De Cherlton was a Doctor of Civil Law.[2]: 25 Between 1354 and 1357, he was Chancellor of the University of Oxford.[2][3]: 9 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,[4][5] one of the most notorious events in the history of Oxford, occurred during this period. King Edward III, not pleased with the riot having occurred in England's esteemed town of Oxford, ordered an investigation, and the eventual findings favored the University.[6]: 16–17
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^"10 February". Ward's Book of Days. 19 August 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
^Meacham, T., The Performance Tradition of the Medieval English University: The Works of Thomas Chaundler (Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2020), pp. 16–17.