COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926301dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Edward III
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:
118r
Image Sequence Number:
118r
Description:
The words ' Edward 3 ' are written in the top margin. An illuminated initial ' A ' introduces the tale of Sir Roger Mortimer's pride and excess spending, and how he was angry with those who accused him of being a murderer. The scribe has erased his original words, and his amended text extend past the line of the right margin. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
And so it bifel at þ(t) time þ(t) S(ir) Rog(er) Mortym(er) erl of þe Marche was so p(ro)ut and so hautein þat he helde no lord of reaume his pere and þo bicome he so coueitous þ(t) he fol- wede dame Jsabelle þe Quenes Court þe kinges mooder Ed- ward and bifette his peny worthes w(t) þe officers of þ(e) Quenes householde in þe same manere as þe king(es) officers dede and so he made his takinges as touchinge vitailles and also of cariageȝ and al he did for enchesou(~) of spenseȝ and for to gadre tresour and so he dede w(t)oute nombr(e) in al þ(t) he myȝte. // þo made he him wonder p(ri)uee wiþ þe Quene .Js(abel). and so muche lordshipe and retenu had: so þ(t) alle þ(e) grete lord(es) of Engelond of him were adrad wherfore þe king and his counceile towardes him were agreuede and ordeignede a- mong(es) ham for to vndon him þorugh pure resoun and lawe for enchesou(~) þ(t) king Edward þat was þe king(es) fader traitoursly þorugh hi(~) w(a)s mordred i(~) þ(e) castel of Berkele as bifore is saide more plenerely in þe . CC. and xvij. chapit(er). of þis book // And some þ(t) were of þ(e) king(es) counceile loueden þe Mortymer and tolde hi(~) in p(ri)uyte how þat þe king and his counceil were aboute fram day to day him forto shende & vndone wherfore þ(e) Mortymer was sore annoyed and ang(er) as þe deuel aȝens ham þat were of þe kinges counceil & saide þ(t) he wolde on ham ben auengede. how so eu(er) he tok on hit was nouȝt longe aftirward þat king Edward & dame Philipp(a) his wif and dame .Jsabell þe kinges moder and S(ire) Rog(er) Mortimer ne wente vnto. Notyngh(a)m þ(er)e for to soio(ur)ne // And so it fel þat þe Quene .Js(abel). þorugh counceil of þe Mortym(er) tok to hire þe keyes of þe ȝates of þe Castel of Notyngh(a)m: so þat no man myghte come noþ(er) in ne out by nyght but þorugh þe comaundeme(~)t of þ(e) Mortymer ne þe king ne non of his counceile // And þat time it fel so þat þe Mortym(er) as a deuel for wraþ bollede and also for wraþþe þat he had aȝens towarde þe kinges men Edwarde. and p(ri)n- cipally aȝens ham þat had him accused to þe king of þe deþ(e) of S(ire)
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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:
1225
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
