Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration and map. See 43077-h.htm or 43077-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43077/43077-h/43077-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43077/43077-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/clerkofoxfordhis00ever A CLERK OF OXFORD and His Adventures in the Barons' War by E. EVERETT-GREEN Author of "Shut In," "In Taunton Town," "The Sign of the Red Cross," "In the Days of Chivalry," "The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn." &c. &c. T. Nelson and Sons London, Edinburgh, and New York 1898 [Illustration: _The City of Oxford from an old print._] CONTENTS. I. THE DIE CAST 9 II. A RIVER JOURNEY 25 III. OLD OXFORD 40 IV. THE FIRST DAY 55 V. THE NEW LIFE 70 VI. A "MAD" PARLIAMENT 85 VII. THE CONSTABLE'S CHILDREN 100 VIII. STORMY SCENES 116 IX. A STUDENTS' HOLIDAY 131 X. THE FAIR OF ST. FRIDESWYDE 147 XI. THE MAGICIAN'S TOWER 163 XII. WINTER DAYS WITHIN THE CASTLE 178 XIII. KENILWORTH CASTLE 193 XIV. THE GREAT EARL 208 XV. PRINCE EDWARD 223 XVI. BACK AT OXFORD 239 XVII. THE BELL OF ST. MARTIN'S 254 XVIII. THE NEW CHANCELLOR 269 XIX. THE CHANCELLOR'S AWARD 285 XX. TURBULENT TIMES 300 XXI. KING AND STUDENTS 315 XXII. IN ARMS 328 XXIII. ON THE FIELD OF LEWES 344 XXIV. AFTER THE BATTLE 360 XXV. CHRISTMAS AT KENILWORTH 375 XXVI. PLOTS 391 XXVII. THE CAPTIVE A CONQUEROR 407 XXVIII. THE FATAL FIGHT 423 XXIX. LEOFRIC'S REWARD 439 XXX. ON THE STILL ISIS 454 A CLERK OF OXFORD. CHAPTER I. _THE DIE CAST._