COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926268dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward II
Alternative Image Title:
Queen Isabelle
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
101v
Image Sequence Number:
101v
Description:
The words 'Edward 2' are written in the top margin. The tale of how the Spencers conspire to lure Queen Isabelle and Sir Edward out of France and to kill them. How the envoy they sent over to France with 5 barrels of silver is taken in the high sea, and the silver delivered to Queen Isabelle, who then prepares an army to invade England. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
gon in to ff(ra)unce for to treten of accorde biuene þ(e) king of Engelond and hire bro þ(er) þe king of ff(ra)unce for þat was ȝour(e) counceile for at þat time for sothe ȝoure wit faylede for j drede me sore lest þorugh hire and hir sone we shulleth be shent but yif we take þe bettr(e) counceil // Now faire sires vnd(er)stondiþ how m(er)vaillo(us) felonye and falshede þe Spens(er)s ymaginede and caste for p(ri)vely þey lete felle vif barell ferers w(t) siluer. þe somme amountede. v. M(l). Li. and þey sente þo barell ouer see p(ri)ueleche by an aliene þat me callede Arnold of Spaigne þat was a brocour of Londou(~) þat he shulde gon to þe dussepiers of ff(ra)unce þat þey shulde p(ro)curen and speke to þe king of ff(ra)unce. þ(t) Quene Is(abel). and hire sone Edward were dryue and exi- lede out of ff(ra)unce and among(es) alle oþ(er)e þinges þat þey were brought to þe deþ as p(ri)uely as þey myghte. but al- myghty god wolde nouȝt so // ffor whanne þis Arnolde was in þe hye see he was take w(t) Selanders þ(t) mette him in þe see and token him and lad him to hire lord erl of Henaude and muche ioye was made for þ(t) taking and at þe laste þis Arnold p(ri)uyly stale away fro þennes and come to Londou(~) // And of þis takinge and of oþ(er)e þing(es) þe Erl of Henaude sayde to þe Quene. Is(abel). Dame make ȝow mery and beth of goode chiere for ȝe beth more richere þan ȝe wende haue ben and take ȝe þese. v. barell fulle of siluer þ(t) were sente to þe dussepieres of ff(ra)unce for to quelle ȝow and ȝoure sone Edward. and þenketh hasti- ly for to wende in to Engelonde and take ȝe w(t) ȝow S(ire) Joh(a)n of Henaude my broþer and. v. C men of armes for menye of ham of ff(ra)unce in wham ȝe haue had gret trist had gret deutee ȝow for to scorne: and almighty god g(ra)unte ȝow g(ra)ce ȝoure enemys to ou(er)come // þe Quene. Is(abel). sente þo þorugh. Henaude and flaundres for hire soudiours and ordeignede hire eu(er)y day for to wende in to Engelonde aȝen. and so she had in hire companye S(ir) Edmund of Woodestok
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England
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:
1060
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
