Curfew : originally rung at eight o’clock to signal the time to extinguish fires.

Tinklings : sheep’s bells

Hampden : John Hampden (1594-1653) leader of the Long Parliament, which opposed Charles I and the tyranny of kings.

Milton : John Milton (1608-1674), silver tongued poet, blind author of Paradise Lost, and defender of the principle of government by consent.

Cromwell : Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), Lord Protector of England from 1653 to 1658, and a highly successful general in the Parliamentarian army.