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The Dictum of Kenilworth, issued 31 October 1266, was a pronouncement designed to reconcile the rebels of the Barons ' War with the royal government of England.
The Dictum of Kenilworth was later incorporated into the Statute of Marlborough.
Part of the rebellious forces held out, however, and their stronghold was the virtually impregnable Kenilworth Castle.
In August, the king summoned a parliament at Kenilworth, where the siege was ongoing.
The result, known as the Dictum of Kenilworth, was made public on 31 October 1266.
The same was the case for Henry de Hastings, who was the commander of Kenilworth Castle.
The libretto of this opera by Giovanni Schmidt was in many of its incidents an anticipation of those presented to the world a few years later in Sir Walter Scott's Kenilworth.
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.
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 was partly destroyed by Parliamentary forces in 1649 to prevent it being used as a military stronghold.
Kenilworth Castle was founded in the early 1120s by Geoffrey de Clinton, Lord Chamberlain to Henry I.
The conflict spread across England and Kenilworth was garrisoned by Henry II's forces ; Geoffrey II de Clinton died in this period and the castle was taken fully into royal possession, a sign of its military importance.
The result was to turn Kenilworth into one of the largest English castles of the time, with one of the largest artificial lake defences in England.
Edward was taken back to Kenilworth, where chroniclers considered he was held in unduly harsh conditions.
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.
Henry, reoccupying most of the Lancaster lands, was made constable of Kenilworth and Edward was transported there in late 1326 ; Henry's legal title to the castle was finally confirmed the following year.
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.
A deputation of leading barons led by Bishop Orleton was then sent to Kenilworth to first persuade Edward to resign and, when that failed, to inform him that he had been deposed as king.

Kenilworth and used
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.
Many castles, especially royal castles were left to decay in the 15th century ; Kenilworth, however, continued to be used as a centre of choice, forming a late medieval " palace fortress ".
Henry V also used Kenilworth extensively, but preferred to stay in the Pleasance, the mock castle he had built on the other side of the Great Mere.
With the mental collapse of King Henry VI, Queen Margaret used the Duchy of Lancaster lands in the Midlands, including Kenilworth, as one of her key bases of military support.
Kenilworth remained a ruin during the 18th and 19th centuries, still used as a farm but increasingly also popular as a tourist attraction.
In the early 1980s a company called Kenilworth Computers based near the Clock Tower launched a version of the Nascom microcomputer with the selling point that it was robust enough to be used in an agricultural environment.
A regular passenger ferry service runs from Helensburgh pier to Kilcreggan and Gourock, ( until 2007 the historic ferry Kenilworth was used on this route ); Craigendoran pier fell into disuse in the late 20th century.
Kenilworth Road has been used occasionally by the England women's team.
Kenilworth Road has been used by England's under-17 team since the 1970s, most recently in a 3 – 0 win over their Italian counterparts in the 2007 FA International Tournament Final.

Kenilworth and by
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.
Much of the right-hand court of Kenilworth Castle is occupied by the castle garden.
Kenilworth Castle seen from the west ; by the 13th century, the foreground would have been occupied by the water defences of the Great Mere.
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.
His estates, including Kenilworth, were confiscated by the crown.
Royal writs were issued in Edward's name by Isabella from Kenilworth until the next year.
As the months went by, however, it became clear that Kenilworth was proving a less than ideal location to imprison Edward.
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.
Kenilworth Castle in 1799, by Maria Johnson
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.
He and the soldiers were released and Despenser was sent to Isabella at Hereford whilst the king was taken by Lancaster himself to Kenilworth.
This was the last of many events he organised over the years, the most spectacular being the festival at his seat Kenilworth Castle in 1575 on occasion of a three-week visit by the Queen.
Kenilworth Castle, a massive fortress extensively modernized and given a new Great Hall by John of Gaunt after 1350.
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.
Kenilworth was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 13, 1907, from portions of Cranford and Union Township, based on the results of a referendum held on June 18, 1907.

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