HAMPDEN, John (1595-1643), of Great Hampden, Bucks.

b. 1595,Al. Ox., ii. 641 indicates he was 15 in March 1610, suggesting a date of birth before March 1595. Oxford DNB suggests he was born c.June 1595. 1st s. of William Hampden† of Great Hampden, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Cromwell alias Williams† of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.Vis. Bucks. (Harl.Soc. lviii), 68-71. bro. of Richard*. educ. Thame g.s. (Richard Bourchier);A.P. McGowan, ‘John Hampden 1594-1643’ (Univ. of Western Ontario M.A. thesis, 1964), pp. 2-3. Cf. John Adair, A Life of John Hampden The Patriot (1594-1643), pp. 6-9. Magdalen, Oxf. 1610; I. Temple 1613.Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 24 June 1619, Elizabeth (bur. 1634), da. of Edmund Symeon of Pyrton, Oxon.,VCH Oxon. viii. 140 and n. 27; Lipscomb, Bucks. ii. 237; McGowan, 4. 3s., 6da.;The eldest son, John, was born at Flitton, Oxon. on 23 Oct. 1623 and baptized there on 6 Nov. Two sons and six daughters were baptized at Great Hampden: Cent. Bucks. Stud. PR 90/1/1. Hampden’s will suggests he had ten children, but his first wife’s funerary monument claims they had nine: Adair, 95. (2) 5 June 1640, Letitia (bur. 29 Mar.1666), da. of Sir Francis Knollys I* of Abbey House, Reading, Berks. and wid. of Sir Thomas Vachell of Coley, Berks., s.p.Surr. Hist. Cent. Chertsey par. reg. f. 74; Adair, 210. Her will testifies to her enduring affection for Hampden: PROB/11/320, ff. 325v-6v. Cf. Lipscomb, ii. 237. suc. fa. 1597. d. 24 June 1643. sig. Jo[hn]/John Hampden.