Wikipedia:Luton in the English Civil War

There were two major skirmishes in Luton during the English Civil War. The first was in 1645 when royalists entered Luton and demanded to be given money by the people in the town. Parliamentarian soldiers were sent and in the ensuing fight 4 cavalier soldiers were killed and 22 were captured.

A second battle in 1648 saw a royalist army pass through Luton. A group of stragglers were caught by roundhead soldiers in a pub on the corner of Bridge Street. Most of the royalists escaped but 9 were killed.