COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926228dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward
Alternative Image Title:
William Wallace (Waleys)
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
81v
Image Sequence Number:
081v
Description:
The words ' Edward I ' are written in the top margin. The tale of how King Edward frees Balliol and the rebel Scots from prison, and how after Balliol retreats overseas, the Scots choose the ribald William Waleys (Wallace) to be king. King Edward travels to war in France, but a truce is agreed. The Scots plan further war against the English. Red rubrication at the bottom of the folio introduces the beginning of the next tale. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
//þat is to seyn S(ir) Joh(a)n of Comyn and þe erl of Stratthorn. þe erl of Carrik. and also .iiij. bisshopes vndertoke for al þe clergie and so þe king delyu(er)ede ham and ȝaf ham sauf conduit to wende in to hire owene londe. // and it was nouȝt longe aft(er): warde þat þey ne arisen aȝen king Edward for enchesou(~) þat þey wiste wel þat king Edwardus folc .was take in Gascoig- ne as bifore is saide but S(ie) Joh(a)n Bailloil king of Scotland wiste wel þat his lande shulde haue sorwe and shame for hire falsnesse and in haste wente him ou(er) þe see to his owen landes and þ(er)e helde him: and come neu(er)e more aȝen. wherfore þe scottes chosen to hire king William Waleys a rybaude an harlot comen vp of nought and muche harme dede to þe En- glisshe men // And king Edwarde þouȝte how he mighte haue delyu(er)aunce of his peple þat were take in Gascoigne and in haste went ouer þe see in to fflaundr(e)s for to werre oppon the king of ffr(a)unce. and þe Erl of fflaundres vnderfeng him wiþ muche hono(ur) and g(ra)untede him alle his landes at his owene wille // And whanne þe king of ff(ra)unce herde telle þat þ(e) king of Engelonde was arryuede in fflaundres. and come with an huge poer him for to destroye. he prayde him of trewes for .ij. ȝere. so þat englisshe marchauntȝ and also frensshe myȝte saufliche gon and in boþe sides // þe king Edward g(ra)un- tede it so þat he moste haue his men out of prisoun(~) þat were in Gascoigne. and þe king of ff(ra)unce. g(ra)untede anon an so þey were delyu(er)ed // And in þe same time þe Scottes sent by þe bisshop of sent Andrewes in to ff(ra)unce to þ(e) king and to S(ire) Charles his broþer þat S(ire) Charles shulde come with his poer and þey of Scotlande wolde come with hire: and so þey shulde gon in to Engelond þat londe for to des troye fram Scotland til þat þey come to kent and þe Scot- tes triste muche vppon þe ffrenshe men: but of þat þing þey had no man(er)e g(ra)unt // And noþeles þe Scottes bigonne to robbe and quelle in Northu(~)birlande and dede muchel harme How William Waleys lete sle S(ire) Hughe of
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:
860
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
