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	Colonell John Hampden's Regiment of Foote Home Page
		John Hampden's Regiment of Foote is a re-enactment group, an integral part of the Roundhead Association and the English Civil War Society.
		John Hampden was known in his lifetime as "Patriae Pater", the father of the people, and had he not been tragically killed in the Civil War, the outcome might have been very different.
		John Hampden's Regiment regularly take part in Living History Displays, Drill Displays, Battles and Skirmishes all over the UK as part of The English Civil War Society.
	www.johnhampdensregiment.org.uk (258 words)

	John Hampden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Hampden (circa 1595—1643) was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, a descendant of a very ancient family of that county, said to have been established there before the Norman conquest, and of Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, and aunt of Oliver Cromwell.
		Hampden was one of the persons to whom the Earl of Warwick granted land in Connecticut, but for the anecdote which relates his attempted emigration with Cromwell there is no foundation.
		When the English Civil War began, Hampden was appointed a member of the committee for safety, levied a regiment of Buckinghamshire men for the parliamentary cause, and in his capacity of deputy-lieutenant carried out the parliamentary militia ordinance in the county.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Hampden (1718 words)

	John Hampden: Biography of John Hampden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		During the 22 years he held a seat in the House of Commons, Hampden identified himself as an advocate of public opinion and champion of popular rights, when the latter were encroached upon by Charles I and his government.
		Hampden suffered imprisonment for his refusal to pay the obnoxious ship money; was one of the framers of the Grand Remonstrance; and also one of the five members illegally committed to prison by order of the king.
		Hampden was killed in the fight of Chalgrove Field, 1643.
	www.sacklunch.net /biography/H/JohnHampden.html (86 words)

	Great Hampden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		By the 14th century 'Hamdena' was split into the two villages, Great Hampden at the top of one hill and Little Hampden on the next hill, with the lush arable land forming the rest of the two parishes spread out in the valley between them.
		Due to the nature of Hampden's death at the Battle of Chalgrove Field near Thame (he died as a result of an injury to his arm and shoulder) this was assumed to be the body of Hampden himself however this assumption has since been challenged by other historians.
		In more modern times Hampden House was used extensively by the Hammer film studios as the perfect gothic backdrop for many of their films.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Hampden (424 words)

	John Hampden c.1595-1643
		Hampden and the other prisoners were released, but Parliament refused to vote funds until the King gave his consent to the Petition of Right, which stated that collection of taxes without the consent of Parliament was illegal.
		Hampden was an early advocate of Pym's scheme for a Protestant alliance between Parliament and the Scots.
		Hampden declared that there were two conditions under which active resistance to the King became the duty of a good subject: an attack upon religion, and an attack upon the fundamental laws of the land.
	www.british-civil-wars.co.uk /biog/hampden.htm (1069 words)

	The John Hampden Society - Biography
		John's grandfather Griffiths, who was an MP and later High Sheriff of the county, entertained Queen Elizabeth I and her Court at Great Hampden.
		ohn Hampden was born in 1594, probably in London, son of Wiilliam Hampden and Elizabeth Cromwell, daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell of Hinchinbrooke.
		Thus John and his younger brother Richard, born in 1596, were first cousins to Sir Henry's grandson Oliver, later to become Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
	www.johnhampden.org /biog1.htm (392 words)

	ThameHistory.net
		Hampden and his Parliamentary Country Party appear to have been in constant turmoil with the King and he and 70 others were imprisoned for a year for refusing to loan money to the King.
		John Hampden continued his protests and it was in this period, as a Justice of the Peace, that he gained much of his local popularity and support.
		John Hampden was not a revolutionary but was a moderate patriotic man until circumstances forced him to take up the sword.
	www.thamehistory.net /people/JohnHampden.htm (1263 words)

	John Hampden
		English statesman, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, a descendant of a very ancient family of that place, said to have been established there before the Conquest, and of Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, and aunt of Oliver Cromwell, the future protector, was born about the year 1595.
		When the Civil War began, Hampden was appointed a member of the committee for safety, levied a regiment of Buckinghamshire men for the parliamentary cause, and in his capacity of deputy-lieutenant carried out the parliamentary militia ordinance in the county.
		Hampden married (1) in 1619 Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Symeon of Pyrton, Oxfordshire, and (2) Letitia, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and widow of Sir Thomas Vachell.
	www.nndb.com /people/957/000101654 (1588 words)

	John Hampden Biography / Biography of John Hampden Biography
		The English statesman John Hampden (1594-1643) was a leader of Parliament in its resistance to Charles I. John Hampden was one of the largest landowners in Buckinghamshire.
		He was represented by Oliver St. John, and in the momentous decision of the case 5 of the 12 judges refused to uphold the government.
		The same principles were adhered to by his son, Richard, and grandson, John Hampden, who were leading opponents of the later Stuarts and architects of the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-john-hampden (584 words)

	JOHN HAMPDEN - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN HAMPDEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		When the breach came in 1629 Hampdeii is found in epistolary correspondence with the imprisoned Eliot, discussing with him the prospects of the Massachusetts colony,2 or rendering daughter of John Hampden, the patriot; it became extinct in 1824 by the death of the 3rd viscount.
		Hampden was one of the persons to whom the earl of Warwick granted land in Connecticut, but for the anecdote which relates his attempted emigration with Cromwell there is no foundation (1.
		Hampden married (I) in 1619 Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Symeon of Pyrton, Oxfordshire, and (2) Letitia, daughter of Sir Francis Knollys and widow of Sir Thomas Vachell.
	www.1911ency.org /H/HA/HAMPDEN_JOHN.htm (3229 words)

	John Hampden
		John Hampden was called upon to pay and he refused to do so...and was imprisoned for a year until March 1628.
		Hampden had refused to pay his ship money (only 31 shillings and sixpence) and he took a stand against the legality of the tax.
		The statue to John Hampden in the Houses of Parliament.
	www.thevickerage.worldonline.co.uk /ecivil/john_hampden.htm (562 words)

	The Whitby High School - A Level History - English Civil War - Personalities Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Hampden was one of the first Parliamentarians who opposed the King, he had a considerable social status and wealth which helped him to rally support against Charles in 1642.
		John Hampden was also strongly allied with John Pym and was involved in the Case of the Five Knights in 1627.
		Hampden, Pym and three other members of Parliament refused to pay Charles I forced loan and were imprisoned without trial, therefore Hampden was also involved in the Three Resolutions of 1629 which expressed MP's views against arbitrary imprisonment over none Parliamentary taxes.
	www.whitbyhs.cheshire.sch.uk /curric/history/alevel/civilwar/causes/penpics/frames/hampden.htm (387 words)

	Britannia Biographies: John Hampden Part 1
		John Hampden, one of the most distinguished of the patriots of England, was the head and representative of an ancient and opulent family which had received the lands of Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire from the reign of Edward the Confessor.
		He was the eldest son of William Hampden of Great Hampden and of his wife, Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, of Hinchinbrooke in Huntingdonshire, and aunt of the Protector, Cromwell.
		John Hampden was born in London in 1594 and, at the age of three years, came, by the death of his father, into possession of the family estates which, besides the ancient seat and extensive domain in Buckinghamshire, comprehended large possessions in Essex, Oxfordshire and Berkshire.
	www.britannia.com /bios/jhampden (354 words)

	SIR JOHN TREVOR - LoveToKnow Article on SIR JOHN TREVOR
		He took the additional name of Hampden in 1754, on succeeding to the estates of that family, and in 1776, twelve years after he had become Baron Trevcr, he was created Viscount Hampden.
		His second son, John Hampden-Trevor (1749-1824), British minister at Munich from 1780 to 1783 and at Turin from 1783 to 1798, died only three weeks after he had succeeded his brother Thomas as 3rd Viscount Hampden, the titles becoming extinct.
		Through his daughter Anne Sir John was the ancestor of the Hills, marquesses of Downshire, and of the family of HillTrevor.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TR/TREVOR_SIR_JOHN.htm (551 words)

	Crawford, "Wading Through Slaughter" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		John Hampden, a leader of the Parliamentary cause before and during the English Civil War.
		Though Hampden was seen by progressive writers as an opponent of political repression and a martyr who died in the cause of liberty, his life and career were also open to interpretation as an exemplar of the ambivalencies of revolutionary action.
		Victor's narrative, then, through its reference to Hampden and allusion to Gray articulates an ambivalence at the very heart of his revolt and perhaps also implies a larger critique of the radical ideology to which Mary herself was exposed by the circumstances of her life.
	www.english.upenn.edu /Projects/knarf/Articles/crawford.html (4413 words)

	AllRefer.com - John Hampden (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		He entered Parliament in 1621, became closely associated with Sir John Eliot, and was imprisoned (1627) for refusing to pay the forced loan demanded by Charles I.
		In 1637, Hampden challenged the king's right to raise revenue by the device of ship money, a tax originally levied on ports for defense purposes but extended by Charles to inland counties.
		Conspicuous as a leader of both the Short and Long Parliaments, Hampden was one of the five members whose attempted arrest by Charles (1642) helped to precipitate the English civil war.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/HampdenJ.html (296 words)

	Live in Baltimore - Hampden
		Hampden was a part of a number of grain milling operations located along the many streams in the counties surrounding Baltimore City.
		Hampden derived its name from a developer, Henry Mankin, who named the town after John Hampden, a key figure in the English revolution of the 17th century.
		John Hampden, a member of a growing capitalist class, was viewed as a hero and champion of the people.
	www.livebaltimore.com /neighbor/hampden.htm (1361 words)

	Mark Pilling Family History - pilg297 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		She died 16 May 1699 in Springfield, Hampden, Ma, United States and was buried May 1699 in Springfield, Hampden, Ma.
		John married Mary Dorchester on 7 Jan 1669 in Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
		John married Hannah Philley on 22 Jan 1673 in Southfield, Berkshire, Mass.
	www.eoni.com /~paf/pilling/pilg297.htm (304 words)

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		John was the son of the late William H. and Catherine A. (Mulready) Boyle of Brockton, Mass.
		John and his wife Elaine were members of the Spud Shufflers and enjoyed square dancing throughout northern Maine and western New Brunswick.
		John was predeceased by his wife Elaine in 1988; a son, Patrick in 1979; his brother, William in 1988; his sister, Mary in 1997; and son-in-law, Timothy Finnemore.
	www.bangornews.com /a/class/obituaries/printobit.cfm?ID=46740& (768 words)

	John Hampden
		John Hampden was born in London in 1594.
		Hampden was elected to the House of Commons in 1621.
		On 17th June, 1643, Hampden was badly wounded during a skirmish with troops led by Prince Rupert.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /STUhampdenJ.htm (402 words)

	World History Blog: The John Hampden Society
		John Hampden was descended from an ancient Buckinghamshire family of great wealth with a long tradition of service to the Crown.
		One of Hampden's ancestors, Sir John Hampden 'of the Hill', rode in the train of the English Queen at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in France in 1520, and his daughter Sybil, an ancestress of William Penn of Pennsylvania, was nurse to the future King Edward VI.
		Had John Hampden wished he could have purchased advancement in the court, but he chose instead to resist Charles I's arbitrary government.
	world-history-blog.blogspot.com /2005/03/john-hampden-society.html (271 words)

	Great Hampden
		The estates were given to Baldwyn de Hampden by Edward the Confessor, and the name seems to indicate that De Hampden was a Norman, one of those "foreign favourites" about whom the Saxons used to murmur.
		In Henry VIII.'s reign Sir John Hampben of the Hill was appointed one of the attendants on the Queen of England, at the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
		John Hampden born 1594, was consequently cousin to Oliver Cromwell.
	www.mspong.org /picturesque/great_hampden.html (1479 words)

	Bucks CC - Local History - John Hampden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Parliamentarian John Hampden is one of Buck's most celebrated sons.
		In 1637 Hampden challenged the king's right to raise revenue by the device of ship money, a tax originally levied on ports but extended by the King to inland counties.
		A prominent leader of both the Short and Long Parliaments, Hampden was one of the five members whose attempted arrest by Charles in 1642 helped to precipitate the English Civil War.
	www.buckscc.gov.uk /about/hampden_john.htm (320 words)

	John H. Randolph Papers
		John Hampden Randolph (1813-1883), Louisiana planter, was born March 24, 1813, in Lunenburg County, Virginia, the fourth of six children of Peter and Sallie Randolph.
		The John H. Randolph Papers are primarily concerned with plantation management, and financial records form the bulk of the manuscript group.
		John Randolph's partnership with Charles A. Thornton, who financed the cultivation of sugar on Forest Home Plantation, is documented by partnership agreements, account ledgers, debt records, and receipts (1844-1850).
	www.lib.lsu.edu /special/findaid/r355m.html (1736 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Mankin's farm had been Mount Pleasant as recently as 1849, but a plat made in 1856 showed it as Hampden, supposedly in honor of John Hampden of England, famous for refusing to pay the "ship tax" to Charles I. Martin Kelly had a mansion on Hickory Avenue, and it survived into the 1950s.
		Hampden celebrated its 100th anniversary as part of the city in 1988 and gave a round of applause to the city's African American mayor, Kurt L. Schmoke.
		Hampden women revive the once reviled "Bee-Hive" hairdo, people delight in the local variety of Baltimorese speech, and there are beauty pageants of costumed "hons" in 1950s regalia.
	www.mdoe.org /hampdenwoodberry.html (1223 words)

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