COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926213dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Henry III
Alternative Image Title:
Civil war
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
74r
Image Sequence Number:
074r
Description:
The words 'Henry 3' are written in the top margin. The tale of civil war in England. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'A' introduce the tale of the siege of Kenilworth, and how peace is reached between the Lords and King Henry. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
þere was quelde S(ir) Simond de Mou(~)tfort Hugh þe Spenser and Mountfort þat was Rauf Bassetes fader of Draitou(~) & oþere manye grete lordes // And whanne þis bataile was don alle þe gentiles þat had ben with þe Erl Symound were disherited and þey ordeignede ham to gedere and dede mu- che harme to al þe lond for þey destroiede hire enemys in al þat þey mighte Of þe sege of Kemworth and how þe gentile men were disheritede þorugh counceil of lordes of þe reaume of Engelonde and how þey come aȝen & had [...] here landes . Ca(o). lix(no). And in þe ȝere next comynge in May þe ferþe day bifore þe feste of sent Du(~)stou(~). was a bataile and scomfiture at Chesterfelde of h(a)m þat were dis- heritede and þ(er) manye of ham were quelde and Robert erl of fferers þere was take and also Badewyn Wake & Joh(a)n de la haye w(t) muche sorwe scapede þennes. and in sent Joh(~)nes eue þe Baptist þo next sewynge bigan þe sege of þe castel of Kenilworth. and þe sege laste til sent Thom(a)s eue þe apostel. in which day S(ire) Hughe Hastinge had þe castel for to kepe þat ȝelde vp þe castel vnto þe king in þis manere: þat him self and alle þe oþ(er)e þat were w(t)- inne þe castel. shulde haue hire lif and lyme and as mu- che þing as þey had þ(er)inne boþe hors and harneys and foure dayes of respite for to deliu(er)e clanliche þe castel of ham self/ and of alle manere þing þat þey had wiþinne þe castel. and so þey wente fram þe castel and þe king and his men wente þo in to þe castel // And S(ire) Symound de Mountfort þe ȝongere and þe Countasse his mooder were fled ouer see in to ff(ra)unce and þ(er)e helde ham as pe- ple þat were exiled out of Engelonde for eu(er)more // And sone after it was ordeynede by þe legat Octobou(~). and by oþere grete lordes. þe wiseste of Engelonde. þat alle þo þat had ben aȝens þe king and were disherited shulde haue aȝen hire landes and by greuous raunsom aftir þat it was ordeigned and þus þey were accorded w(t) þ(e) king
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:
785
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
