1642 5th July
Committee of Safety Service
Hampden joins Parliament's central committee for military affairs.
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John Hampden
Parliamentarian political leader and early-war colonel. This page combines historical context with 8 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database English Civil War archive.
Historical context
John Hampden: overview and significance
What happened?
John Hampden was a prominent critic of royal taxation before the war and one of the Five Members Charles I attempted to arrest. He later served as a Parliamentarian colonel.
Why was it important?
Hampden became a symbol of parliamentary resistance to royal prerogative. His death from wounds in 1643 removed an influential political and military figure early in the conflict.
World History Database records
John Hampden timeline
The records below are selected from the 1,090-record English Civil War archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
1642
1642 23rd October
Battle of Edgehill
Hampden reaches the battlefield late and reinforces Essex's Parliamentarian army.
1642 23rd October
Reinforcement Arrives at Edgehill
Hampden arrives late with Parliamentarian troops and joins the closing stages.
1642
Raising of Greencoat Regiment
Hampden raises a Parliamentarian infantry regiment in Buckinghamshire and becomes one of Parliament's prominent wartime leaders.
1643
1643 18th June
Battle of Chalgrove Field
Defeated & killed by Royalists
1643 18th June
Pursuit of Prince Rupert
Hampden joins the hurried Parliamentarian pursuit of Prince Rupert's raiding column before the fighting at Chalgrove.
1643 18th June
Wounding at Chalgrove
Hampden is mortally wounded in the shoulder during the Parliamentarian cavalry defeat at Chalgrove.
1643 24th June
Death at Thame
Hampden dies at Thame from wounds received six days earlier during the Battle of Chalgrove.
Editorial provenance
Sources and editorial review
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database English Civil War records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
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