Jewel encounter ● The Knollys family chapel ● Dr and Mrs Paul Hooper ● Cleaning the Acton Green information boards ● Battle of Chalgrove - alternative interpretations
No. 85 – Summer 2016
• AGM 2016 - Broughton Castle • 25th Anniversary October 2017 • Society's New Website • Battle of Chalgrove - link to article by the Lester's • Book Review: Wanton Trooper by Ian Beckett • Obituary - Beatrice Dobie • Obituary - Hugh Muldrew
No. 84 – Winter 2015/2016
• Battle of Chalgrove - review of article in Oxoniensia by Gill and Derek Lester • Show and Tell at Great Hampden WI • History of England: Volume III "Civil War" by Peter Ackroyd - book review • Obituary - Gloria Jarvis Smith • Presentation of JH Portrait to Hampden Arms Pub • New Parliament Building for Zimbabwe at Mount Hampden (see also Selous)
No. 83 – Autumn 2015
• The New Website - update • Newsletter Editor and Webmaster - vacancies • Bucks Local History Network - report Sept 2015 conference • Obituary - Reverend Dr Joyce Mary Bennett OBE • Ship Money Memorial at Honor End Prestwood - Jim Rodda's new responsibility • The Happy Parliament of 1624 - article by Philip Baker of History of Parliament Trsut
No. 82 – Summer 2015
• Wreath laying in Parliament by JH Statue • April AGM at Hampden House • Hon Doctorate for Miles Buckinghamshire from Hampden Sidney College • Descended from JH - Genealogical research by Phillip Broomfield • Manor of Great Haseley - owned by Pat Claus's ancestors • The Last Roundhead by Jemahl Evans - book review by Steve Barriff • The New National Civil War Centre at Newark - a report by Roy Bailey •
No. 81 – Spring 2015
• Permission granted for JHS to lay a wreath at Wesminister • Ship Money Memorial at Prestwood erected by Lord Justice Erle - researh by Valerie Horne • Talk on JH at Great Kimble Church by Miles Buckinghamshire • JH and the World Wide Web - article by Steve Barriff • Bosworth and the birth of the Tudors by Chris Skidmore - book review • A Light Shining in Buckinghamshire - report on play at the Royal National Theatre
No. 80 – Winter 2014/2015
• Revisting the Ship Money Memorial at Honor End Prestwood • In Memoriam Angela Rodda - bequest received • Another picture of JH? • Cromwell Study Day 2014 • Rebellion: Britain's first Stuart Kings by Tim Harris - book review • Conscience is my Crown - booked published by member Pat Claus
No. 79 – Autumn 2014
• The Funeral of JH - by Roy Bailey • Graffiti of JH in Lichfield cellar - letter from Kate Gomez • JH on TV (Simon Schama and Clare Jackson - report by Steve Barriff • Mastermind Answers - from previous issue • The New Website - an update report • Visit to Gt Hampden by Westbourne Baptist Chapel 1902 - article by Sam Hearn • Chesham inhabitants Ship Money Protest - research Agnes Hearn
No. 78 – Spring/Summer 2014
• Barn Centre Thame AGM 2014 • Battle of Chalgrove - new entry in Victoria County History of Oxon • Mastermind Question (answers in next edition) • Battle of Chalgrove revisited - personal reflections of Steve Barriff • Collecting Ship Money on the IOW - letter from Dr Paul Hooper • Hampden House Girls School remembered • 17th Century London recreated on YouTube • Angela Rodda - obituary
No. 77 – Winter 2013/2014
• Was Ship Money and illegal tax - a re-assessment by Brian Cox • Picture of Parliament from the river in the 18th Century • Thame Charities Fair - a report • The importance of the Bttle of Chalgrove • Photo of the inscription on the Ship Money memorial • The Rainborowes by Adrian Tinniswood - a book review • Real Tennis as played by Miles Buckinghamshire our Patron • Ten Things you probably did not know about JH
No. 76 – Autumn 2013
• The JHS goes to Westminster - Speakers Question Time • To serve two masters (biography of Col Robert Hammond) by Jan Toms - reviewed by Bob Hammond • Bucks Local History Conference 2013 • The JHS goes to Westminster - a visit by members • Suffragettes (and JH) remembered in Chesham march • Fresh donations to the Society's library - Dr Paul Hooper • Visit to Fullers Brewery cancelled.
No. 75 – Summer 2013
● Battle of Chalgrove - wreath laying Gill and Derek Lester ● Disraeli and Hampden ● Bucks family History Society - open day 2013 ● History of Parliament Trust - short biography of JH ● JH School Days ● Ewelme - on the Hampden trail
No. 74 – Spring 2013
• AGM 2013 at The Gate Pub, Bryant's Bottom - following Church Service • Great Hampden Church in need of restoration funds • Mr Speaker William Lenthall - tragedy and triumph • Portrait of a young JH ? • JH's second in command William Barriff • William Cobbett - nineteenth century admirer of JH
No. 73 – Winter 2012/2013
• The Nat Portrait Gallery exhibition Henry Frederick, POW, eldest son of James I. • Retirement of Trustee John Gabbitas • The Five Members - Edward Montague • JH's first muster 15th August 1642 • Insurance Cover from the British Association for Local History (BALH) • Cromwell Association annual wreath laying - invite to JHS • Rebels & Traitors a novel by Lindsey Davis - book review • A seventeenth century time capsule
No. 72 – Autumn 2012
• JHS marks first 20 Years • Obituary - Leslie Wynne Davies (nee Boatwright) • Changes in membership subscription rates • New Vice President - John Bercow MP • Peter Lely - exhibition at Courtauld Gallery • Letter from America - Pat Claus and Alice Hawes •
No. 71 – Summer 2012
• A special day in Aylesbury - 100 years since JH statue unveiled • Obituary - Alan Dell • A Royal Pardon for Lord Saye & Sele • Respected Royalists - Viscount Falkland (Lucius Cary) • Hampden Day Celebration - at Hampden NZ
No. 70 – Spring 2012
• AGM 2012 at Broughton Castle • The Inner Temple - a vanished world • Roger Paynter - retiring as membership secretary and trustee • Exhumation (?) of JH 21 July 1828 • Reprinting The History of Watlington
No. 69 – Winter 2011/12
• Membership Subscription Increase • The Hampden Cabinet • Elizabeth Symeon Memorial • Women's Tax Resistance League • Sir Edmund Verney
No. 68 – Autumn 2011
• Pirates of the Barbary Coast - Adrian Tinniswood at Hartwell House • Sir Ralph Hopton • Bucks Local History Network - 2011 Conference
No. 67 – Summer 2011
● The Women's Tax Resistance League ● Annual Dinner at Thame 18th June 2011 ● Wreath Laying at Chalgrove Monument & Thame Memorial ● Battlefield Information Board - at Syon House ● Book Review - "James I and his Parliaments" by Conrad Russell ● Obituary Graham George Barfield
No. 66 – Spring 2011
● AGM 2011 - at Chalgrove ● The Battle of Chalgrove - just a skirmish? ● Wlliam Noy - The Ship Money Mastermind ● Hampden Cabinet ● Graham Barfield
No 65 – Winter 2010/11
● Last Hurrah at the Chiltern Brewery Terrick ● JH's Funeral ● HS2 - Polcy Statement by Chairman ● The Downing Street Campaign - what next? ● JH Video ● Massacres in Ireland 1641 ● Roger Paynter's health ● The Hampden Cabinet?
No. 64 – Autumn 2010
• Talk at Hampden House on The Battle for London by Simon Marsh & Stephen Porter • The flight of the Five Members • Book Review "The Battle for London" • Respected Royalists - Sir Jacob Astley
No. 63 – Summer 2010
• Chalgrove wreath laying - 18th June 2010 • Queen Elizabeth I - visit to Hampden House • Bradenham Manor • Annual Dinner 2010 •at Spread Eagle - Speaker Julian Humphries • Book Review - "Death, destruction and a packet of peanuts" - author Chris Pascoe
No. 62 – Spring 2010
• AGM 2010 - Mansfield College Oxford University (Adrian Tinniswood) • JH & Grampound • Chalgrove Battlefield Walk • Queen Elizabeth I visit to Hampden House - Sybil Penn • Book Review - The Verneys by Adrian Tinniswood
No. 61 – Winter 2009/10
• Downing Street Campaign • Obituary - Joan Portsmouth • The Broughton Project • Victorian Copy of Great Hampden Church Register • JH Medallions - copies of Chalgrove Monument side profile image • Book Review - The English Civil Wars by Blair Worden • An invitation to Port Eliot •
No. 60 – Autumn 2009
• JH Commemoration Service at Great Hampden Church • Where was JH buried ? - Derek Lester • Downing Street Campaign • Book Review - Cavalier and Roundhead Spies by Julian Whitehead • Bucks Local History Conference - Roy Bailey's talk •
No. 59 – Summer 2009
● Annual Dinner 2009 - William Hakewill ● Broughton Castle ● William Hakewill - Part III ● Book Review - Savage Kingdom by Ben Woolley ● Great and Little Hampden ● Wreath Laying at Chalgrove
No. 58 – Spring 2009
• AGM at Thame Barn Centre • William Hakewill - Part 2 • Letter from America - Alice Hawes • Speech to Hampden Sidney College - Miles Hobart-Hampden ●
No. 57 – Winter 2008/9
• Your Society Needs You • Letter from America • William Hakewill - Part 1 • Members' Area on Website • MERCURIUS AULICUS - Hampden's death • Letter from Rich Howell of Hampden Maine
No. 56 – Autumn 2008
• Chalgrove Battle or Skirmish? • Battle of Wycombe Rye - High Wycombe • New Vice Presidents - Dr Paul Hooper and Viscount Saye & Sele • Hampdens at the Battle of Bosworth 1485
No. 55 – Summer 2008
• Obituary Dr Frank Hansford-Miller • Annual Dinner - speaker Dr Diane Purkiss • Speen Fete • Battle of Tewkesbury • JH window at The Oak Room The Wycombe Swan
No. 54 – Spring 2008 – with “thoughts of the Vice-Chair” supplement
• 15th AGM - Hartwell House - talk by Dr Lucy Worsley • Punching below their weight - Hampden Family • Hampden House in times past • Book Review - The English Civil War: A Peoples History by Dr Diane Purkiss
No. 53 – Winter 2007/8 – “Unveiling of battlefield trails” supplement
• 15th Anniversary Celebrations - at Chenies Manor • Letter from Stephen Ede-Borrett • Obituary - Henry Graham Baldwin • PayPal & Facebook • Obituary - Viscount Hampden (Vice President)
No. 52 – Autumn 2007 plus “Foundation of the Society” supplement
• Experts pronounce on Hampden Jewel • Mr Heber Margetts remembered • Who was at the Battle of Chalgrove? • Hampden letter October 1642 • Battlefield Trail Boards at Brentford and Turnham Green • Hampden Window at the University of Harvard • Book Review - Cavalier by Dr Lucy Worsley • Book Review - Henrietta Howard by Dr Tracy Borman • Bucks Local History Fair 2007 • Talk to pupils at Putney High School
No. 51 – Summer 2007
• Annual Dinner 2007 - Thame. Dr Paul Hooper • JH's control over the House of Commons • Battlefield Trust's project for Brentford & Turnham Green • Offer from Charles Harvey to make History of Parliament Books available.
No. 50 – Spring 2007
• Opening of Thame Museum • Obituary - Liz Morris (membership secretary) • Hampden Jewel • JH & the Venetian Republic - talk at Hartwell House by Dr John Adamson • Return to Chiltern Brewery • The Hampden Chalice
No. 49 – Winter 2006/7
● Portrait of JH for sale ● JH and Magna Carta ● Thame Museum and the Hampden Plaque ● Letter from Dr John Adair ● Book Review - The Tyrannicide Brief by Geoffrey Robinson ● Opening Sessions of the Long Parliament ● Obituary - Terry Gibson
No. 48 – Autumn 2006
● Bucks Local History Fair - Lesley Boatwright ● JH's bed - now in America ● Battlefield Trust Project - Battles of Brentford & Turnham green ● Obituary - Gordon Knight ● Exploding Pistol and the death of JH ● John Hampden Googlegroup
No. 47 – Summer 2006
● The Battle of Aylesbury - disputed ● William Hakewill research ● HLF Money for battle field trail at Brentford & Turnham Green ● AGM at Hampton Court Palace - talk on Sybil Penn (nee Hampden) ● Book Review - Restoration by Tim Harris ● Book Review - To Return a King by David Dougan ● Obituary - Leslie Cameron
No. 46 – Spring 2006
● Talk by Dr Tracy Borman on Henrietta Howard at Hartwell House ● Research on JH's birth and his father's death ● Death and burial of Sir John Eliot in the Tower of London ● Griffith Hampden ● Book about the Chalgrove Battlefield monument ● The Chiltern Conservation Board Forum ● Stoke Poges Church brass of Sir Edmund Hampden
No. 45 – Winter 2005/6
● New date of birth for JH - 1595 ● JH's poem celebrating the wedding of Princess Elizabeth & the Elector Palatine ● Robert Goodwin's letter - update ● New Museum for Thame ● JH & the Providence Island Company - part 2
No. 44 – Autumn 2005
● Annual Dinner - speaker Malcolm Wanklyn ● Letter to Colonel Thomas Barrington ● Battles of Brentford & Turnham Green by Simon Marsh ● Bells at Great Hampden cast for JH ● House of Wharton - Part 3 ● JH's mortal wounds by Dr Paul Hooper ● Bucks Local History Fair at Winslow
No. 43 – Summer 2005
● More Hampden artefacts - hair ● The House of Wharton - Part 2 ● Wedding of Gill Blackshaw and Derek Lester ● Book Review - The Siege of Reading by Malcolm Barre-Baker
No. 42 – Spring 2005
● George Downing - Hero or Scoundrel ● The House of Wharton - Part 1 ● Bucks Local History Fair ● JH & the Providence Island Company - Part 1 ● JH in the Dictionary of National Biography by Conrad Russell
No. 41 – Winter 2004/5
● Joint Day School at Thame with Cromwell Association ● Battlefield Walk at Chalgrove ● Hampden Artefacts ●
No. 40 – Autumn 2004
● A Jarvis Tapestry (Hampden House) - by Gloria Jarvis Smith ● The Essex Letter from JH to Sir Thomas Barrington ● Missing copy of a speech by JH ● The Hampden-Warren connection ● JH School Project - by Rebecc Roddan ● William Strode - the birds have flown ● JH and King Charles ● Hampden Bomber
No. 39 – Summer 2004
• First Gift-Aid return • Handley Page - Hampden Bomber • The Hampden Plaque is acquired • Annual Dinner at Thame speaker Maija Jansson
No. 38 – Spring 2004
• The John Hampden Club (1812 - 1822) • Gammon & Bacon pie - Recipe • Obituary: Minor Myers • Exhibition at Bucks County Museum (Bucks in the Civil War) • Inigo Jones - Britain's Greatest Architect? • Fundraising to buy the Hampden Plaque • Hampden Park Football Stadium
No. 37 – Winter 2003/4
• Hampden Day in Wendover • New Plaque for Wendover Library
No. 36 – Summer/Autumn 2003
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No. 35 – Spring 2003
• Preview of Hampden Day in Wendover • Update on Charitable Status • Obituary: Cynthia Beaumont • A Museum for Thame?
No. 34 – Winter 2002/3
● 10th Anniversary Banquet ● Buckinghamshire's Greatest Person ● Wendover Memorial Plaque ● Buckinghamshire Protestation 1642 ● New Zealand 2002/2003 ● First Years of the Long Parliament
No. 33 – Autumn 2002
• A new Battle of Aylesbury - Bob Hammond • Obituary: Elliott Viney • Bucks Local History Network Conference • New Vice President: Maija Jansson
No. 32 – Summer 2002
● The Society's visit to Grampound ● Wendover Commemorative plaque ● Chalgrove Festival
No. 31b (Interim issue) – April 2002
• Slow progress with the JH video • Converting to a Charity • A JH Plaque for Wendover • JH on TV - Tristram Hunt castigated
No. 31a (Interim Issue) – January 2002
• The Hampden Travelling Exhibition • Chalgrove Battlefield Memorial • Proposed 10th Anniversary celebration at Hampden House • Five talks booked • References to JH in Sir William Drake's diaries
No. 31 – Summer 2001
• Announcing the Grampound visit • Progress with planned video • William Barriff - Colonel of the Hampden Regiment • Report on the AGM • New sponsor Paul Meekins • •
No. 30a – (Interim Issue) May 2001
• Publication of Proceeding in the opening session of the Long Parliament • AGM held at Hampden House • Obituary - Alan Walker
No. 30 – Winter/Spring 2001
• JH Video - first steps • Dr Frank Hansford- Miller playing the didgeridoo • Obituary: Len Barker • Portrait of a Hampden Lady from 1606 • Hampden New Zealand
No. 29 – Summer/Autumn 2000
• Millennium Exhibition at Thame • Obituary: Moira Calvert (Barbados Hampdens) • Bucks Local History Fair - Exhibition • Charity Status for the Society - progress • New Information at Chalgrove Monument • New website domain: www.johnhampden.org • The death of John Hampden Junior at Chenies (1642)
No. 28 – Spring 2000
• Change the name of Downing Street to Hampden Street • Hampden's Greencoats return to Thame • Trevail House (formerly Hampden House) Grampound • Battlefield Trust's study day on Chalgrove Battlefield
No. 27 – Winter 1999
• New book published by JHS - Controversy of Hampden's death • Painting by Edith Augusta James - Hampden symbolism • Obituary: Gerald Bradford • Model of John Hampden - by Alan Webb • Visit to Grampound proposed
No. 26 – Autumn 1999
• No Millennium statue for Thame • Letter in Daily Telegraph - refers ship money • Theft of Hampden's sword from Aylesbury statue - arrests made • Millennium Ale at Chiltern Brewery
No. 25 – Spring 1999
• Hampden Statue for Thame? • Article in The Field about Chalgrove Battlefield Monument • Obituaries: Lord Hollenden, Norman Lawrence and Kate Shirley • Marriage of Hampden's father-in-law Edmund Symeon • Spring Lunch at Chiltern Brewery • Hampden's ride from Chalgrove Battle field - legend and fact
No. 24 – Winter 1998/99
• Seeking sponsor for Hampden Video • More on death of John Hampden Junior • The links between Hampden, Fermor & Lee families (Fritwell & Hartwell) • Town of Hampden, Newfoundland • Book Review: Our Island in War and Commonwealth - by Dr Paul Hooper member about IOW • The death of John Hampden Junior by John Adair - contd from Patriot 22
No. 23 – Autumn 1998
• A lock of Hampden's hair • Visitors from Hampden, New Zealand (Muldrews) • Battle of Chalgrove tea towel • Arthur Goodwin - Hampden's life long friend
No. 22 Summer 1998
• John Hampden's eldest son • Battle of Aylesbury re-enactment • Countess of Bucks becomes VP • The wills of JH, William Hampden and Griffin Hampden • The death of JH - article by John Adair contd from No. 21
No. 21 Spring 1998
• An earlier John Hampden Society • Obituaries - Rght Revd Richard Watson, Lord Donaldson & Richard Millard • The death of JH - article by John Adair • DNA test suggestion • Millennium Matters
No. 20 Winter 1997/8
• Society's 5th Anniversary • New Website • The Hobart Family
No. 19 Summer – Autumn 1997
• The Freedom of Thame - Special Edition • Hampden's Greencoats march through Thame • Visit to Broughton Castle
No. 18 – Spring 1997
• Republication of Dr Frank Hansford Miller's biography of JH • Visit to Broughton Castle • Hampden on line • Book Review "Only in Heaven" - a biography of Arthur Hesilrige by Barry Denton • John Hampden Ale on sale in Tescos • Tring, Wing and Ivanhoe (sic) - Walter Scott and Hampden
No. 17 – Winter 1996/7
• Thame to host John Hampden event • Change of AGM date • Visit to Broughton Castle • Webpage • Obituary - Anna Watson
No. 16 – Summer 1996
• Publicity Drive • Hampden Club 1812 to 1832 • Letter from America - Hampden Maine • Another JH portrait
No. 15 – Summer 1996
• JH connections with the Isle of Wight - Paul Hooper & Jan Toms • Lock of JH's hair • Chalgrove Battlefield Walk • Service at Great Hampden Church • Obituary - Miss Ursula Pye (a direct descendant of JH's daughter Anne) • Member Angela Feaviour cycling from Belfast to Plymouth • Chalgrove Seminar proposed by Battlefields Trust • Book Review: "British Battles" - weak report on Chalgrove • Donations of artefacts by Gladys Hargreaves • How the Hampden's retained their estates after 1066 • Mention of JH in Ruth Spalding's biography of Bulstrode Whitlocke
No. 14 – Spring 1996
• Bid to purchase Chalgrove Battlefield • Report on 4th AGM • George Morris - naming Aylesbury Roundabouts • Earlier Hampden Society - Lord Byron a member • Idea of a JH Society Library • Obituary - William (Bill) Wood
No. 13 – Winter 1995/6
• Hampden Ale - Chiltern Brewery • AGM to be held at Hampden House - tea with Rev Arthur Taylor • History of Hampden House
No. 12 – Autumn 1995
• Hampden Ale - Chiltern Brewery • Letter from Dr Paul Hooper - JH Parliamentary Career • The JHS & the Internet • History of Hampden House - Part 1 • Derek Lester promoted to Major & Commanding Officer of Hampden's Regiment • Letter from John Hadfield re portraits of JH • David Appelby responds
No. 11 – Summer 1995
• Celebrate Chalgrove Victory with Heritage Trail and Dinner • Edward Clough report of JH's Death "a fraud" • Fred Tildersley joins the JHS • Future of the Chalgrove monument - structural survey • Hampden's in Barbados - Black Ivory reference
No. 10 – Spring 1995
• Victory - Chalgrove added to EH Battlefields Register • The Battle of Chalgrove 1643 - by Derek KLester • Hampden Saint or Sinner? Article in Telegraph • JH a Tax Dodger - Fred Tildesley letter to Thame Gazette • Mount Hampden in Zimbabwe • Ship Money Monument at Honor End - maintenance
No. 09 – Winter 1994/95
● English Heritage ● Battlefields Register
No. 08 – Autumn 1994
● English Heritage say make a case for Chalgrove ● Hampden Maine Bicentenary Celebration ● Society Visit to Maine ● Hampden Table sold ● Event at Missenden Abbey - John Hampden & his Times ● Book Review "Eye and Ear Witness" by Anna Mitford
No. 07 – Summer 1994
• EH say battle of Chalgrove just a skirmish • Dr John Adair's article for "The House" magazine about JH • JH's gift to John Fiennes - a silver cup at Broughton Castle • Letter from the CEO of EH - Jennifer Page • Great Kimble and the Ship Money Defaulters • Special sermon at Great Hampden Church in memory of JH • • • •
No. 06 – Spring 1994
• Problems with stability of Chalgrove Battlefield Monument • 400th anniversary of JH's birth marked at Lord William's School Thame • The Hampden Bomber - named for the place not the man • Obituary - George Martin Hammond Society Treasurer and Membership Sec • Hampden and Downing Street • Robert Hammond - objections to local MPs being made honorary members
No. 05 Winter 1993/94
• JHS Members to be guests at Hampden Maine bicentennial celebration • The Hampden Lectures - published by Tim Oliver • Tree planting at Lord William's school • Hampden Bomber - remains of airman who died at Murmansk
No. 04 – Autumn 1993
• Many portraits of JH • Lilian Bowler - family tree help needed • Waller Weekend John Adair • JH born in Downing Street?
No.03 – Summer 1993
• Special Commemoration Edition • Events at Thame - 24th June • Battlefields Trust - John Adair • Stow on the Wold - portrait of JH • The last Hampden • Tour of Hampden sites
No. 02 – Spring 1993
• Saving the Hampden Memorials in Great Hampden Church • Portraits of JH • Memorial to JH in Thame - house where he died • Hugh Muldrew NZ - new member • The John Hampden Press
No. 01 – Winter 1992/93
• Society launch at Hampden House • History of Parliament Trust - letter received • Speaker Betty Boothroyd's letter • Hampden Maine Bicentennial - letter from Alice Hawes • Hampden's Regiment of Foote - English Civil War Society
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