COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926250dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward II
Alternative Image Title:
Tickhill castle
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
92v
Image Sequence Number:
092v
Description:
The words ' Edward 2 ' are written in the top margin. There is a catchword at the bottom right of the folio ' and saide to him self . O . '. The tale of the siege of Tickhill castle, and the tale of the traitor Robert Holland (Holande). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
. // And whanne þe king herde þ(t) his Castel was biseged: he swore by god and by his names þat þe sege shulde ben reme- uede and assemblede an huge poer of peple and wente þider ward for to rescue þe Castel. and his poer encressede fram day to day // Whanne þe Erl of Lancastr(e) and þ(e) erl of Herford & þe barouns and hire compaignye herde of þis þing þey assem- blede al here poer and wente ham to Burton op Trent and kepte þe Brugg(e) þ(t) þe king shulde nouȝt passe ou(er) // But it bifel so þat on þe tenþ(e) day of March in þe ȝere of grace .M(l). iij(C). and .xxj. þe king and þe Spensers S(ir) Aymer Valaunce erl of Penbrok. and Joh(a)n erl of Arundell an hire poer went ouer þe wat(er) and descomfitede þ(e) Erl Thom(a)s and his com panye. and þey fledde to þe Castel. of Tuttebery: and fro þennes þey wente to Pountfret. And in þ(t) viage deide S(ire) Rog(er) Dammory in þe Abbay of Tuttebery // And in þ(e) same time þe erl Thom(a)s had a traytour w(t) him þ(t) me callede Ro bert of Holande a knyght. þat þe Erl had brought vp of nouȝt and had norisshed him of his botelrye: and had ȝeue him .ij. þousand marc of lande by ȝere. and so muche þ(e) erl louede him: þat he myghte done in þe Erls court al þing þat him likede boþe among hye and lowe and so queynte leche þe þef bar him aȝens his lord þat he truste more vp- on him þan oppon ony man alyue // And þe Erl had ordey ned by his lettre for to wende in to þe Erldome of Lancastr(e) for to make arise for to helpe him in þat viage þat is to seyn .v.C. men of Armes. but þe false traito(ur) come nouȝt þere no maner men for to warne ne to make arise for to helpe his lord. // And whenne þ(e) traitour herde telle þat his lord was des comfitede att Burton as a fals þeef traito(ur) he stal away and robbede in Raueneslande his lordes men þat come fro þe scomfiture and nome of ham hors and harneys and al þat þey had an quelde of ham al þ(t) he mighte take and þo come and ȝelde him vnto þe king // Whanne þ(e) good erl Thom(a)s wiste þat he was so bitrayede he was sore abasshed
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
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:
970
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 II
