Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Edward III
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Image Number:
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JRL0926292dc
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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 III
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Alternative Image Title:
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Queen Isabelle
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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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113v
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Image Sequence Number:
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113v
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Description:
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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 have advised the young King badly on the issue of Scotland, and who are widely believed to have had the old King Edward murdered. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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reproues hau falle vnto þe king and to his reaume and þat is to vndirstonde: for as muche as Edwarde sum time king of Engelonde was ordeigned by assent of þe co(~)munete in pleyne p(ar)leme(~)t for to ben vnder þe warde and gou(er)naunce of Henry erl of lancastr(e) his cosyn for saluacioun of his body he was ta- ken out of þe castel of kenelworth þ(er)e þ(t) he was in warde and þorugh colour of þe quene Jsabell and of þe Mortimer wiþou- te consent of ony p(ar)leme(~)t: þey nome and lad him þere þat neuere after non of his kynrede mighte w(t) him speke ne se: and after traitoursly nome and him mordrede: for whos deþ a foul sclaunder aros þorugh out al cristendome whanne it was done. // And also al þe t(re)sour þ(t) S(ire) Edward of Carnari- uan had lefte in manye places in Engelonde and in Walys were wastede and borne away w(t)oute þe wille of king Ed- warde. his sone in destructioun of him and of his folc // // Also þorugh whos counceile þat þe king ȝaf vp þe kingdo me of Scotlande. for þe which reaume þe kinges auncestres had ful sore trauayled and so dede meny a noble ma(~) for hire right and was delyu(er)ed al þe righte vnto Dauid þat was Rob(er)t le Brus his sone þat no right hadde vnto þ(t) reaume as al þe world it wiste // And also by whom þe chartreȝ and þe reme(~)b(ra)unceȝ þat þey had of þe right of Scotlande were take out of þe t(re)sorie and taken to þ(e) Scottes þe kinges enemys to disheritesoun of him and of his suc- cessours and to gret harme to his lieges. and g(re)t reproue vnto alle englisshe men. for eu(er)more // Also wherfore dame Jone of þe Tour þe king(es) suster Edwarde was disparaged and maried vnto Dauid þat was Rob(er)t þe Brus his sone þat was a traito(ur) and an enemy to Engelonde: and þorugh whos counseil she was take in to oure enemys handes out of Engelande // And in þe mene time whiles þ(e) good erl henry of lancastr(e) and his companye nomen counceil how þese poynteȝ aboue saide mighte ben amendede vnto þe worshipe of þe king & to his p(ro)fite. and þe p(ro)fit also of
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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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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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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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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1180
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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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