COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926300dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Edmund of Woodstock
Alternative Image Title:
Roger Mortimer
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
117v
Image Sequence Number:
117v
Description:
The words ' Edward 3 ' are written in the top margin. The tale of how Edmund of Woodstock is beheaded. Red rubrication at the bottom of the folio introduces the next tale, of the death of Roger Mortimer. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
Rob(er)t of Hamull. S(ir) Edmund quoþ he sith þ(t) ȝe haue made knowynge openliche in þis court þat þis is ȝour lettre en- sealed w(t) ȝoure seal and þe teno(ur) of þe l(ett)re is. that ȝe wolde haue ben aboute for to haue delyu(er)ed þe body of þat worship- ful knyȝt S(ir) Edward sum time king of Engelond ȝoure broþ(er) and for to haue holpen him þat he shulde haue be king aȝene and gou(er)ne his peple as he was woned bifore times in empeirynge of oure liege lord þe king(es) estate . þat is now wham god kepe fram alle dissese // And þis Court wile þ(t) ȝe ben vndone of lyf and lyme and þ(t) ȝour heires bene disheritede for eu(er)more: saf þe g(ra)ce of oure lord þe king. þo was þe erl S(ir) Edmund of Woodestoke pult aȝen in to p(ri)soun vnder ful sauf warde til vppon þe morne: And þo come þe Mortym(er) vnto þe king þ(er)e þat he sat at his mete and tolde him how þe erl was dampned by weye of lawe & also of lif and lyme and his heires disheritede for eu(er)more þorugh open knoweleching in playne court wherfore him þoughte it were good þat þe forsaide erl were hastely q(ue)lde w(t)oute wyting of þe king for elles þe king wolde forȝeue him his deth and þat shulde turne ham vnto moche sorwe so as he was enpechede // Anon þe Quene Jsabell. þorugh counseil of þe Mortimer and wiþoute ony oþer counceile sente in haste to þe baillifes of Wynchestr(e) þ(t) þey shulde smyte of S(ir) Edmund(es) hed of Wodestoke erl of Kent w(t)oute eny man(er) abidyng or resipte vppon payne of lif and lyme // þo nomen þe baillifs sir Ede- mund out of p(ri)soun. and lad him bisides þe castel at Wyn- chestr(e) and þ(er)e þey made a gonge fermere smyte of his heuede for non oþ(er) man derste it done and so deide he þ(er)e allas þe time þat is to sein þe .x(e). day of Octobr(e) þe þrid de ȝer of king Edwardus regne. And whanne þe king wiste þ(er)of. he was wonder sory and let entere him at þe Frere meno(ur)s at Wynchestr(e). Of þe deth of S(ir) Roger Mortymer Erl of þe March. Cap(o). CC(mo). xxij(o).
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:
1220
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Edmund of Woodstock
