COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926291dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward III
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:
113r
Image Sequence Number:
113r
Description:
The words ' Edward 3 ' are written in the top margin. The tale of how the young King Edward III takes advice from the Lords and Earls about the problems the country is having with Queen Isabelle and Roger Mortimer, who are spending money from the public purse to their own advantage, and wrongfully taking land. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
Engelonde. and also for diu(er)se wronges þ(t) were done amonge þe co(~)mune peple of which þe king bar þe blame w(t) wronge. for he nas but ful ȝonge and tendre of age and þoughte as a good man for to don a way an slake þe sclaundre of þ(e) kinges p(er)sone yif þ(t) he myghte in eny manere wise: so þat þe king was þ(er)of no þing gulty wherfore he was in p(er)ile of lif and of lyme. // And so he assemblede al his reteignaunceȝ and wente and spak vnto ham of þe kingeȝ hono(ur) / and also for to amende his estat and S(ire) Thom(a)s of Broþ(er)tone. erl Mareschal and S(ire) Edmund of wodestoke þat were þe kinges vncleȝ and also men of londou(~) maden hire oth him for to mayntene in þ(t) same querell // And hire cause was þis þ(t) þe king shulde holde his housholde and his maynye as p(er)teynede vnto a king for to done and haue also his realte: and þ(t) þe Quene .Js(abel). shulde delyu(er)e out of hire honde in to þe kinges honde alle man(er)e lordshipeȝ. Rentes. Tounes. and Castell þ(t) per- teynede vnto þe corone of Engelonde and þ(t) she shulde leue w(t) þe þridde p(ar)t of þe rentes of Engelonde as oþ(er)e Quenes had done bifore hire and with non oþ(er) þing // And also þ(t) S(ir) Rog(er) Mortym(er) shulde duelle vppon his owene landes for þe whiche landes he had holpen disherited muche peple so þat þe co(~)mune peple were nought destroyede þorugh here wrongeful taking // And also to enquere how and by wham þe king was bitrayede and falsly disceyuede at Stanhope. and thorugh whos counceil þat þe scottis wente away by nyghte fro þe king // And also how and þorugh whos counceil þe ordinaunce þat was made at þe coronaci oun of king Edwarde were pulte a doun þ(t) is to seyn þ(t) þe king for amendeme(~)t and helpynge of þe reaume and in hono(ur) of him shulde be gou(er)nede and reweled by .xij. þe gretteste and wiseste lordes of þe reaume and w(t)oute ham shulde no þing be g(ra)untede ne done as bifore is sayde: þe whiche gouernaunceȝ maliciously were pulte a doun. fro þe king wherfore menye harmes shames and
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:
1175
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
