Thomas Fairfax took control of Headington Hill to bring an end to a siege of this city.
James Sadler began his first balloon flight in this city, and William Laud wrote a set of statutes for one organization here. Thomas Fairfax took control of Headington Hill to bring an end to a siege of this city. This city was the location of a debate where one participant asked the other whether it was through his grandmother or grandfather that he claimed (*) descent from an ape. This city was Charles I's base during the English Civil War. The Huxley-Wilberforce debate on evolution took place in this city, which is also the namesake of a series of reforms forced by Simon de Montfort and his fellow barons on King Henry III. For 10 points, name this city which lent its name to some "Provisions" in 1268 and is home to a university founded about two centuries before Cambridge.
James Sadler began his first balloon flight in this city, and William Laud wrote a set of statutes for one organization here.
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