COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926272dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward II
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
103v
Image Sequence Number:
103v
Description:
The words 'Edward 2' are written in the top margin. The tale of how Arnold of Spain is beheaded. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' W ' introduce the tale of how King Edward and his reduced retinue flee first to Bristol castle and then to Wales, where they are all captured by Queen Isabelle's men and taken into custody. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
for he was a coueytous man and had w(t) him no m(er)cy and euele counceilede þe king and sone þ(er) aft(er) was arnolde of Spaigne taken he þat was assentaunt to haue lad þe vif .M(l). pound of siluer in vif barell ferers vnto þe Dussepiers of ff(ra)unce for to helpe and haste þe Quene .Is(abel). to hire deth and Edward hire sone also: And þis Arnolde was done vnto þe deth wiþoute þ(e) Citee of Londou(~) How king Edward Cap(o) CC(mo). ix(o) [...] and S(ir) Hughe þ(e) Spens(er) wer(e) takene and þ(e) erl of Arundel . Whanne king Edward had sent maister Walter of Stapultou(~) his tresorer in to Londou(~) for to kepe þe Citee vnto him aȝen þe Quene .Is(abel). his wif and aȝen Ed was hir(e) sone anon him self nome w(t) him S(ir) Hugh þ(e) Spens(er) þe fader and S(ir). Hugh. his sone and S(ir) John Erl of Arundell and maister Rob(er)t Baldok his Chaunceler a fals pilede Clerk and nomen hire way toward Bristowe and þ(er) þe king abode a litel terme and made S(ir) Hugh þe Spen ser þe fader as Conestable and kep(er)e of þe Castel: and þ(e) king and þe othere aboue saide wente in to Shippe and saylede toward Walys and nome no leue of þe Styward ne of none of þe king(es) householde and wente ouer in to Walys for to arrere þe Walshe men aȝens Dame Is(abel). þ(e) q(ue)ne and Duk Edwarde of Gyene hire sone and hir(e) companye // But þe Quene and þe Duk hire sone and þe erl of Kent and S(ir) Joh(a)n of Henaude and þey wente and pursuede aft(er) ham and hire poer come and encrescede eu(er)y day and so at þe laste þe king was taken vppon an hulle in Walys and S(ir) Hughe þe Spens(er) þe sone in þat oþ(er) side of þe same hulle and þe fals pilede Clerc Maist(er) Rob(er)t of Baldok þ(er)e faste biside ham and were broughte aȝen in to Engelonde as al- myghty god wolde and þe king him self was in sauf ke- pynge in þe Castel of Kenylworthe and him kepte S(ir) Henry þat was sent Thom(a)s broþ(er) of lancastr(e). and S(ire) Hughe þe Spens(er) þ(e) fad(er) com and pulte him vnto þe Quene grace and to S(ire) Edward hire sone Duk of Gyene // But S(ir) Hugh þ(e) Spens(er)
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Illumination (image-making process)
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:
1080
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
