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

Family and Education

b. c. June 1595, 1st s. of William Hampden† of Great Hampden and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Cromwell alias Williams† of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.C. Russell, ‘The date of John Hampden’s birth’, N and Q ccxiv. 90. This biography draws on G. Nugent-Grenville, Lord Nugent, Some Mems. of John Hampden (1832) and J. Adair, A Life of John Hampden the Patriot (2003). educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 30 Mar. 1610; I. Temple 17 Nov. 1613.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. (1) 24 June 1619, Elizabeth (d. 20 Aug. 1634), da. and h. of Edward Symeon of Pyrton, Oxon. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) inc. Richard* and William*, 6da. (1 d.v.p.);Pyrton par. reg. f. 22; Lipscombe, Buckingham, ii. 237 and n.; The Par. Reg. of Gt. Hampden ed. E. A. Ebblewhite (1888), 18-21, 74-5, 161. (2) 5 June 1640, Letitia, wid. of Sir Thomas Vachell of Coley House, Reading and da. of Sir Francis Knollys I*, s.p.Chertsey par. reg. f. 74. suc. fa. 1597. d. 24 June 1643.HMC 7th Rep. 552.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, River Colne, Bucks., Herts. and Mdx. 1624-aft. June 1625.C181/3, ff. 116v, 184v. J.p. Bucks. 1624-Nov. 1636, 16 Mar. 1641–d.CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 418; J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts, ‘Additional docquets of commissions of the peace’, Parl. Hist. xxxii. 235; CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 143; C231/5, p. 437; HP Commons 1604–29. Commr. subsidy, 1625, 1628–9;E115/87/13, 44; E115/107/97. Forced Loan, 1627. C193/12/2, f. 4. Dep. lt. by 1634–?d.W.H. Summers, ‘Some documents in the state pprs. relating to Beaconsfield’, Recs. of Bucks. vii. 103–4. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 5 June 1640-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 190v-218v. assessment, Bucks. 1642, 24 Feb. 1643;SR; A. and O. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; sequestration, Bucks. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643.A. and O.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b. cttee. of safety, 4 July 1642.CJ ii. 651b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643.LJ vi. 55b.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) army of 3rd earl of Essex, Aug. 1642–d.SP28/1a, f. 172; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database.

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Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. R. Walker, 1643;Port Eliot, Cornw. ?oil on canvas, W. Dobson;English Heritage, Kenwood. ?oil on canvas, unknown;Capt. Christie Crawfurd English Civil War Colln., Stow-on-the-Wold, Glos. miniature, S. Cooper.D. Foskett, Samuel Cooper (1974), 123.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

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

Will

28 June 1638, cod. 30 June 1642, pr. 28 May 1647.PROB11/200/541.

Estates

worth £2,500 p.a.I.F.W. Beckett, Wanton Troopers (Barnsley, 2015), 7; Clarendon, Hist. iii. 60n. Alienated manor of Dunton, Bucks. to his own use, 1626; sold manors of Dunton, Great Kimble, Uptons and Marshalls, Bucks. 1635; Arthur Goodwin* sold manors of Bishops Woburn and Woburn Dincourt, Bucks. to him and Sir Alexander Denton*, 1635.Coventry Docquets, 551, 679, 684.

Oxford 1644

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