COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926210dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Henry III
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
72v
Image Sequence Number:
072v
Description:
There is an ink annotation 'Aliens' in the left margin. The words 'Henry 3' are written in the top margin. The tale of how King Henry renews the franchises King John had made in the great charter, and takes back the castles his father John had given into foreign hands. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
of þe popes legat þat men callede Swalo of þe sentence þ(t) he was in and þe barou(~)s of Engelond also // and aftir þis king Henry and Swalo þe legat and lowys wente vnto mertone and þere was þe pees confermed and bitue[n] ham ordeigned and aftirward lowys wente fro þennes vnto londou(~). and nome his leue and was brought w(t) muchel hono(ur) at þe see. w(t) þe Erchebisshop of kaunterbery. and w(t) oþere Bisshoppes and also with erles and barou(~) and so wente lowys in to ff(ra)unce. //And aftirward þe king and þ(e) erchebisshop and erles and Barouns assemblede ham at londou(~) at Migheles masse þat next þo come sewynge and held þ(er)e a p(ar)lement and þ(er)e were þo renewede alle þe ff(ra)un chises þat king Joh(a)n g(ra)unted had at Roumemede. and king Henry þo confermede ham by his chartre þe whiche ȝit beth holden þorugh out al Engelond // And in þat tyme þ(e) king toke of eu(er)y plough lande .ij. s. and Hubert of Burgh was made þo chief Justice of al Engelond. and þis was þe. iiij. ȝere of king Herries regne: and in þe same ȝere was sent Thom(a)s of kaunterbery t(ra)nslated þe viftiþ(e) ȝere after his martirdome // And after it was ordeigned by alle þ(e) lordes of Engelonde þat alle alienes shulde gon out of Engelonde and come no more þ(er)inne: and þe king nome þo alle þe castels in to his hande þat king Joh(a)n his fader had ȝeue and taken in to aliens for to kepe þat helde with him // But þe prout Faukes of Brent richely let arraye his castell of Bedeforde þe whiche he had of þe kinges ȝifte. Joh(a)n. and he helde þat castel aȝens þe king Henries wille with might and strengthe // And þe king come þider with a strong poer and biseged þe castel: and þe Erchebisshop of Caunterbery maister Stephene of lan- getou(~) with a fair companye of knyghtes come to þe king him for to helpe: and fram þe ascencioun vnto þe assumpcioun of oure lady laste þe sege and þo was þe castel wonne and ta- ke and þe king lete honge alle þo þat were wente in to þe castel with hire good wille. for to halde castel þat is for to
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
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:
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
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:
770
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 Henry III
