What the records say
- When
- Nov 1797
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 52.37° N, 1.26° W
- Description
- mutiny of the boys at Rugby school
Placed at the site its title names, Rugby School.
1797 Rugby School rebellion
Mutiny of the boys at Rugby school
The 1797 Rugby School Rebellion was a mutiny of the boys at Rugby School after the headmaster, Dr Henry Ingles, demanded that boys from the fifth and sixth forms should pay for the repair of a local tradesman's windows after they had been smashed by the school's pupils. The rebellion saw many of the school windows broken and its furniture burnt before the boys withdrew to an island on the school grounds.
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