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HAMPDEN.
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arches of the nave arcade are Decorated and the lower ,embattled mansion, occupying the site of the ancient
part of the tower is Early English, the upper stage house, and standing in extensive grounds, containing
Perpendicular : the porch retains a portion of the ancient some very fine beeches, cedars of Lebanon, and che«tgtoup: there are many memorials to the Hampdens. nut trees: the principal front, erected by Robert, first
including brasses to John Hampden esq. with effigy Viscount Hampden, is over 200 feet in length: the
in armour, 1496, and Elizabeth his wife, also with effigy, interior presents an arrangement of convenient rather
and figures of four sons and six daughters ; Sir John than magnificent apartments and contains portraits of
Ham pden, k n t. 1553, also in armour, with effigies of various members of the Hampden family, including one
two wives and three daughters ; Griffith Hampden esq. believed to be an original portrait of the patriot, John
1591, and A n n e (Cave) his wife, 1594, with a quartered Hampden, one of Oliver Cromwell, several others un­
shield above the inscription; and to William Hampden identified, and some drawings by Mieris: theremains of
esq. son and heir of above, 1597, with a shield display- the Hampden library include a large 4to Bible, foring twelve quartering^; John Hampden, who received merly belonging to Philip Cromwell and containing
h
is death wound. Ia
t Chalgrove Field, June
18, 1643, and minute
records of th
at fam. ily:. . t
he parish church -i , •
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nna o •
a 31-.:,. 1 .___ I. , L .
d
ied at lhame, June
24, was buried .in
this church the s*j..
ituat
ed in the grounds
nearly adjoi
ning t_he house The
next day, June 25. as appears from the parish reg
gin_
ally granted by
the C
Conf
wister; manor was ori0_
„ Edward
..1ir..t ..
onfessor
a fine monument re
representing the wounded n
n t.hie» familv
3„
— 3;nuejd until
patriot fall- to
yn
¿f Hampden, in which ,
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ing from his horse, with the church and village of Chal- 1754. There isno lord of the manor. The Earl of Buckgrove in the background, was erected to his memory inghamshire, whose ancestor, Sir John Hobart K.B. mar­
by the Hon. Robert Trevor, who succeeded to the ried, c. 1655, Mary, 6th daughter of John Hampden, is
estates on the death of John Hampden esq. the last th3 principal landowner. The soil is clay and gravel;
male heir, in 1754 : on the south side of the chancel is subsoil, chalk. The chief crops are wheat, oats and
a mural monument to Elizabeth (Simeon), first wife barley. The area of the united parishes is 2,414 acres;
of John Hampden the patriot, who died 20 Aug. 1634 : rateable value, £2,436; the population in 1911 was 424
the inscription was written by Hampden himself, and a in the civil and 284 in the ecclesiastical parish.
memorial east window has also been presented : on the
21 July, 1828, the body of Hampden was disinterred in Sexton, Fred Atkins.
the presence of Lord Nugent and other gentlemen, in
order to ascertain beyond dispute the cause of his death, Post Office, Hampden Row.— Ernest John Ward, subpostmaster. Letters from Chesham, via- Great
and from the evidences then presented it is believed
Missenden (Bucks), arrive & are delivered at 8.30
that the statement of his having been mortally hurt
a.m. & 1 p.m. ; sundays, 8.45 a.m. Letter Box
by the bursting of his over-charged pistol is correct;
cleared at 11 a.m. & 5 p.m. week days; sundays, 4.20
great doubt has however been expressed as to whether
p.m. Great Missenden, 4 miles distant, is the near­
the remains thus examined were in fact those of John
est money order & Prestwood, 2 miles distant, the
Hampden; there are besides, monuments of this family
nearest telegraph office
1634'i754»and others to Thomas Kempthorne esq. 1738,
and Anne (Hampden) his wife; John Mosse LL.D. Elementary School (mixed), built in 1843, with an in­
rector, 1785, and Jane and Anna Maria, his wives; to
fants’ school added in 1886; it now holds 80 chil­
the family of Welch. 1722-3: there are 200 sittings,
Mrs. Annie Slade, mistress; Miss Paget &
all being free; in 1894 the church underwent con­ dren;
Miss
Nelms, assistant mistresses
siderable restoration, at an estimated cost of £ 2,000:
and in 1899-1900 the exterior walls at the west end
of the church and tower were renovated, a dry area
LITTLE HAMPDEN is a village 7 miles north from
dug all round the building, and the old oak roof of High Wycombe, 5 east from Princes Risborough rail­
the nave thoroughly repaired, at a cost of about ¿900: way station on the Great Western and Great Central
in the churchyard are brick tombs to Robert Viscount Joint railway and on the Wycombe, Thame, Oxford and
Hampden, 1783, and Constantia, his wife. 1761: the Aylesbury branch of the G. W. railway and 3 south-east
lands for which the patriot, John Hampden, refused from Great Missenden station on the Metropolitan and
to pay ship money are in this parish, which see. The Great Central Joint railway. The church (dedication
register of baptisms and burials dates from the year unknown) is a very small but ancient building of stone
T5S7 5 marriages, 1559. The living is a rectory, net and dating from about 1250, and consisting of chancel,
yearly value ¿240, including 37^ acres of glebe, with nave and north porch with bell chamber over contain­
residence, in the gift of the Earl of Buckinghamshire, ing one bell: the chancel was rebuilt in 1859; on the
and held since 1896 by the Rev. Alfred Marshall M.A. south side of the chancel is a handsome piscina and
ofKeble College, Oxford. At PRESTWOOD is a Baptist an ancient stone figure of a bishop with a crozier in
chapel. The Hampden memorial, a plain stone, sur­ his left hand; his right hand being uplifted in the
mounted by a Maltese cross, was erected in 1863 near act of benediction: the original altar slab still exists:
to Honor End farm, and bears the following inscrip­ in 1907 some ancient frescoes were uncovered, one
tion:—
representing St. Christopher, another St. Peter and
St. Paul, the remainder are fragmentary: the church
“For these lands in Stoke Mandeville
was in part new roofed in 1906, and affords 50 sittings.
John Hampden
was assessed 20s. ship money, levied by command of The register dates from the year 1660. The living'is
the King without authority of law, 4th August, 1635. consolidated with the rectory of Great Hampden.
By resisting^this claim of the King, in legal strife, he Capt, Trevor Battye is lord of the manor and principal
upheld the rights ofthe people under the law, and became landowner.
entitled to grateful remembrance. His work on earth Letters through Great Missenden (which is the nearest
ended after the conflict in Chalgrove field, the 18th of money order office) arrive about 8 a.m. but there is
June, 1643,
no stated time for delivery'. Prestwood is the nearest
telegraph office
And he rests in Great Hampden church.”
Hampden House, formerly the seat of the Hampdens. Letter Box, near the church, cleared at 8.30 a.m. & 7
that of the Earl of Buckinghamshire, is a large | p.m. ; sundays, 8.30 a.m
GREAT HAMPDEN.
Brown & Wixon, farmers, Cobbler’s People’s Refreshment House Associa­
hill (letters received direct from tion Ltd. (James Cooke, manager)
P R IV A T E RESIDEN TS.
Great Missenden)
Redding George, farmer & assistant
Buckinghamshire Earl of D.L J.P. Brown William, blacksmith
Hampden house; Fordell hou ,In- Deadman Jas. Hy. farmer & carpenter overseer. Honor End farm
Taylor Charles, farmer, Hockley Bot­
verkeithing, H.B. ; & Brooks’ cluh, Groom Herbert, baker. Prestwood
tom (letters direct from Great
London S W & Herr cluh, Edin- Groom Owen, cattle dir. Prestwood
burgh
Missenden)
Groom Ruth (Mrs.), shopkpr.Prestwd Walker Albert, blacksmith, Bottom
Hobart-Hampden Awdrv Geo. Ferns Hayton Robert, head gamekeeper to
Ward John & Sons, grocers & farmers.
„ward Ernest, Prestwood
Marshall Bev. Alfred M.A. (reclor), the Earl of Buckinghamshire D.L., Post office
Ihe Bcctory
Hohart-Hampden Awdry Geo. estate
LITTLE HAMPDEN.
agent to the Earl of Buckingham­
Atkinson Llewelyn B. Alster
COMMERCIAL.
shire D.L.. J.P. Ferns
Harling
Capt. Robert William
James James Llewellyn, farm bailiff
ethIaFariaifeu i10use carpenter to to Mrs. Mary James’,Bottom farm
COMM ERCIAL.
JP
R • cBuckinghamshire
D.L.. James Mary (Mrs.).frmr.Bottom frm Brown John, farmer
J
.P. Bnary
ottage
Miller George, private gardener to the Clark Wm. Martin & Son, farmers
'Wn osePB. farmer,Low.Honor End Earl of Buckinghamshire D.L . J.P
Mills Jane (Mrs.), Rising Sun P E
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