COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926198dc
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:
66v
Image Sequence Number:
066v
Description:
The word 'John' is written in the top margin of the folio, and there is a small hole in the vellum. The tale of how Pandolf, the Pope's legate, deliver's the Pope's message to King John, that England has been excommunicated. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
þat þey ben Erles. Barouns or knyghtes or eny oþ(er)e what so eu(er)e þat þey ben we ham assoile salfly vnto þis day and fro þis time afterward of what condicioun eu(er)e þat þey be we ham accurse þat wiþ ȝow co(~)munen and so do we sentence on ham openly and specialy // And we assoile quytly. Erles. Barouns. knightes and alle oþ(er)e manere of men of hire homages s(er)uices & feautees þat þey shulde vnto ȝow done. // And þis þing to con- ferme. we ȝeuen pleyne power to þe Bisshop of Wynchestr(e). to þe Bisshop of Norwiche // And þe same poer we ȝeueth in Scot- lande to þe Bisshoppes of Rouchestr(e) and of Salesbery // And in Wales we ȝeuen þe same poer to þe Bisshoppes of sent Dauid and of Landa and of sent Assa // And more ou(er) we sendith. þorugh al cristendome þat alle þ(e) bisshopes biȝounde þ(e) se þ(t) þey don accuse alle þo þ(t) helpeth ȝow or eny counceil ȝeue in ony man(er)e nede þat ȝe haue for to done in ony p(ar)tie of þe worlde: and þat assoile alle ham þ(t) aȝens ȝow meue ony man(er)e werr(e) // And we assoile ham alle also by þ(e) auctorite of þe Pope and comau(~) de hem also with ȝow for to werre as wiþ him þat is enemy vnto al holy chirche // þo ansuerde þe king. what mowe ȝe do me more // þo ansuerde Pandolf. we seyn to ȝow in v(er)bo dei þat ȝe ne non heire þ(t) ȝe haue neu(er)e after þis day may be crou- ned // þo seide þe king by him þat is almyghty god and J had wist of þis þing er þat ȝe come in to þis lande þ(t) ȝe had me brought suche tyding(es): y shulde haue made ȝow ryde al an hool ȝere // þo ansuerde Pandolf. ful wel wende we at oure ferste comynge þat ȝe wolde haue ben obedient to god and to holy chirche and haue fulfelled þe popys co(~)maundeme(~)t and now we haue shewed and p(ro)nounced vnto ȝow þe popes wille as we were charged þ(er) with // And as now ȝe haue sayde þat ȝif ȝe had wist þe cause of oure comynge: þ(t) ȝe wolde haue made vs ryde al an hool ȝere: and as wel ȝe mighte haue sayde þat ȝe wolde haue take an hole ȝer of respyte bi þ(e) popes leue // But for to suffre what deþ þat ȝe couþe ordeigne: we shulle nought spare for to telle ȝow holleche al þ(e) popes mes-
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:
710
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
