Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: The university grew out of an association of scholars in the city of Cambridge that was formed , early records suggest , in 1209 by scholars leaving Oxford after a dispute with townsfolk .
Simplified: The University grew out of a group of scholars in the city of Cambridge . Early records suggest that this happened in 1209 by scholars leaving Oxford after a dispute with local people there .