Editing Niccolò de Romanis (section)

===At Oxford===
During the time the Interdict was in effect, a scholar at [[Oxford]] was accused in 1209 of raping a woman. When the burghers couldn't find the scholar, they [[hanging|hanged]] three of his friends in retaliation for his crime. The school at Oxford protested by abandoning the city and scattering to other schools throughout England, possibly setting up a facility in [[Cambridge]].

On 1 October 1213, while Nicholas de Romanis was working to bring about the end of the Interdict, the citizens of Oxford sent him a letter asking him to resolve their problems with the scholars who had taught there. de Romanis agreed to help, visiting the city twice, in November 1213 and May 1214. On 20 June 1214 de Romanis's actions resulted in the issuance of the [[Charter]] for the [[University of Oxford]].<ref>David L. Sheffler, [http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-929738-X.pdf An Early Oxford Riot: Oseney Abbey, 1238] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521092104/http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-929738-X.pdf |date=2011-05-21 }}, p. 2</ref>

Among other items, the citizens agreed to charge fixed rates for student housing and food, an annual payment to the school, the right of the school to judge anyone associated with the school and the creation of a [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] for the University.