Detail View: Medieval Collection: King Edward III
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Image Number:
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JRL0926293dc
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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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Sir Roger Mortimer
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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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114r
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Image Sequence Number:
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114r
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Description:
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The words ' Edward 3 ' are written in the top margin. The tale of how Sir Roger Mortimer is made Earl of March. Queen Isabelle and Roger Mortimer persuade King Edward that the Earl of Lancaster is against him. They then ride with a great host to destroy the Earl. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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his liegeȝ: þe Quene. Js(abel). þorugh coniectinge and sotilte and also of þe Mortimer lete ordeigne a p(ar)leme(~)t at Salesbery & at þe same p(ar)leme(~)t þe Mortymer was made erl of þe March aȝens alle þe Barouns wille of Engelonde in p(re)iudice of þe king and of his coroune: and S(ir) John of Elth(a)m þe kinges broþ(er) was gerde w(t) a suerde of Cornewaile and þo was callede erl of Cornewaile/: and eu(er)more þe Quene. Js(abel). somuche p(ro)curede aȝen hir sone þe king þ(t) ȝhe had þe warde of þ(e) forsay- de S(ir) Edward and of his landes // And at þ(t) p(ar)leme(~)t þe erl of lancastr(e) wolde nouȝt come: but ordeignede al hire poer aȝens þe quene. Is(abel). and þ(e) Mortim(er) and men of Londou(~) or- deignede ham for to helpe w(t) .vj.C. me(~) of armeȝ // Whanne þe Quene .Is(abel). wiste of þe doynge: she suore by god and by his names ful ang(er)ly þat in euel time he þoughte vppon þo poyntȝ // þo sente þe Quene .Is(abel). & þe Mortym(er) aft(er) hir retenue so þat þey had ordeynede amo(~)g(es) ham an huge ost: and þey counceilede þe king so þ(t) vppon a nyght þey riden xxiiij .mile. toward Bedford þ(er)e þat þe erl of lancastr was w(t) his co(~)paignye. and þoughte haue him destroied. and þ(t) nyght she rode bisides þ(e) king hire sone as a knyght ar med for drede of deth // And it was done þe king Edward to vndirstonde þ(t) þ(e) erl Henr(e) of lancastr(e) and his co(~)panye wolde haue dest(ro)yed þe king and his counceil for eu(er)more. wherfore þe king was somdel towardes Henr(e) wroth and annoyed // Whanne þ(e) erl Mareschal and þe erl of kent þe king(es) broþ(er) herde(~) þis þing: þey riden so in message bituene ham þ(t) þe king g(ra)untede him his pees to þ(e) erl. Henry of lancastr(e). for a certein raunsome of .xj M(l). pounde. but þat was neu(er)e payed aftirwarde // And þese were þe lordes þ(t) helde w(t) S(ir) Henry of lancastr(e). S(ir) Henry Beau- munde S(ir) Fouk fitȝ wareyn . S(ir) Thom(a)s Rooselyn. S(ir) Wil- ham Trussell .S(ir) Thom(a)s wyther and aboute an hundred of knyȝtes mo: þat were to ham consentinge .and alle þo were exilede þorugh counceil of þe Quene .Is(abel). and of þ(e)
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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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1185
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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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