The seed of the riot was an altercation in the Swindlestock Tavern in Oxford (now the site of the Santander Bank on Carfax, on the corner of St Aldate's and Queen Street) between two students of the University of Oxford, Walter Spryngeheuse and Roger de Chesterfield, and the taverner, John Croidon. They complained about the quality of drinks, which led to an exchange of rude words that ended with the students throwing their drinks in the taverner's face and assaulting him.[2] Retaliation for the incident led to armed clashes between locals and students.

The mayor of Oxford, John de Bereford, asked the Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Humphrey de Cherlton, to arrest the two students, to no avail. Instead, 200 students supported Spryngeheuse and Chesterfield, allegedly assaulting the mayor and others.[2] As the situation escalated, locals from the surrounding countryside poured in, crying: "Havac! Havoc! Smyt fast, give gode knocks!"[3]

A riot broke out and lasted two days, which left 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead.[2][4] The scholars were eventually routed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3888951&forum_id=2#35370609)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3888951&forum_id=2#35370846)

http://www.oxfordhistory.org.uk/mayors/1714_1835/slatter_william_1824_1825.html

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While the town might have won the battle – in the sense that they killed twice as many students as were killed from their own ranks – they would lose the war. The King ordered that the privileges of the university be extended and the town government was ordered to contribute money to the University – 63 pence, one for each student killed – as well as swearing an oath to uphold the students’ rights and perform a public penance each year in the form of a march through the centre of Oxford. The march would continue annually from 1355 all the way through until 1825, when the Mayor finally decided that enough was enough and refused to participate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3888951&forum_id=2#35371083)

Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3888951&forum_id=2#35381436)