Editing Lincoln College, Oxford (section)

===Rivalry===
As is common with Oxford colleges, the college has a long-standing rivalry with neighbour [[Brasenose College]] (which was founded by a later bishop of Lincoln, [[William Smyth]]). The two colleges share a tradition revived annually on [[Ascension Day]]. The story goes that, centuries ago, as a mob chased students at the university through the town, the Lincoln porter allowed in the Lincoln students but refused entry to the Brasenose member, leaving him to the mercy of the mob. An alternative is that a Lincoln man bested a Brasenose man in a duel. Either episode resulted in the Brasenose student's death, and ever since, on Ascension Day, Lincoln College has invited in members of Brasenose College every year through the one door connecting the two colleges, for free beer as penance. Since the nineteenth century, the beer has been flavoured with ivy so as to discourage excessive consumption.<ref>{{cite web |title='Ivy Beer on Ascension Day', Brasenose College |url=http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/345/brasenose-college-archives-and-history-38/brasenose-traditions-and-legends-215/ivy-beer-on-ascension-day-418.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801051854/http://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/345/brasenose-college-archives-and-history-38/brasenose-traditions-and-legends-215/ivy-beer-on-ascension-day-418.html |archive-date=1 August 2009 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>