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 Patriot No. 107 Summer/Autumn 2023

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● 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

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● 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

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● 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

The Thomason Tracts – links

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These are a vast collection of printed pamphlets, books, and newspapers, printed mainly in London between 1640 and 1661, originally brought together by George Thomason, an important London bookseller and the friend of John Milton (1608-1674). About the collection Among the British Library’s unrivalled collections for the study of British history are the Thomason Tracts, … Read more

Zoom Talk by Howard Robinson – Oliver Cromwell & the Battle of Worcester – 19th November 2023 (free)

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November 18th 2023; 4pm UK time: Zoom Link https://zoom.us/j/96687316649 Meeting ID: 966 8731 6649  The Battle of Worcester was the final, decisive battle of the English Civil War in 1651, and one of Cromwell’s greatest triumphs. This battle involved some superb military strategy and military engineering that will be explained in the talk. The talk will explore … Read more

The Cromwell Association Study Day at Huntingdon – 14th October 2023

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Parliament, politics and people: the History of Parliament, House of Commons 1640-1660 The definitive history of the House of Commons from 1640-1660 will be published this year. Edited by Stephen K. Roberts, this monumental nine-volume set comprises detailed biographies of over 1800 MPs and studies of over 320 constituencies, and is the result of over … Read more

Patriot 104 – Winter 2022/23

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● 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