COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926230dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
82v
Image Sequence Number:
082v
Description:
The words ' Edward I ' are written in the top margin. The tale of the battle at Falkirk and of King Edward's victory there. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of the marriage of King Edward to Margaret the daughter of Philip, the King of France, and how King Edward goes again to war in Scotland. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' K ' introduce the tale of how King Edward besieges Stirling castle and threatens those within with the gallows. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
bled for to abide bataile. and on sent mary magdaleyn day þe king come to ffoukirk. and ȝaf bataile to þe Scottes and at þat bataile were quelde of Scottes .xxxiij. þousande. and of en- glisshe men but .xxviij. and no mo of þe whiche was a worþy knyght slayn þat was a knyȝt an hospitaler þat me callede ffrere Brian. Jay: ffor whanne William Waleys fley fram þe Bataile þat same frere Brian him pursuede fersliche and as his hors ran hit sterte in to a mer of marreys vp to þe bely and William Waleys turnede þo aȝen. and þere quelde þe for saide Brian. and þ(t) was muche harme // And while king Edward wente þorugh Scotlande for to enquere ȝif he migh- te fynde enye of his enemys and in þat lande he duellede as long as him likede and þere was non enemy þat derst him abide // And sone afterward king Edwarde wente to South(au)mpton for he wolde nought abide in Scotland in wynter sesoun: for esement of his peple// And whanne he come to Londou(~): he lete amende manye misdedes þ(t) were don aȝens his pees and his lawe whil þat he was in fflaun- dres Of þe laste mariage of king Edwarde and how he wente þe þridde time in to Scotlande Ca.(o) C.(mo) Octogesimo [...] vndecimo And aftirward it was ordeigned þorugh þe [...] court of Rome þat king Edward shulde wedde Dame Margarete king Philippus suster of ff(ra)unce: and þe Erchebisshop Robert of Wynchelse spousede ham to gedere þorugh which mariage pees was made bituene king Ed ward of Engelonde and king Philip of ff(ra)unce // king Ed- ward wente þo þe þridde time in to Scotlande and þo w(t)- inne þe ferste ȝer he had enfamined þe lande so þ(t) þere ne lefte nought on þat ne come vnto his m(er)cy: saf þo þ(t) were in þe Castel of Estreuelyn. þat was wel vitailled & astored. for. vij. ȝere How þe Castel of Estreuelyn was [...] biseged Ca(o) C.(mo) lx(mo). xij(mo). King Edward come [...] with an huge poer to þe castel of Estreuelyn and bisege þe castel but it litel auailede for he mighte don þe
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:
870
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
