Falconer's Crusade by Ian Morson — Read

The events of the student riot at Smith Gate are recorded in history, but the actual reason for the locking of the gate has not been recorded, and is only the subject of surmise on the part of historians.

In March 1264, King Henry did indeed enter Oxford and many students left for Northampton. Perhaps it was predictable then, due to the old warning which boded ill to any king who entered within Oxford's walls, that Henry lost the Battle of Lewes to Simon de Montfort on 14 May of that year.