Detail View: Medieval Collection: Invasion of England by Queen Isabella

Image Number: 
JRL0911263dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 102
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Invasion of England by Queen Isabella
Parent Work Title: 
Marlborough Brut Chronicle
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
The Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 
15th century
Page: 
70v
Image Sequence Number: 
070v
Description: 
Queen Isabella invades England. Walter Stapleton, Bishop of Exeter, is sent to control London, but is beheaded. Edward II is taken prisoner by the Queen and Prince Edward. Written space is 235 x 190 mm, 2 columns with 34 lines. The script is in a secretary hand with some influence from anglicana.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Chronicles of England
Subject: 
Great Britain--History
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered: 
England
People Covered: 
Isabella, Queen, consort of Edward II, King of England, 1292-1358
People Covered: 
Edward III, King of England, 1312-1377
People Covered: 
Edward II, King of England, 1284-1327
Item Height: 
322 mm
Item Width: 
237 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Young, Willelmus
Provenance: 
Wasey, George Lea
Provenance: 
Wodward, Lionelius
Provenance: 
Kyng, Johannes
Provenance: 
Hales, John
Provenance: 
Ley, James, Sir, of Westbury, afterwards Earl of Marlborough.
Provenance: 
Colepeper, Thomas
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
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), pp. 416-17. 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.22.
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 £22.10s on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-02-18
Multi Page Number: 
730
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2009-06
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB