A History of Hampden House
A History of Hampden House by Tim Oliver A history of John Hampden’s ancestral home by the present owner.
Great Hampden Parish Register
Great Hampden Parish Register The complete transcription of the Hampden family entries in the register of St Mary Magdalene Church, Great Hampden, by Derek Lester. Entries in the Parish Register of Great Hampden Church by Reverend Robert Lenthall in August and September 1647 Robert Lenthall’s record of the deaths at Great Hampden of his wife … Read more
A Ship Money protest
A Ship Money protest A transcription of the protest by the people of Chesham against the Ship Money assessment in 1635.
Visit to the home of John Hampden the Patriot
Visit to the home of John Hampden the Patriot A transcription of an article in the Monthly Record of the Westbourne Park Baptist Chapel of a visit to Hampden House in 1902.
Charles I and his Parliaments: The Road to Civil War
A precis of an essay written by one of the Society’s Trustees at the end a series of University lectures on the Early Stuarts by Brian Cox Charles I and his Parliaments: The Road to Civil War
Philip, Lord Wharton
An article about a revolutionary aristocrat who married Arthur Goodwin’s daughter Jane. From the Journal of the United Reform Church History Society by K.W. Wadsworth Click here
The Great Hampden Walk – historic sites and scenery
A circular five mile walk through beautiful countryside starting at the car park of the Hampden Arms at Great Hampden. The walk is mostly on bridleways and paths passes Hampden House and Church, and the Ship Money Memorial. The walk was devised by Helen Lodge for the Chiltern Society. Click here: Hampden_Monument Walk
John Hampden’s Regiment of Foot.
An article on the organisation and financing of John Hampden’s Regiment of Foot. Please click to download
No. 83 – Autumn 2015
• The New Website – update
• Newsletter Editor and Webmaster – vacancies
• Bucks Local History Network – report Sept 2015 conference
• Obituary – Reverend Dr Joyce Mary Bennett OBE
• Ship Money Memorial at Honor End Prestwood – Jim Rodda’s new responsibility
• The Happy Parliament of 1624 – article by Philip Baker of History of Parliament Trsut
No. 82 – Summer 2015
• Wreath laying in Parliament by JH Statue
• April AGM at Hampden House
• Hon Doctorate for Miles Buckinghamshire from Hampden Sidney College
• Descended from JH – Genealogical research by Phillip Broomfield
• Manor of Great Haseley – owned by Pat Claus’s ancestors
• The Last Roundhead by Jemahl Evans – book review by Steve Barriff
• The New National Civil War Centre at Newark – a report by Roy Bailey
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