COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926180dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Henry and Robert Duke of Normandy
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
57v
Image Sequence Number:
057v
Description:
The words 'Henry 1' appear in the top margin of the folio. The tale of how King Henry Beauclerc argues with the Archbishop of Canterbury. Henry goes into Normandy to seize his brother Robert's land. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
Normandie. and whanne þe king had regned .iiij. ȝere: þere aros a gret debate bituene him and þe Erchebisshop of Caunt(er)bery. Ancelyn(~). for cause þ(t) þe Erchebisshop wolde noȝt g(ra)unte þe king for to take taillages of chirches at his wille and þ(er)fore eftsone þe Erchebisshop wente ouer see to þe court of Rome and duellede w(t) þe pope // And in þe same ȝere þe Duk of Normandie com in to Engelonde for to speke w(t) his broþer. and amonges oþ(er)e þing: þe Duk of Norman die forȝaf to þe king his broþ(er) þo forsaide þousande pounde by ȝere þat he shulde paye him. and w(t) good loue þ duk wente þo aȝen in to Normandie // And whanne þo .ij. ȝer were gone: þorugh entycement of þe Deuel and of luther men: a gret debate aros bituene ham: þe king and þ(e) duk. so þ(t) þe king þorugh counceil went ou(er) see in to Norman die. and whanne þe king of Engelonde was comen in to Normandie: alle þe grete lordes of Normandie turnede þo to þe king of Engelonde and helde aȝens þe Duk hire o- wene lord: and him forsoke and to þ(e) king ham ȝolden and alle þe castels and þe goode tounes of Normandie and sone aft(er) was þe duk taken an lad w(t) þe king in to Engelond. and þe king lete pulte þe Duk in to p(ri)soune. and þis was þo veniaunce of god. for whan þe Duk wa(s) in the holy lande god ȝaf him suche might & honour þere wherfore he was chose to ben of i(e)hr(usa)l(e)m. and he wol- de nouȝt ben it. but forsoke it / and þ(er)fore god sende hy(~) þat shame and despite to ben pult in to his broþeres p(ri)soun(~) // þo seisede king Henr(y) al Normandie in to his hande and helde it al his lyfes tyme. and in þ(e) same ȝere come þe Bisshop Ancelyn(~) fram þe court of Rome in to Engelonde aȝen and þe king & he were accordede // And in þe ȝere next comynge after þer bigan a gret de bate bituene king Philippe of ff(ra)unce and king Henre of Engelonde // wherfore king Henre wente in to Nor-
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
France--History--12th century
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:
1000 - 1200 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
Robert II, Duke of Normandy, 1054?-1134
People Covered:
Henry I, King of England, 1068-1135
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:
620
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Henry and Robert Duke of Normandy
