COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926256dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward II
Alternative Image Title:
trial of Thomas of Lancaster
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
95v
Image Sequence Number:
095v
Description:
The words ' Edward 2 ' are written in the top margin. The tale of the trial of Thomas of Lancaster and his sentencing to death. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
in his hande riden w(t) baner displayed aȝens his pees as a traito(ur) // And with þat word þe gentil erl Thom(a)s. w(t) an hye voys sayde. nay lordes for sothe and by sent Thom(a)s y was neu(er)e traito(ur) // þe Justice saide aȝen þo // Thom(a)s oure lord þe king pult vppon þe þat ȝe haue robbedd his folc and mordred his peple as a þef. // Thom(a)s þe king also pulte vppo þe þat he scomfitede ȝow and ȝoure peple w(t) his folc in his owene reaume wherfore ȝe wente and fleye to þe wode as an outla- we and also ȝe were taken as an outlawe // And Thom(a)s as a traito(ur) ȝe shulle ben hanged by resoun: but þe king hath for- ȝeue ȝow þat gewes for loue of Quene Jsabelle // And Tho(ma)s resoun wolde also þ(t) ȝe shulde be honged but þ(e) king haþ for ȝeue þat gewes for cause and loue of ȝour lynage // But Thom(a)s for as muche as ȝe were take fleynge and as an out- lawe: þe king wile þ(t) ȝour hede be smyten of as ȝe haue wel deserued: anon don him out of prees and anon bring him to hi(s) iugement // þe gentil knyght whanne he had herd alle þese wordes: w(t) an hye voys he criede sore wepyng. allas sent Thom(a)s faire fader allas shal J ben ded þus g(ra)unte me now blisful god ansuere. but al it availede him no þing for þe cursede gascoignes pulte him hider and þider and on him criede w(t) an hey voys .O. king Arthur most dredeful wel knowen is now þin opene trait(er)e in euel deth shalt þ(u) die as þow hast wel des(er)uede // þo sette þey vppon his hed in scorne an olde Chapelet al to rent and torne þ(t) was noȝt worth an halpeny: and after þe setten him vppon a leue white Palfray. ful unsemeleche and ek al bare w(t) an olde bridell and w(t) an horrible noyse þey drowe him out of þe Castell toward his deth and caste on him menye balles of snowe // And as þe tormento(ur)s lad him out of þe Castel þo saide he þese pitouse wordes and his handes held vp in hye towardes heuene // Now þe king of heuene ȝeue vs m(er)cy for þe erþelich king hath vs forsake. and a fre- re p(re)chour wente with him out of þe Castell til þ(t) he com
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:
1000
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
