John Hampden
historical figure · 3 works · 6 mentions · 11 anchored passages
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in the texts
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
Gentleman whose refusal to pay Ship-money produced the celebrated test case before the twelve judges in the Exchequer Chamber.
108), and the whole question was thrashed out before the twelve judges in the Exchequer Chamber in the case of Hampden in 1637-38.
Hampden’s counsel have spent all their powder in citing a multitude of records, beginning with one in King John’s time, and so downwards, to prove that the King’s ministers have paid, that the barons have been by writs commanded sometimes to pay, sometimes to make allowances, out of the King’s moneys or dues,—in cases of foreign auxiliary, and voluntary wars:
Hampden’s counsel hath spoken, though it come nearer than any of the former mentioned cases, yet it much differs from the charge imposed in our case.
Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated
English politician whose refusal to pay ship-money produced the famous case cited as a warning against unchecked claims of necessity-based power.
In the famous trial of Hampden in the case of ship-money, the decision of all the judges of England, except Crook and Hutton, was in these words:
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Seventeenth-century English parliamentarian cited as a later invoker of Magna Carta's authority.
to the days of John Hampden and Oliver Cromwell, the possibility of appealing to the words of Magna Carta has afforded a practical ground for opposition;