Editing Rugby, Warwickshire (section)

===17th century===
The Rugby area has associations with the [[Gunpowder Plot]] of 1605: On the eve of the plot, the plotters stayed at the 'Lion Inn' (now a private residence called 'Guy Fawkes House') in nearby [[Dunchurch]], convened by Sir [[Everard Digby]], awaiting news of [[Guy Fawkes]]'s attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. If he had been successful they planned to kidnap the King's daughter [[Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia|Princess Elizabeth]] from [[Coombe Abbey]] in the countryside between Rugby and Coventry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remember, remember the Gunpowder Plot's Warwickshire roots |url=https://rugbyobserver.co.uk/news/remember-remember-the-gunpowder-plots-warwickshire-roots/ |publisher=Rugby Observer |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Warwickshire and the Gunpowder Plot 1605 |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/warwickshire-gunpowder-plot-1605 |publisher=Our Warwickshire |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>

During the [[English Civil War]], one of the earliest armed confrontations of the conflict took place at the nearby village of [[Kilsby]] in August 1642.<ref name="NVB">{{cite book |title=The Northamptonshire Village Book |date=1989 |publisher=NFWI and Countryside Books |isbn=1-85306-055-0 |pages=105–106}}</ref> That same year, King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] passed through Rugby on his way to [[Nottingham]], and 120 [[Cavalier]] Horse Troops reportedly stayed at the town, however the townsfolk were sympathetic to the [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] cause, and they were disarmed by the Cavalier soldiers. Later, in 1645, Rugby was strongly Parliamentarian, and [[Oliver Cromwell]] and two regiments of [[Roundhead]] soldiers stayed at Rugby in April that year, two months before the decisive [[Battle of Naseby]], some {{convert|12|miles|km}} to the east, in nearby [[Northamptonshire]].<ref name="RGOAT"/><ref name="Rughistim"/>