COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926324dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Edward III
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
129v
Image Sequence Number:
129v
Description:
The words ' Edward 3 ' appear in the top margin. The tale of storms at sea as King Edward returns to England. He sends words to the Scots that he will fight them, but they flee. King Edward makes his eldest son, Edward, Prince of Wales. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
tayn and ther was so grete forþf for vitailles that he lost meny of hys peple and whan he had do ther that he come for. he dressyd hym ou(er)e þe see in to England ward and as he sayled toward England in the hye see the moost myshappes stormes & tempestes thundres and lightnynges fell to hym in the see the which was sayd that it was done and aroysed thurgh evil spirites made be sorcery & nygromauncye of hem of Fraunce wherfore the kynges hert was full of sorow and angwysshe weylyng and sighyng and seyd vnto oure lady on þis wyse O blyssid lady seynt Mary what is þe cause þat eu(er)more goyng into Fraunce all thynges and weders fallen to me ioyfull and lykyng & gladsum and as J wold haue hem / but alway turnyg into Englondward all thynges fallen vnprofitable and harne- Full Neu(er)thelatter he scaping all p(er)illes of the see as god wold come be nyght to the toure of Londou(~) and same ȝeer þe kyng held hys crystenmes atte Menros and sent word to the Scottys by hys messagers that he was redy and wold fight w(t) hem but the scttes wold nott abyde that. but fledden oure the scottys see and hyd hem as wele as þei myght / And in the xvij ȝeer of hys regne about the feest of Conu(er)sion of seynt Poul kyng Edeward whan he be had be in Scotteland & sawe the Scottes wer fledde he come aȝeen into England and alityll afor lentyn was the turnement att dunstaple to the whych turnemente come all the ȝung bachalrye and chyualrye of England whyt meny Erles and other lordes at þe which tur nement þe kyng hym self was ther p(re)sent // And the next ȝeer folowyng in the xviij. ȝeer of hys regne at hys p(ar)lement holden att Westm(inster) in the quynȝisme of Pasche kyng Edeward the thrid made Edwad hys ferst bygeten sone pryns of Valys & in the xix ȝeer of hys regne a non after Jn Januer by fore lente the same kyng Edeward lete make full noble iustes and grete festes in the place of hys berthe atte Wyndesore that þer weryn neu(er) non such sene þ(er) afor att which feest
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:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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.
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:
1340
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
