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The True Circumstances Attending The Death Of Mr. Hampden
THE TRUE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING THE DEATH OF MR . HAMPDEN
DISCOVERED .
IT has been hitherto falsely supposed , that Mr . Hampden received his death ' s wound in Chalgrove-field from the enemy ; aud Lord Clarendon says , that " being shot in the shoulder with a brace of bullets , which broke the bone , within-three weeks after he died with extraordinary pain : " But the following relation , given b y Robert Earl of Oxford , will shew the true cause of his death . '
< OIR Edward Harley happened to go out of town towards his seat in y > Hertfordshire , Avith Sir Robert Pye , of Farringdon : They were relations , and both of them lived at that time pretty near one another at Westminster . Sir Edward Avent in the same chariot with Sir Robert as far as Farringdon , and both of them having been military men , entertained one another with the relation of many adventures of that kindand
: , amongst other matters , Sir Robert , who had married Mr . Hampden ' s daughter , acquainted his companion with the true history of his father-in-law ' s receiving his death ' s wound on Chalgrove-field . When they were at supper at'Farringdon , Sir Edward requested his kinsman , Sir Robert Pye , to repeat the account he had related on the road , before his son Robert ( aftenvards Earl of Oxford ) and one of the Foleys , " then likewise in company with them , as a matter of fact , which it mi ght be useful for curious persons to know ,-and upon the
cenainty of which they might depend : . And you are to read tlie following account , as coming out of the mouth of Sir Robert Pye , addressing himself to his kinsmen after this manner : " You know , says he , it is commonly thought that my father in-law died b y a wound he received on Chal grove-field from the enemy ; but you shall hear the exact truth of the matter , as I " had it from my father himself time before he
some expired . The' Earl of Essex lay at that time with his army before Reading , and Mr . Hampden attended him there , as-one of the Committee from the Parliament , who were ahvays to be with tlie General . Major Gunter was with a considerable part y quartered towards Thame and Chalgrove , and those parts . Tlie General had intelligence , that Prince . Rupert was going to make excursion froOxford
an m , by which he would probably make great havoc amongst Gunter ' s party with his horse , if timely care was not taken to prevent it , by immediately dispatching proper succours . Lpon tins a council was called , and Colonel Hampden voluntaril y offered himself to command the detachment to be sent on the expedition being a person very particularl y acquainted with those countries through which Prince Rupert AA'as to pass ; for he had been a very great sportsman in his time , and had often traversed those countries ¦ VOL . vi , Y
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The True Circumstances Attending The Death Of Mr. Hampden
THE TRUE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING THE DEATH OF MR . HAMPDEN
DISCOVERED .
IT has been hitherto falsely supposed , that Mr . Hampden received his death ' s wound in Chalgrove-field from the enemy ; aud Lord Clarendon says , that " being shot in the shoulder with a brace of bullets , which broke the bone , within-three weeks after he died with extraordinary pain : " But the following relation , given b y Robert Earl of Oxford , will shew the true cause of his death . '
< OIR Edward Harley happened to go out of town towards his seat in y > Hertfordshire , Avith Sir Robert Pye , of Farringdon : They were relations , and both of them lived at that time pretty near one another at Westminster . Sir Edward Avent in the same chariot with Sir Robert as far as Farringdon , and both of them having been military men , entertained one another with the relation of many adventures of that kindand
: , amongst other matters , Sir Robert , who had married Mr . Hampden ' s daughter , acquainted his companion with the true history of his father-in-law ' s receiving his death ' s wound on Chalgrove-field . When they were at supper at'Farringdon , Sir Edward requested his kinsman , Sir Robert Pye , to repeat the account he had related on the road , before his son Robert ( aftenvards Earl of Oxford ) and one of the Foleys , " then likewise in company with them , as a matter of fact , which it mi ght be useful for curious persons to know ,-and upon the
cenainty of which they might depend : . And you are to read tlie following account , as coming out of the mouth of Sir Robert Pye , addressing himself to his kinsmen after this manner : " You know , says he , it is commonly thought that my father in-law died b y a wound he received on Chal grove-field from the enemy ; but you shall hear the exact truth of the matter , as I " had it from my father himself time before he
some expired . The' Earl of Essex lay at that time with his army before Reading , and Mr . Hampden attended him there , as-one of the Committee from the Parliament , who were ahvays to be with tlie General . Major Gunter was with a considerable part y quartered towards Thame and Chalgrove , and those parts . Tlie General had intelligence , that Prince . Rupert was going to make excursion froOxford
an m , by which he would probably make great havoc amongst Gunter ' s party with his horse , if timely care was not taken to prevent it , by immediately dispatching proper succours . Lpon tins a council was called , and Colonel Hampden voluntaril y offered himself to command the detachment to be sent on the expedition being a person very particularl y acquainted with those countries through which Prince Rupert AA'as to pass ; for he had been a very great sportsman in his time , and had often traversed those countries ¦ VOL . vi , Y