COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926257dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward II
Alternative Image Title:
death 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:
96r
Image Sequence Number:
096r
Description:
The words ' Edward 2 ' are written in the top margin. The tale of the beheading of Thomas of Lancaster, and the hanging of many other rebels throughout England. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
to þe place þat he ended his lif in to whom he shrof him al his lif // And þe gentil erl helde frere wonder faste by þ(e) cloþes and saide faire fader abide with vs, til þ(t) y be ded for my flessh quaketh for drede of deþ. and soth for to seye þe gentil erl sette him vppon his knees and turnede him toward þe East. but a ribaude þat me callede Higon of Moston. sette hand vppon þe gentil Erl and saide in des- pite of him and saide sire traito(ur) turne þ(e) toward þ(e) Scottes þy foul deth to vnderfonge and turnede þe erl toward þe North // The noble erl Thom(a)s. ansuerede þo w(t) a mylde voys and saide. now faire lordes y shal don al ȝour(e) wille and with þat word þe frere wente fro him ful sore wepynge and anon a rybaude wente to him and smot of his hede. þe xj(e). kal(e)n(d) of Auerill in þe ȝere of g(ra)ce .M(l). iij(C) xxj. allas þ(t) eu(er)e such a gentil blood shulde ben don to þe deth w(t)oute cause & resoun. // and t(ra)itoursly was þ(e) kinge co(~)ceiled whan he þoruȝ fals counceil of þ(e) false Spens(er)s suffred S(ire) Thom(a)s hi(s) vncles sone ben pult to such a deth and so ben heueded aȝens alle man(er) resoun: and g(re)t piete it was also þat such a noble king shulde ben des- ceyued and mys gouerned þorugh counceil of þe false Spens(er)s þ(e) whiche he mayntenede þorugh loselrye aȝens his honour and ek p(ro)fite: for aftirwarde þ(er)e fel gret ven- iaunce in Engelonde. for enchesoun of þe forsayde Thom(a)s deth // Whanne þe gentil Erl of þis lif was passed: þ(e) p(ri)our and þe monk(es) of Pountfrett getten S(ir) Thom(a)s body of þe king and þey beryede it bifore þe hye auter in þe right syde and þ(t) same day þat þe gentil lord was dede þ(er) were honged and drawe for þe same querell at Pountfrett S(ir) William Tuchet S(ir) Will(ia)m fitz Will(ia)m S(ir) Wareyn. of ysilee. S(ir) Henry of Bradbourne and S(ir) Will(ia)m Cheyne. barouns alle and Joh(a)n Page Esquier // And sone after at York were drawe & hongede S(ir) Roger of Clifforde. S(ir) Joh(a)n of Mounb(ra)y barouns and S(ir) Gocelyn dauill knyght // And at Bristowe were drawe and hongede S(ir) Henry of Wyningtou(~) and S(ire) Henry
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:
1005
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
