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
Portrait of John Hampden by William Dobson
Hampden Statue in The Palace of Westminster
Cromwell, Hampden and Hobart in the Old Church at The Lee
Society AGM at Great Hampden
Members walking the Chalgrove battlefield
Magdalen College Oxford
The American privateer Hampden engaging the East India Company ship, Bridgewater, in 1779. © 2012 Christie's Images Limited
The John Hampden Monument at Chalgrove
Click on this link to see the video available on You Tube. You will need to skip the annoying advert. John Hampden Film The director John Smithson went on to have a successful career in documentary film making. John Smithson (born in March 1952) is an Oscar Best Picture nominee and BAFTA, Emmy, Peabody, and Grierson … Read more
Hampden Sydney College – 250th Anniversary
Book Review: “Choosing Sides” Edward Hyde and Bulstrode Whitlock
Lady Fenwick’s Garden
Ballad of John Hampden by Bruce Alexander
Cherry Pie ‘Coffins’
Ship Money Monument Update
Powick Bridge Restoration
Jerome Horsey (Sir) Born: ?Died: 1625Father: UnspecifiedMother: UnspecifiedChildren: noneSiblings: none
Elizabeth Horsey (Hampden) Born: Died: 1607Father: Griffith HampdenMother: Anne CaveChildren: noneSiblings: Ann Waller (nee Hampden), William Hampden
Mary Waller (Bracey) Born: 1610Died: 1677Father: UnspecifiedMother: UnspecifiedChildren: noneSiblings: none
Edmund Waller Born: 1605Died: 1683Father: Robert WallerMother: Ann Waller (nee Hampden)Children: noneSiblings: nonePoet, politician and plotter
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
Robert Waller Born: 1581Died: 1616Father: UnspecifiedMother: UnspecifiedChildren: Edmund WallerSiblings: none
Ann Waller (nee Hampden) Born: 1581Died: 1653Father: Griffith HampdenMother: Anne CaveChildren: Edmund WallerSiblings: Elizabeth Horsey (Hampden), William Hampden
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