COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926308dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Edward III
Alternative Image Title:
Sir Edward Baliol
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
121v
Image Sequence Number:
121v
Description:
The words ' Edward 3 ' appear in the top margin. The tale of how Edward Baliol and his men sail to Scotland and defeat the Earl of Fife. There are some words which are scored through in red ink and dotted underneath because the scribe duplicated them. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
þe Scottis þat y and alle þo lordes þ(t) holde(~) w(t) Bailloil. ben for eu(er)more pulte out of oure renteȝ þ(t) we haueþ in Engelond // And þe king vppon þis couenaunt g(ra)untede hire bone as tou chinge him and þo þat were of þe same querell þe whiche claymede to haue landeȝ or renteȝ in þe reaume of Scotlande And þese were þe names of þe same lords þat pursued þis matiere þ(t) is to sein S(ir) Edwarde þe Bailloil þ(t) chalaungede þ(e) reaume of Scotlonde S(ir) Henry Beaumonde erl of Angos S(ire) Dauid of Stroboly erl of Atheles S(ire) Geffr(e) of Mounb(ra)y Walt(er) Comyn and manye oþere þ(t) were pulte out of hire heritage in Scotlande whanne þe pees was made bituene Englond and Scotland as bifore is saide // And ȝe shullet vnd(er)stonde þat þese lords nomen wiþ ham. v. C me(~) of armeȝ and .ij. þousand archiers and of foote me(~) and þo wente vnto ship at Rauenesere and sailed by þe see til þ(t) þey comen vnto Scotlande and come to lande att Kinkecorne tuelf myle fram sent Johnes toun and sente out hire shippes aȝen for þey shulden nouȝt ben hurte ne enperiede noþ(er) þ(t) no man shulde gon in to ship aȝen þough þat þey had need but abide at alle p(er)iles and nought flee [but a bide at alle p(er)ilȝ and nought fle] but stande and rathere suffre deþ þan fle to mayntene her(e) trewe querell // whan þe Erl of Fyf a fers man and a sterne herde telle þ(t) þe Bailloil was come for to take þe lande of Scotlande he com in haste vnto Kinkecorne w(t) .x. þousand Scottis for to desto(ur) ble him þ(t) he shulde nouȝt come to lande // But S(ir) Ed- ward Bailloil and his compaignye had taken þ(e) lande maugre him and his compaignye and him descomfitede at þe which scomfitur(e) S(ire) Alisaundre of Seton þe sone was þ(er)e quelde and menye oþ(er)e // þe Erl of Fyf was þo wonder sory and ful ille shamede þat so litel co(~)panye had him scomfited and shameleche pult him and al his companye þ(t) was a lyf for to flee // þo come S(ir) Edward þe Bailloil and toke þ(e) cuntre al aboute him til he com
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
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:
1260
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Edward III
