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

10.30am, June 24th at the plaque in Thame High Street – wreath-laying (followed by coffee)

Everyone is welcome to join this wreath laying and short open air comemoration of John Hampden’s life, and his death from his wounds in Thame. A chance to meet up with old friends and make some new ones over a coffee. The Society is investigating the possibility of installing an information board in the nearby passage known as Greyhound Walk.

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