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Medieval Collection
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Image Number:
JRL0926298dc
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Reference Number:
English MS 103
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
R15385
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Edmund of Woodstock
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Edmund of Woodstock
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Alternative Image Title:
Queen Isabelle
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Queen Isabelle
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Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
14th century [mid]
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
116v
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Image Sequence Number:
116v
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Description:
The words ' Edward 3 ' are written in the top margin. The tale of the letter from Edmund Woodstock to his brother Edward II telling him of an army waiting to restore him to the throne, and how Queen Isabelle hears of it. Catchword ' and vppon þat ' in the bottom right corner of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
description
The words ' Edward 3 ' are written in the top margin. The tale of the letter from Edmund Woodstock to his brother Edward II telling him of an army waiting to restore him to the throne, and how Queen Isabelle hears of it. Catchword ' and vppon þat ' in the bottom right corner of the folio. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
S(ir) Rog(er) had vndirfonge þe l(ett)re he vnclosede þe l(ett)re and saugh what was conteyned þ(er)inne and gan it for to rede // Where of þe bygynnynge was þis. worshippes and reu(er)enceȝ w(t) broþ(er)es ligeaunce and subiectioun: S(ire) knyght worshipful and dere broþ(er) yif it ȝow please y pray hartely þ(t) ȝe ben of good comfort for y shal so ordeyne for ȝow þ(t) sone ȝe shulle come out of p(ri)soun and ben delyu(er)ed of þat dissese þat ȝe beþ inne: and vnderston- deth of ȝoure grete lordshipe þat y haue vnto me assentaunt almost alle þe grete of Engelonde w(t) al hire apparaile þat is to seyn w(t) armure w(t) t(re)soure w(t)oute nombr(e) for to mayn- tene and helpe ȝoure querelle so ferforth þat ȝe shulle ben king aȝen as ȝe were biforne and þat þey alle haue swore to me vppon a book: and as wel p(re)latis: as Erles and ba- rouns// Whanne S(ir) Rog(er) of Mortymer saugh and vnd(er)stode þe might and þe strengthe of þe lettre anon for wraþ his herte gan bolnee for wraþ. and euel herte bar toward S(ir) Edmund of Woodestoke þ(t) was erl of kent // And so w(t) al þe haste þat he mighte. he wente vnto Dame .Is(abel). þe Quene þat was þe kinges mooder and shewede hire S(ir) Edmundes lettre erl of kent and his wil and his p(ur)pos and how he had coniectede and ordeigned to pulte a doun king Edward of Wyndesor hire sone of his roialte and of his kingdome // Now c(er)tes S(ir) Rog(er) quoþ þe Quene haþ Edmund don so. by my fader soule quoþ she ich wile ben þ(er)of avenged yif þat god g(ra)unte me lif and þat in a short tyme // And anon w(t) þat þe q(ue)ne .Is(abel). wente vnto king Edward hire sone þ(er)e þat he was at þe p(ar)lement at Wynchestr(e) for to haue amended þe wronges and trespasseȝ þat were don among þ(e) peple in his reame // And þo nome she and shewede him. þe l(ett)re þ(t) S(ir) Edmund of Wodestoke erl of kent had made and ensealed. w(t) his se- al and bad him vppon hire benesou(~) þ(t) he shulde auenged ben vppon his dedely enemy // þo was þe quene so wroth toward S(ir) Edmunde erl of kent and cessede neu(er)e to pray vnto her sone þ(t) he shulde sende in haste aftir him // [...] and vppon þat
transcription
S(ir) Rog(er) had vndirfonge þe l(ett)re he vnclosede þe l(ett)re and saugh what was conteyned þ(er)inne and gan it for to rede // Where of þe bygynnynge was þis. worshippes and reu(er)enceȝ w(t) broþ(er)es ligeaunce and subiectioun: S(ire) knyght worshipful and dere broþ(er) yif it ȝow please y pray hartely þ(t) ȝe ben of good comfort for y shal so ordeyne for ȝow þ(t) sone ȝe shulle come out of p(ri)soun and ben delyu(er)ed of þat dissese þat ȝe beþ inne: and vnderston- deth of ȝoure grete lordshipe þat y haue vnto me assentaunt almost alle þe grete of Engelonde w(t) al hire apparaile þat is to seyn w(t) armure w(t) t(re)soure w(t)oute nombr(e) for to mayn- tene and helpe ȝoure querelle so ferforth þat ȝe shulle ben king aȝen as ȝe were biforne and þat þey alle haue swore to me vppon a book: and as wel p(re)latis: as Erles and ba- rouns// Whanne S(ir) Rog(er) of Mortymer saugh and vnd(er)stode þe might and þe strengthe of þe lettre anon for wraþ his herte gan bolnee for wraþ. and euel herte bar toward S(ir) Edmund of Woodestoke þ(t) was erl of kent // And so w(t) al þe haste þat he mighte. he wente vnto Dame .Is(abel). þe Quene þat was þe kinges mooder and shewede hire S(ir) Edmundes lettre erl of kent and his wil and his p(ur)pos and how he had coniectede and ordeigned to pulte a doun king Edward of Wyndesor hire sone of his roialte and of his kingdome // Now c(er)tes S(ir) Rog(er) quoþ þe Quene haþ Edmund don so. by my fader soule quoþ she ich wile ben þ(er)of avenged yif þat god g(ra)unte me lif and þat in a short tyme // And anon w(t) þat þe q(ue)ne .Is(abel). wente vnto king Edward hire sone þ(er)e þat he was at þe p(ar)lement at Wynchestr(e) for to haue amended þe wronges and trespasseȝ þat were don among þ(e) peple in his reame // And þo nome she and shewede him. þe l(ett)re þ(t) S(ir) Edmund of Wodestoke erl of kent had made and ensealed. w(t) his se- al and bad him vppon hire benesou(~) þ(t) he shulde auenged ben vppon his dedely enemy // þo was þe quene so wroth toward S(ir) Edmunde erl of kent and cessede neu(er)e to pray vnto her sone þ(t) he shulde sende in haste aftir him // [...] and vppon þat
Transcription
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Language Code:
enm-GB
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enm-GB
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Subject:
Chronicles of England
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Chronicles of England
Subject
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Subject:
Great Britain--History
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Great Britain--History
Subject
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Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
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false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Vellum
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Vellum
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
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1200 - 1500 CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
England
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England
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
278 mm
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278 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
183 mm
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183 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
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Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
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Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
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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
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
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References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
references
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
References
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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)
bibliography
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)
Bibliographic Citation
false
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
cost
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Cost
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
1210
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1210
Multi Page Number
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Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB