COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926225dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward
Alternative Image Title:
Edward Longshanks
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
80r
Image Sequence Number:
080r
Description:
The words ' Edward I ' are written in the top margin. The tale of how Thomas Turbeville is put to death for being a spy. An initial has been omitted in the rubric on line 14. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of King Edward's defeat of the Scots at (Berewik) Berwick. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
loue. wherfore þe king couþe him muche þanke and ful glad was of his comynge // And þe fals þef traitour fro þat day aspiede al þe doynge of þe king and also his councele. for þe king louede him wel and was with him ful pryuee // But a clerk of Engelond þat was in þe king(es) hous of ff(ra)unce herde of þis tresoun and of þe falsnesse and wrote to anoþ(er) clerk þ(t) was dwellyng w(t) þe king of Engelond al how Thomas Tourbeluyle. had done his false coniectinge and al þe counceil of Engelonde was write for to haue sente vnto þe king of ff(ra)unce and þorugh þe forsaide l(et)re þat þe clerk had sent fro ff(ra)unce it was founde vppon him. wherfore he was lad to Londou(~) and drawen and hongede þere for his tresoun(~) and his .ij. sones. þat he had pulte in to ff(ra)unce. for hostageȝ were þo biheuedede. [O]f þe conqueste of Berewik Caplo [...] Centesimo octogesimo octauo Whenne þo .ij. cardinales [...] were wente aȝen in to ff(ra)unce. for to treten of pes at Cambrey þe king sente þider of his Erles and Barouns. þ(t) is to seyn S(ire). Edmunde his broþ(er) erl of Lancastr(e) and of Leycestr(e). S(ire) Henry Lacy. erl of. Nichole. and Will(a)m Vessy a Baroun. and of oþ(er)e Baronettes aboute .xiiij. of þe beste and wiseste of Enge londe. and in þe same tyme þe king Edwarde nome his via- ge to Scotlande for to werre vppon Joh(a)n Baillol king of Scotlond and S(ire) Rob(er)t Roos of Berwyk fley fro þe englissh men and wente to þe Scottes. and king Edward wente him toward Berwyk and bisegede þe toun(~). and þo þ(t) wer w(t)jnne manliche ham defendede and sette afyre and brende .ij. of king Edwardes shippes and saide in dispite and rep(ro)ue of him. wende king Edwarde w(t) his longe shankes haue gete Berwyk al oure vnthankes. gas pikes him: and whenne he haþ dikes him // whenne king Edwarde herde þis scorne anon þorugh his mightynesse he passede ouer þe dichis & assailede þe toun and come to þe ȝates and gatte and con. querede þe toun and þorugh his graciouse poer quelde .xxv. .M(l). and .vij.C. Scottes. and king Edward lost of his men
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
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:
845
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Edward
