COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926195dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King John
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
65r
Image Sequence Number:
065r
Description:
The word 'John' is written in the top margin of the folio. The tale of how King John is angry, and refuses to restore the goods he has seized from the church. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
þey pulte here seles to þat o part and þey þat comen in þe kin- ges name pulte here seles to þat oþere of þe endentures: and þe .iiij. bisshoppes aboue saide toke þat o p(ar)t of þe endentures with ham. and þat oþ(er) p(ar)t of þe endentures þey bere w(t) ham for to shewe þe king// Whanne þ(e) king saugh þe fourme and vnderstode: he helde him ful wel payed of alle man(er)e þinges as þey had ordeigned saue as touchinge þe restituciou(~) of þe goodes for to make aȝen to þat þing he nolde nouȝt accorde. & so he sente worde aȝen to þe forsaide .iiij. bisshoppes þat þey shulde don oute and pulte away þat o poynt of restitucioun and þey ansuered þat þey nolde nouȝt done out o word // þo sente þe king to þe Erchebisshop by þo .iiij. bisshoppis þat he shulde come to Kaunterbery for to speke with him and sente vnto him sauf condit vnder plegges. þat is to seyn. his justiceȝ Gilbert Peytevyn. Will(ia)m de la Breuer. and Joh(a)n le Fitȝ Hughe þat in here conduit sauflich he shulde come and gon aȝene at his wille: and in þis man(er)e þe Erchebisshop Stephene come vn to Kaunterbery // And whanne þe Erchebisshopp was come: þe king came to Chilh(a)m for he wolde come no nere Kaunterbery at þat tyme: but he sente by his t(re)sorer bisshop of Wynchestre. þ(t) he shulde done out of þe endentures þe clause of restitucioun for to make of þe goodes // And þe Erchebisshop made his oth. þat he wolde neu(er)e don out o word þ(er) of ne chaunge of þat þe bisshoppes had spoken and ordeignede: and so þe Erchebisshop wente aȝen to Rome wiþouten ony more doynge // King Joh(a)n þo was muchel wroþ(er)e þo: þan eu(er)e he was bifore and lete make a comune crie þorugh out al Engelond þat alle þo þ(t) hadde holy chirche rentes and wente ou(er) þe see: þat þey shulde come aȝen in to Engelond at a certayn day: and elles þey sholde lese her Rentes for eu(er)more and þ(t) he co(~)maundede to eu(er)y sherref þorugh out Engelond þat þey shulde enquere ȝif ony bisshop. Abbot. Priour. or ony oþer prelate of holy chirche fro þat day aft(er)ward resceyuede ony maundeme(~)t þat come fro þe pope. þat þey shulde take þe body and bringe it bifore him and þat þey shulde take
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Catholic Church
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
John, King of England, 1167-1216
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:
695
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 John
