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 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 Chamber and the Court of High Commission
Chapter 5 – The Bishops Exclusion Bill
Chapter 6 – Reform of religion
Chapter 7 – The Protestation
Chapter 8 – Illegal taxation (Ship Money, Tonnage and Poundage)
Chapter 9 – The Grand Remonstrance
Chapter 10 – Scottish affairs
Chapter 11 – The Committee of Safety
Chapter 12 – The last months and war
References