Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Edward II
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Image Number:
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JRL0926264dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
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R15385
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King Edward II
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Alternative Image Title:
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St Thomas the martyr
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
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99v
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Image Sequence Number:
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099v
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Description:
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The words 'Edward 2' are written in the top margin. The tale of how King Edward is advised by Sir Hugh Spenser to prevent the people from making pilgrimages to St Thomas of Lancaster's place of death. The false Robert of Baldok is made Chancellor. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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was adrad and þoughte for to vndone þe pilg(ri)mage ȝif he migh- te by ony manere way and to þe king wente and saide þat þey shulde ben in grete sclaundre þorugh out al c(ri)stendome for þe deth of Thom(a)s of Lancastr(e) ȝif he suffrede þe peple done hir(e) pilg(ri)mage at Pountfret and so he counceled þe king þ(t) he com(~)aundede to close þe chirche dores of Pountfret: in þ(e) which chirche þe holy martir sent Thomas was entered and þus þey deden aȝen alle ff(ra)unchise of holy chirche so þat foure ȝer after myghte no pilg(ri)me come vnto þat holy body // And for enchesou(~) þat þe monk(es) suffrede men come and hono(ur)e þat ho ly body of sent Thom(a)s þe mart(re) þorugh counceil of S(ir) Hughe þe Spenser þe sone and þorugh counceil also of maist(er) Rob(er)t of Baldok þe false pilede clerk þ(t) was þe kinges chaunce- ler þe king consentede þat þey shulde ben sette to hir(e) wa- ges and lete make wardeynes ouer hir(e) owene good long tyme // And þorugh com(~)aundeme(~)t of þe forsaide S(ir) Hughe þe Spens(er): xiiij Gascoignes wel armede kepte þe hulle þ(er)e þat þe goode man sent Thom(a)s was don to his deth and byheueded so þat no pilg(ri)me myghte come by þat way: ful wel wende he to haue bynome cristes myght and his power and þe grete loos of miracles þat he shewede for his mart(re) Thom(a)s þorugh out al cristendome // And þ(t) same time þe king made Robert of Baldok a pilede Clerc and a fals þorugh prayer of S(ir) Hugh þe Spens(er) þe sone chaunceler of Engelond: and in þe same time was þe Castel of Walling forde holden aȝens þe king þorugh þe prisoners þat were wiþinne þe castel for sent Thom(a)s querell of Lancastr(e) wherfore þe peple of þe cuntr(e) come and toke þe Castell vp- on þe forsaide p(ri)soners. wherfore S(ir) Joh(a)n of Solemtou(~) knyȝt and S(ire) Edmund of þe Beche. p(er)soun and a squyer þ(t) me callede Roger of Waltou(~) were taken and sent to þ(e) king to Pountfret and þ(er)e þey were done into p(ri)sou(~): and þe for- saide Roger was sent vnto york and þ(er)e he was drawe & honged // And anon after S(ir) Rog(er) Mortim(er) of Wygemor(e)
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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278 mm
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Item Width:
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183 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-22
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Multi Page Number:
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1040
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-10
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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