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Near Great Hampden is this monument to John Hampden, an MP in the reigns of James I and Charles I. Hampden was a Puritan country gentleman who refused to pay taxes demanded by Charles. He came to national prominence as a defender of liberty and died in June 1643 from wounds he received at Chalgrove during the First Civil War.
Author: M Bowker