John Drinkwater’s notes on his book – John Hampden’s England
A transcript of handwritten notes made by John Drinkwater on the reverse of pages of the typescript of his 1933 biography, John Hampden’s England. Click here
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Facsimile of the Domesday Book entry for Great and Little Hampden
A copy of the entry for Hampden in the Domesday Book Click Here The Domesday is not easy to read. It is written in a heavily abbreviated form of Latin with small marks to show where a letter or letters have been left out
The origins of the English Civil War – a short video clip
A video clip produced by the Royal Holloway University Click here Causes of the English Civil War
A Military Historian’s Civil War
Professor Ian Beckett’s illustrated talk at the Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury, on 6th July 2019.
John Hampden’s Will & Testament
The text of John Hampden’s last will and testament. Pages 99 – 105 of the document. Click Here Dated 1636 with a codicil added at the start of the Civil War on 30th June 1642 (a year before his death).
The Battle of Chalgrove 1643 – Simon Marsh’s narrative
The Battle of Chalgrove – Simon Marsh’s narrative An account by Simon Marsh of the Battle of Chalgrove drawing on contemporaneous accounts and relevant historic maps.
The Battle of Chalgrove – links to the website of Colonel John Hampden’s Regimente
There is a wealth of information on the website of Colonel John Hampden’s Regiment. Click on this link for access to the further reading section of the John Hampden Regimente website Click on this link for access to a scholarly article by Derek and Gill Lester The military and political significance of Battle of Chalgrove … Read more
The Death of John Hampden
The death of John Hampden by Professor John Adair, the President of the John Hampden Society Click here An article by Hampden’s latest biographer into the controversial circumstances surrounding Hampden’s death and the exhumation of his presumed body by Lord Nugent in 1828.
The Long Parliament and John Hampden
The Long Parliament and John Hampden by Dr Paul Hooper A much longer successor to Dr Hooper’s previous work, split into chapters as follows: Chapter 1 – Preface and background Chapter 2 – The opening weeks, elections, the dissolutions of 1629 & 1640 Chapter 3 – The trial of Strafford Chapter 4 – The Star … Read more
John Hampden in the Short Parliament 1640
An in-depth look at Hampden’s activities during the famous Short Parliament of April/May 1640, by Dr Paul Hooper one of the Society’s leading historians. Click here