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 John Hampden Society

Edmund Waller

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Edmund Waller Born: 1605Died: 1683Father: Robert WallerMother: Ann Waller (nee Hampden)Children: noneSiblings: nonePoet, politician and plotter

Anne Waller (Bankes)

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Anne Waller (Bankes) Born: 1615Died: 1634Father: UnspecifiedMother: UnspecifiedChildren: noneSiblings: noneAnne Bankes was the sole daughter and heiress of Mercer John Bankes of London and his second wife. In his Will of 1630. Her father mentioned her very young age, which suggests a birthdate of perhaps about 1615. He left her a fortune of £ 8000, … Read more

Video: A discussion about the importance of John Pym (1584 -1643) – Professor Andrew Hopper and Dr Stephen Roberts

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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.

PODCAST – The Civil War Memorials Project

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The John Hampden Society was one of the sponsors of this project and has contributed a number of entries. To find out more, contributing editor Dr Ismini Pells of the University of Oxford talked to Simon Marsh, Research and Threats Coordinator of the Battlefields Trust which has developed an ongoing project to compile a definitive database of … Read more