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John Bigg was a notable resident of Dinton in the 17th century and was the clerk to a man called Simon Mayne (Jnr) who was a prominent member of the Parliamentary Party during the Civil War. Mayne later sat as a Judge of the High Commission Court which tried King Charles and he was one of those who signed the king's death warrant in 1649. Simon Mayne was also friends with Oliver Cromwell and it is believed that he came to stay with him at Dinton around the time of the Civil War. Later, after trial and conviction at the Old Bailey, Simon Mayne died in the Tower of London in 1661 and his body was brought back to Dinton for burial.
John Bigg, became a recluse in the years following the Restoration in 1660 and took to living in a cave near to Dinton Hall. He thus became known as the Dinton Hermit. It is also rumoured that Bigg was King Charles executioner - hence the reason for hiding himself away. It is said that “…he kept 3 bottles that hung to his girdle, for strong and small beer, and milk...". Most days he would walk the eight miles, past the inn at Ford which is now known as the Dinton Hermit, to Hampden House at Great Hampden to get food from the family of the late John Hampden.
He renewed his clothing by patching them with leather and cloth, to the extent that he ended up with literally hundreds of patches on his clothes. One of his boots, made from patches of leather, is in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It is rumoured that the other boot is still in Dinton Hall.
Bigg died in 1696 at about the age of 67.
John Bigg, became a recluse in the years following the Restoration in 1660 and took to living in a cave near to Dinton Hall. He thus became known as the Dinton Hermit. It is also rumoured that Bigg was King Charles executioner - hence the reason for hiding himself away. It is said that “…he kept 3 bottles that hung to his girdle, for strong and small beer, and milk...". Most days he would walk the eight miles, past the inn at Ford which is now known as the Dinton Hermit, to Hampden House at Great Hampden to get food from the family of the late John Hampden.
He renewed his clothing by patching them with leather and cloth, to the extent that he ended up with literally hundreds of patches on his clothes. One of his boots, made from patches of leather, is in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It is rumoured that the other boot is still in Dinton Hall.
Bigg died in 1696 at about the age of 67.
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