COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926211dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Henry III
Alternative Image Title:
Charter of the Forests
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
73r
Image Sequence Number:
073r
Description:
The words 'Henry 3' are written in the top margin. There is a small hole in the vellum. The tale of how King Henry III marries Alienore, the Earl of (Prouynce) Provence's daughter. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of how in addition to the Great Charter, King Henry also grants, at the request of the lords and barons, the Charter of the Forests. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
seyn .iiij(xx). men // And þo aftirward ffaukes him self was founde in a cherche of Couentre and þ(er)e he forswore al Enge- londe with muche shame and wente þo aȝen in to his owe- ne cuntre // And whiles þat king Henry regnede Edmunde of Abyngdou(~) þat was tresorer of Salesbery. was consacrede Erchebisshop of Caunterbery. And þis king Henry sente ouer see vnto þe Erl of Prouynce. þat he shulde sende him his doughter in to Engelonde þat me callede Alienore. and he wulde wedde hire and so she com in to Engelonde afte c(ri)stes masse and in þe morne after sent Hillary. þe Erchebisshop Edmund spousede ham togederes at Kaunterbery: and at þe. .viij. of sent Hillary sche was crouned at Westmynstr(e) with muche solempnyte: and þere was a swete sighte bituene ham þat is to seyn. Edmund þat was next king after him his broþ(er) flour of curtesye and of largesse and Margarete þ(t) was afterward quene of Scotland. and Beatrice þa was aftirward countesse of Britaigne and Kat(er)ine þat deide maide in religi- oun Of þe quinȝisine of goodes þat were g(ra)unted for þe newe chartres and of þe p(ro)ueaunce of Oxenforde [...] Ca(o) C(mo). lviij(o). And þus it fel þat þe lordes of Engelond wolde haue some addiciou(~)s mo in þe chartre of ff(ra)un- chises þat þey hadde of þe king and speken þus bituene ha(~) and þe king g(ra)untede ham al hire axinge and made to ham .ij. chartres þat is called þe grete chartre of ff(ra)unchiseȝ and þ(t) oþ(er) is called þe chartre of fforest: and for þe g(ra)unte of þese .ij. chartreȝ. P(re)lates Erles and Barouns and alle þe comunes of En gelonde ȝaf to þe king a m(l). marc of siluer // Whanne king Henry had ben king .xliij. ȝer þat same ȝere he and his lordes Erles and barouns of þe reaume wente to Oxenforde and or- deignede a lawe in amendement of þe Reaume. and ferst swer þe king him self and after alle þe lordes of þe reaume þ(t) þey wolde halde þat statut for eu(er)more. and who þat ham brake shulde ben ded // But þe .ij(e). ȝer after þat ordinaunce: þ(e) king þorugh counceil of Sire Edward his sone and of Richard his
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:
Illumination (image-making process)
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:
775
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
