Humphrey de Cherlton (or Humphrey de Charlton) was an

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medieval churchman and university chancellor. De Cherlton was a

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. Between 1354 and 1357, he was Chancellor of the

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.Anon., ''The Oxford Ten-Year Book: A Register of University Honours and Distinctions, Completed to the End of the Year 1870'', (Oxford: James Parker and Co., 1872)
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The St Scholastica Day riot of February 10, 1355, a clash between university students and townspeople killing 63 students and an estimated third of the local population, one of the most notorious events in the history of

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, occurred during this period.

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, not pleased with the riot having occurred in England's esteemed town of Oxford, ordered an investigation, and the eventual findings favored the University.Meacham, T., ''The Performance Tradition of the Medieval English University: The Works of Thomas Chaundler'' (Berlin/Boston:

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, 2020)
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Humphrey de Cherlton was also

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at Totenhale in the

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, and a

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during 1361–83.

Family

It is often speculated that Humphrey de Cherlton's brother, Lewis de Charleton, Bishop of Hereford, was Oxford's chancellor in 1357.

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