Editing Kettering (section)

===17th century===
In June 1607 at the nearby village of Newton, the Newton Rebellion broke out,<ref>R.L. Greenall: A History of Northamptonshire, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1979, {{ISBN|1-86077-147-5}}. p.41-42.</ref> causing a brief uprising known as the [[Midland Revolt]], which involved several nearby villages. Protesting at land enclosures at Newton and [[Pytchley]] by local landlords [[Tresham baronets|the Treshams]], on 8 June a pitched battle took place between [[Levellers]] – many from Kettering, [[Corby]] and particularly [[Weldon, Northamptonshire|Weldon]],<ref>R.L. Greenall: A History of Northamptonshire, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 1979, {{ISBN|1-86077-147-5}}. p.42.</ref> – and local gentry and their servants (local militias having refused the call to arms). Approximately 40–50 local men are said to have been killed and the ringleaders [[hanged, drawn and quartered]]. The Newton rebellion represents one of the last times that the English [[peasant]]ry and the [[gentry]] were in open conflict.

By the 17th century the town was a centre for woollen cloth.