COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926284dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward III
Alternative Image Title:
Sir Roger Mortimer's treachery
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
109v
Image Sequence Number:
109v
Description:
The words ' Edward 3 ' are written in the top margin. Hair follicles are very visible in the parchment at the top of the folio. The tale of Sir Roger Mortimer's treachery, and how the Scots steal away under cover of night, and how the same night, James Douglas steals into the English camp and murders many of the English. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
in preiudice and in harmynge of him and his fee and ȝif þey dede þey shulde stande vnto hire owene p(er)ile: and þe forsaide erl. Marchal was al arrayede w(t) his bataile at þe redose of þe erl of Lancastr(e) for to haue foughte with him and w(t) his folc ȝif he had meuede for to fighte w(t) þe Scottis and in þis manere he was desceyuede and wist no þing of þis t(re)soun and þus was þe king p(ri)ncipally desceyuede // And whanne it was nyght: þe Mortimer þat hadde þe wacche for to kepe of þe host þ(t) nyght de- stourblede þe wache þat no þing moste be done and in þe mene while þe scottes stele by nyghte toward hir owene cuntr(e) as faste as þey myghte. and so was þ(e) king falsly bitraied. þat wende þ(t) alle þ(e) t(ra)ytours of his lande had ben broughte vnto an ende as it was saide bifore Now here ȝe lordes how tretoursly king Edward was desceyuede and how m(er)uailously and boldly þe scottes de- de of werre: for þe same nyght James Douglas with CC. me(~) of Armeȝ riden þorugh out þe host of king Ed- warde þe same nyght þat þe scottes were scapede to- warde hir owene cuntr(e). as is aboue saide til þat þey come(~) to þe kinges pauyluo(~) and quelde þ(er)e manye men in hire beddes and c(ri)eden somme. Naward Nawarde and anoþ(er) time. a Douglas. a douglas. wherfor þ(e) king þ(t) was in his Pauyloun(~) and muche oþ(er) folc were won- der sore affraiede. but blessed be almyghty god þ(e) king was nouȝt taken: and in gret p(er)ile was þo þ(e) reaume of Engelonde // And þat nyȝt þe moone shone ful cler and brighte. and for alle þe king(es) men: þe scottis scape- de harmeles. and in þe morwe whanne þe king wiste þ(t) þe scottis wer(e) ascapede in to hire cuntree: he was won- der sory and ful hertely wepte w(t) his ȝonge eyen and ȝit wiste he nought who had done him þat tresoun(~) but þe fals trayto(ur) was wel knowe a good while aft(er) as þe storye telleth // þe king Edward come þo aȝen
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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:
1140
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 III
