COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926185dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Stephen
Alternative Image Title:
Henry of Normandy
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
60r
Image Sequence Number:
060r
Description:
The word 'Stephen' appears in the top margin of the folio. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of how the Earls continue to wage war upon King Stephen. How Earl Gaufride gave up Normandy to Henry, the Empress Maud's son, who then comes to England to wage war upon King Stephen. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
turne: and þe Erl of Gloucestr(e) halp him w(t) his power How Gaufride Erl of Angon(~) ȝaf vp vnto Henry þe Emp(er)esses sone al Normandie Capitulo Cmo. quadragesimo. And after þis : þe king wente vnto Wilton(~) and wolde haue made a castel þ(er) ; but þo come to him þe erl of Gloucestr(e) wiþ a strong poer and almost had taken þe king: but ȝit þe king ascapede w(t) muche peyne. and Will(ia)m Martell þere was take. and for whos delyu(er)aunce þe king ȝaf vnto þe Erl of Gloucestr(e) þe good castel of. Shirborne. þat he had take // And whanne þis was done: þe Erl Rob(er)t and alle þe kinges enemys wenten to ffaryngdou(~) and bygonne for to make þere a st(ro)ng castel: but þe king w(t) a st(ro)ng poer drof ham þennes in þat same ȝere // þe Erl Randulph of Chestr(e) was accorded w(t) þ(e) king and come to his court at his co(~)maundem(~)t and þe Erl wende haue saufliche come: and þe king anon lete take him and pulte him in to p(ri)soun and moste neu(er)e for no þing come out þ(er)of til þat he had ȝelde vp vnto þe king þe castel of Nichole. þe which he had take f(ro)m þe king wiþ strengthe in þe .xv. ȝere of his regne of king Stephene //And Gaufride þe Erl of Angon(~) ȝaf vp to Henry his sone al Normandye. Jn þe ȝere þat next sewede deide þe Erl Gaufride and Henry his sone þo anone tornede aȝen to.angou(~). and þ(er)e was made erl w(t) muchel hono(ur) of his men of þe lande and to him deden feaute and homage þe most p(ar)tie of his lande // And þo was þis Henry þe Emp(er)esses sone. Erl of Angou(~) and duk of Norma(~) dye // Jn þe same ȝere was made dyuorce bituene þ(e) king of ff(ra)unce and þe quene his wyf þat was right heire of Gascoigne. for enchesoun þ(t) it was knowe and p(ro)ued þat þey were sibbe and ney of blood: and tho spousede hire: Henry þe Emp(er)esses sone. and þo was Erl of Angou(~) Duk of Normandie. and Duk of Gascoigne // þe .xviije. ȝere of þe regne. of king Stephe- ne: þis Henry come in to Engelond wiþ a st(ro)ng poer and by- gan for to werre vppon king Stephene and nome þe castel of Malmesbery and dede muche harme and þ(e) king Stephene.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1000 - 1200 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189
People Covered:
Stephen, King of England, 1097?-1154
People Covered:
Matilda, Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1102-1167
Item Height:
278 mm
Item Width:
183 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), p. 417. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
Bibliographic Citation:
Brie, Friedrich W. D., 'The Brut, or, the Chronicles of England / edited from Ms. Rawl. B 171, Bodleian Library &c.', (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner for the Early English Text Society, 1906-1908)
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
645
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Stephen
