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

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  • The Patriot 109  Spring 2024

    The Patriot 109 Spring 2024

    ● Bucks Local History Conference 2023 - The Society Stand ● The Battle of Turnham Green - the case for caution Simon Marsh ● What do we know about the Battle of Aylesbury - Dale Smith ● Forthcoming Hampden exhibition at Wycombe Museum ● Talk by Howard Robinson on Cromwell and the Battle of Worcester ● Review of May Flower Lives talk to the Bucks Historical Association
  • The Patriot No 108 Winter 2023

    The Patriot No 108 Winter 2023

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  • The Patriot No. 107 Summer/Autumn 2023

    The Patriot No. 107 Summer/Autumn 2023

    ● Hamden (sic) Connecticut - Regicide Information Panel ● Cromwell Day Service - September 2023 ● Book Review - Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris ● Book Review - The Restless Republic by Anna Keay ● Battle of Turnham Green - Hampden's missed chance, by Pat Moody
  • Patriot 106 Summer 2023

    Patriot 106 Summer 2023

    ● Hampden House - Sidney-Hampden College ● Men of Bucks March on London 1642 ● Haddenham in the Civil War ● Talk to Haddenham U3A ● King Charles - King and Martyr Zoom talk (Dr Andrew Lacey) ● Book Review: John Hampden & the Battle of Chalgrove etc by Derek Lester ● Event at Great Hampden Church 28th May 2023
  • Patriot 105 – Spring 2023

    Patriot 105 – Spring 2023

    ● 2023 AGM - The King's Head, Aylesbury ● Obituary - Baroness Boothroyd ● John Hampden's Bed - The James Town Settlement ● John Adair biography for School Libraries ● Book Review - The Siege of Loyalty House by Jessie Childs ● Plaque to mark John Hampden's resting place, St Mary Magdalene's Church ● Trustees talks - Amersham, Ickford and Princes Risborough ● Review of Zoom talk by Dr Vivienne Larminie
  • Patriot 104 – Winter 2022/23

    Patriot 104 – Winter 2022/23

    ● 30th Anniversary Celebration - The Pilot ● British Civil War Memorial Database ● Obituary - Dr Paul Hooper ● Risk Management Update ● Book Review - God's Vindictive Wrath by Charles Cordell ● Going Loco - Transport for London Museum ● More on the Houbraken portrait of John Hampden ● Clarendon and the Battle of Chalgrove - by Derek Lester
  • No. 103 – Autumn 2022

    No. 103 – Autumn 2022

    ● The founding of the Society - 30 years ago ● Letitia Knollys - the second wife of John Hampden ● Richard Howell - our latest trustee appointment (and first American) ● William Erle's other celtic cross (at Gibbet Hill near Hindhead). ● Report on the 2022 Annual Conference of the Bucks Local History Network ● The Houbraken Portrait of Hampden - where is the original?
  • No. 102 – Summer 2022

    No. 102 – Summer 2022

    ● Sealed Knot Events - 18th/19th June at Thame Rugby Club ● Placing of commemorative wreath in Thame. ● The Society's stall at the Thame History Fair ● Review of Ismani Pell's biography of Sir Phillip Skippon ● Framed copies of the inscription on the Ship Money Monument ● Events at Great Kimble - Restoration of Hampden related artefacts ● Review of talk by Derek Lester to BAHS on the Battle of Chalgrove
  • No. 101 – Spring 2022

    No. 101 – Spring 2022

    ● The 2022 AGM at Great Hampden ● TP Editor Roy Bailey to stand down in 2023 ● Review of Dr Ismini Pells talk on Civil War injuries ● Advert for Battlefield Walk at Chalgrove in June ● Advert for Pike and Shot Essay competition ● Advert for Talk on Battle of Chalgrove by Derek Lester to BAS ● Report on British Civil Wars Memorial Project ● Sir John Eliot's last letter - John Seal ● Review of The Witch Finder (TV series)
  • No. 100 Winter 2021/22 ‘Centenary Issue’

    No. 100 Winter 2021/22 ‘Centenary Issue’

    ● 2022 AGM ● Hampden Statue is moving ● Book Review: A life of JH by John Adair ● The new Earl of St Germans ● Lenthall & Hampden by Sir Lindsay Hoyle ● Great Kimble - The Hampden Links ● Hampden & Milton ● Online Archive ● Talk by Dr Lynette Nusbacher ● The Ship Money Memorial - access ● The Ship Money Monument Mystery ● BLHN Conference - 2021 ● Visits to Milton's Cottage & Jordan's Meeting House ● Upcoming talk: Dr Pells - Civil War Medical Practices ● Remembering Absent Friends ● John Hampden Grammar School: Update
  • No. 99 – Autumn 2021

    No. 99 – Autumn 2021

    ● Exhibition of Hampden artefacts - Great Kimble Church ● Talk to the Ketner Society at National Liberal Club ● Part I: Hampden and Milton - The Bucks Connection ● Oxfordshire Characters in the Civil War - Thame Museum Talk ● What distinguishes as Martyr ● The Sword of John Hampden - National Liberal Club ● Slavery and John Hampden ● Exhibition at Thame Museum ● Talk to the Abingdon U3A
  • No. 98 – Summer 2021

    No. 98 – Summer 2021

    ● 2021 AGM Report ● Wreath laying at Chalgrove Memorial ● Proposed visit to Milton's Cottage ● Exhumation of combatants killed at the battle of Brentford ● Connections with Reading Abbey ● Book Review: Battle of Chalgrove - A case study ● Slavery and John Hampden ● Exhibition at Thame Museum ● Talk to the Abingdon U3A
  • No. 97 – Spring 2021

    No. 97 – Spring 2021

    ● Plans for 2021 AGM ● Obituary: Cheryl Gillan MP ● Sir John Urry - Deserter and Traitor ● Book Review: 'Providence Lost' by Peter Lay ● New Trustee: Dr Elizabeth Rogers ● Edition 100 - A Souvenir ● Hampden-Sydney College ● Awards and Certificates
  • No. 96 – Winter 2020/21

    No. 96 – Winter 2020/21

    ● Looking Forward - 2021 ● Membership Matters - GDPR ● Friends of the Dymock Poets - donation by JHS of the John Drinkwater papers ● Hampden Family - settled in Bucks before the Conquest? Part 2. ● Book Review: The Seeker by S G McLean ● Who's who - Brief Biographies of Trustees ● Inspector’s report on South Oxon Local Plan 2011-35, including the planning application for Chalgrove Airfield. ● Disappearing inscription on the Ship Money Memorial ● Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust (BGT) dossier on Hampden House park and gardens ● The Ship Money Monument at Prestwood - plans for …
  • No. 95 – Autumn 2020

    No. 95 – Autumn 2020

    ● Chalgrove Battlefield Development - JHS submission to Council ● Hampden Family - settled in Bucks before the Conquest? ● Gladys Hargreaves - Hampden family story ● Hampden in Scotland ● Peter Osborne - New Committee Member ● A Light Shining in Buckinghamshire ● Letter to the Editor - William Reid
  • No. 94 – Summer 2020

    No. 94 – Summer 2020

    ● First Virtual Meeting - Zoom ● Acquisition of a locket of Hampden’s Hair ● Book Review – Hampden’s England by John Drinkwater ● The Cony Case – Ship Money Mark 2 ● Revd Richard Lenthall
  • No. 93 – Spring 2020

    No. 93 – Spring 2020

    ● Message from The Chairman ● A Play about the Ship Money Trial - Jim Rodda ● Proposal for a Hampden plaque in Great Hampden Church ● Plans for the 2021 AGM on the IOW ● Book Review: To Catch a King: Charles II's Great Escape by Charles Spencer ● Talk to the Newbury U3A Military History Group ● Letter from Members Richard & Mary Hambly ● Plague Comes to Great Hampden (Rev Robert Lenthall)
  • No. 92 – Winter 2019/20

    No. 92 – Winter 2019/20

    ● A new Vice-President - Sir Lindsay Hoyle ● Obituary - Olive Amy Entwhistle ● The Swan at Three Mile Cross ● Book review - Notes of proceedings of the Long Parliament by Sir Ralph Verney ● Hampden Clubs and The Peterloo Massacre part 2
  • No. 91 – Autumn 2019

    No. 91 – Autumn 2019

    ● The threat to the Chalgrove Battlefield ● Talks - U3A Thame, U3A Croxley Green and The Grove Park Group ● A new Hampden feature in Aylesbury ● The Duel Stone story ● An offshore AGM?
  • No. 90 – Summer 2019

    No. 90 – Summer 2019

    ● A talk by Ian Beckett (a leading military historian) ● Bruce Alexander's text of his 2019 AGM speech ● Book review - By The Sword Divided ● TV review - Charles I Downfall of a King ● The Hampden Clubs - and The Peterloo Massacre
  • No. 89 – Spring 2019

    No. 89 – Spring 2019

    ● The 2019 AGM at Hartwell House ● Another 'Hampden portrait' ● Donations to libraries ● An offshore AGM? ● Book review ● The new Ship Money Monument seat ● A lost Princess.
  • No. 88 – Winter 2018/19

    No. 88 – Winter 2018/19

    ● National Civil War Museum ● American Privateer The Hampden ● Peterloo Massacre Book Review ● Hampden Clubs ● Roger Paynter - obituary
  • No. 87 – Summer 2018

    No. 87 – Summer 2018

    ● 25th Anniversary Dinner ● Saving Chalgrove Battlefield ● 2018 AGM ● 2017 AGM ● Conscience is My Crown - Book review ● Talks on Hampden's Military Career ● New notice board at Ship Money Monument ● 375th Anniversary of the Grand Remonstrance ● Lady in Red - Elizabeth Hampden? ● The Library ● Hampden Privateer ●
  • No. 86 – Autumn 2016

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    No. 81 – Spring 2015

    • Permission granted for JHS to lay a wreath at Westminister • Ship Money Memorial at Prestwood erected by Lord Justice Erle - research 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

    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

    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

    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

    No. 77 – Winter 2013/2014

    • Was Ship Money an 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 Battle 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    No. 53 – Winter 2007/8

    • 15th Anniversary Celebrations - at Chenies Manor • Letter from Stephen Ede-Borrett • Obituary - Henry Graham Baldwin • PayPal & Facebook • Obituary - Viscount Hampden (Vice President)
  • No. 53 – insert of 5 photos from the unveiling of the battlefield trails at Brentford and Turnham Green

    No. 53 – insert of 5 photos from the unveiling of the battlefield trails at Brentford and Turnham Green

    Photographs of the unveiling of the six battlefield trail information boards erected in Syon, Brentford, Acton and Chiswick. A collaborative project run by the Battlefields Trust (Simon Marsh), The Brentford and Chiswick History Society (James Wisdom and Val Bott) and The John Hampden Society (Sam Hearn). The HLF funded the project.
  • No. 52 – Autumn 2007 plus “Foundation of the Society” supplement

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    No. 41 – Winter 2004/5

    ● Joint Day School at Thame with Cromwell Association ● Battlefield Walk at Chalgrove ● Hampden Artefacts ●
  • No. 40 – Autumn 2004

    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

    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

    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

    No. 37 – Winter 2003/4

    • Hampden Day in Wendover • New Plaque for Wendover Library
  • No. 36 – Summer/Autumn 2003

    No. 36 – Summer/Autumn 2003

    ● Wendover Day ● Hampden Plaque - found in Norfolk loft ● Portrait of John Hampden? ● Charity status - tax benefits ● Christmas cards ● Reprint of 'A life of John Hampden: The Patriot"
  • No. 35 – Spring 2003

    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

    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

    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

    No. 32 – Summer 2002

    ● The Society's visit to Grampound ● Wendover Commemorative plaque ● Chalgrove Festival
  • No. 31b (Interim issue) – April 2002

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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. 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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    No. 20 Winter 1997/8

    • Society's 5th Anniversary • New Website • The Hobart Family
  • No. 19 Summer – Autumn  1997

    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

    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

    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 – Autumn 1996

    No. 16 – Autumn 1996

    • Publicity Drive • Hampden Club 1812 to 1832 • Letter from America - Hampden Maine • Another JH portrait
  • No. 15 – Summer 1996

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    No. 10 – Spring 1995

    • Victory - Chalgrove added to EH Battlefields Register • The Battle of Chalgrove 1643 - by Derek Lester • 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

    No. 09 – Winter 1994/95

    ● English Heritage ● Battlefields Register
  • No. 08 – Autumn 1994

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    No. 01 – Winter 1992/93

    • Foundation • 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