In 1942, the village annexed No Man's Land, an unincorporated triangular shoreline area bordering Kenilworth, in the vicinity of the present-day Plaza del Lago, that had been the subject of numerous municipal disputes and the site of a failed club-hotel complex.

Octavian Droobers is the local orienteering club, using its maps of Abbey Fields and Kenilworth Common on which to stage events.

The resulting Dictum of Kenilworth offered the rebels the right to buy back forfeited estates, at prices depending on their level of involvement in the rebellion.

In August, the king summoned a parliament at Kenilworth, where the siege was ongoing.

The garrison at Kenilworth refused to accept the terms given, and held out until 14 December, when deprivation forced them to surrender.

His early major works for the voice included The Masque at Kenilworth ( 1864 ); an oratorio, The Prodigal Son ( 1869 ); and a dramatic cantata, On Shore and Sea ( 1871 ).

Henry's successor, Richard I, paid relatively little attention to Kenilworth but under King John significant building resumed at the castle.

Released in early 1265, Edward then defeated Montfort at the Battle of Evesham ; the surviving rebels under the leadership of Henry de Hastings, Montfort's constable at Kenilworth, regrouped at the castle the following spring.

The Siege of Kenilworth Castle in 1266 was " probably the longest in English history " according to historian Norman Pounds, and at the time was also the largest siege to have occurred in England in terms of the number of soldiers involved.

The water defences at Kenilworth influenced the construction of later castles in Wales, most notably Caerphilly.

Edmund held many tournaments at Kenilworth in the late 13th century, including a huge event in 1279, presided over by the royal favourite Roger de Mortimer, in which a hundred knights competed for three days in the tiltyard in an event called " the Round Table ", in imitation of the popular Arthurian legends.

Edward and his wife, Isabella of France, spent Christmas 1323 at Kenilworth, amidst major celebrations.

John began building at Kenilworth between 1373 and 1380 in a style designed to reinforce his royal claims in Iberia.

When not campaigning abroad, John spent much of his time at Kenilworth and Leicester, and used Kenilworth even more after 1395 when his health began to decline.

According to the contemporary chronicler John Strecche, who lived at the neighbouring Kenilworth Priory, the French openly mocked Henry in 1414 by sending him a gift of tennis balls at Kenilworth.

With the victory of Henry VII at Bosworth, Kenilworth again received royal attention ; Henry visited frequently and had a tennis court constructed at the castle for his use.

Elizabeth viewed the partially finished results at Kenilworth in 1572, but the complete effect of Leicester's work was only apparent during the queen's last visit in 1575.

Kenilworth Castle was valued at £ 10, 401 in 1588, when Leicester died without legitimate issue and heavily in debt.

The most famous royal visit occurred in 1624, when Ben Jonson's The Masque of Owls at Kenilworth was performed for Charles.

* 25 July – Azanian People's Liberation Army, the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, open fire on a congregation in St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town, killing eleven people and injuring fifty others

It is one of a number of operas by Donizetti which deal with the Tudor period in English history, including Anna Bolena ( named for Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn ), Roberto Devereux ( named for a putative lover of Queen Elizabeth I of England ) and Il castello di Kenilworth.

It is one of a number of operas by Donizetti which deal with the Tudor period in English history, including Roberto Devereux ( named for a putative lover of Queen Elizabeth I of England ), Maria Stuarda ( named for Mary, Queen of Scots ) and Il castello di Kenilworth.

It is one of a number of operas by Donizetti which deal with the Tudor period in English history and include Anna Bolena ( named for Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn ), Maria Stuarda ( named for Mary, Queen of Scots ) and Il castello di Kenilworth.

Kenilworth was chosen for this purpose by Isabella probably both because it was a major fortification, and also because of the symbolism of its former owners ' links to popular ideals of freedom and good government.

Kenilworth remained a popular location for both James I and Charles and accordingly was well maintained.

Kenilworth remained a ruin during the 18th and 19th centuries, still used as a farm but increasingly also popular as a tourist attraction.

Gawain is cited in Robert Laneham's letter describing the entertainments at Kenilworth in 1575, and the recopying of earlier works such as The Greene Knight suggests that a popular tradition of Gawain continued.

Indeed, Sir Walter Scott's historical novels Ivanhoe and Kenilworth helped to establish the popular Victorian image of a Gothic medieval castle.

Copp even went so far as to name the streets after locations in the novels of the English author Walter Scott, such as Kenilworth and Strathmore.

A very deep ditch or moat could be constructed in front of the walls, as was done at Pembroke Castle, or even artificial lakes, as was done at Kenilworth Castle.

The club's chairman, David Evans, reacted by imposing a ban on all away supporters from Kenilworth Road from the start of 1986 – 87, as well as introducing a scheme that would require even home supporters to carry membership cards to be admitted to matches.

Kenilworth was also the scene of the removal of Edward II from the English throne, the French insult to Henry V in 1414 ( said by John Strecche to have encouraged the Agincourt campaign ), and the Earl of Leicester's lavish reception of Elizabeth I in 1575.

Kenilworth is apparently set in 1575, and centers on the secret marriage of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Amy Robsart, daughter of Sir Hugh Robsart.

The reception at Kenilworth which provides the backdrop to the novel took place in 1575, and frequent references to how many years have passed since other events such as the Queen's accession, the deposition of Mary, Queen of Scots, and so forth, indicate that the novel is set in that year — but Amy Robsart died on 8 September 1560.

The same was the case for Henry de Hastings, who was the commander of Kenilworth Castle.

The spirit of peace and reconciliation established by the Dictum of Kenilworth lasted for the remainder of Henry III's reign and into the 1290s.

The castle was the subject of the six-month long Siege of Kenilworth in 1266, believed to be the longest siege in English history, and formed a base for Lancastrian operations in the War of the Roses.

By this point Kenilworth Castle consisted of the great keep, the inner bailey wall, a basic causeway across the smaller lake that preceded the creation of the Great Mere, and the local chase for hunting.

Kenilworth became the primary castle of the Lancaster estates, replacing Bolingbroke, and acted as both a social and a financial centre for Thomas.

Margaret removed Henry from London in 1456 for his own safety and until 1461, Henry's court divided almost all its time among Kenilworth, Leicester and Tutbury Castle for the purposes of protection.

Kenilworth remained an important Lancastrian stronghold for the rest of the war, often acting as a military balance to the nearby castle of Warwick.

Kenilworth was used by Charles on his advance to Edgehill in October 1642 as a base for raids on Parliamentary strongholds in the Midlands.

* Morris, Richard K. ( 2007 ) " A plan for Kenilworth Castle at Longleat ," English Heritage Historical Review, 2 ( 2007 ).

* Gatehouse Gazeteer bibliography for Kenilworth Castle

Siege towers also became more elaborate during the medieval period ; at the Siege of Kenilworth Castle in 1266, for example, 200 archers and 11 catapults operated from a single tower.

During her first week at the Kenilworth Junior High, she was bullied by a group of her peers who mistook her for an effeminate, scrawny boy.

On 20 January 1327, Edward II was informed at Kenilworth Castle of the charges brought against him: The King was guilty of incompetence ; allowing others to govern him to the detriment of the people and Church ; not listening to good advice and pursuing occupations unbecoming to a monarch ; having lost Scotland and lands in Gascony and Ireland through failure of effective governance ; damaging the Church, and imprisoning its representatives ; allowing nobles to be killed, disinherited, imprisoned and exiled ; failing to ensure fair justice, instead governing for profit and allowing others to do likewise ; and of fleeing in the company of a notorious enemy of the realm, leaving it without government, and thereby losing the faith and trust of his people.

Sullivan's long association with works for the voice began with The Masque at Kenilworth ( Birmingham Festival, 1864 ).

Fireplace at Kenilworth Castle, decorated with heraldic emblems of Robert Dudley and the letters R and L for " Robert Leicester "

A particularly elaborate masque, performed over the course of two weeks for Queen Elizabeth, is described in the 1821 novel Kenilworth, by Sir Walter Scott.