COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926203dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King John
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
69r
Image Sequence Number:
069r
Description:
The word 'John' is written in the top margin of the folio. The tale of how King John is required to compensate financially for his misdeeds. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how the interdict might not be undone until King John pays back Juliane, King Richard's wife, the lands that he owes her. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
þe masse and þe king offrede at þe masse a marc of golde // And whanne þe masse was done alle þey wente for to vnder- fonge alle hire landes wiþoute ony manere gayne saynge and þat day þey made alle merthe and ioye ynow. but ȝit was nought þe enterdite relessede: for enchesoun had sente þat þe enterditinge shulde nought ben vndone til þe king had made ful restitucioun of þe goodes þat he had take of holy chirche. and also þat him self shulde done homage to þe pope by a certayn legat þat he shulde sende in to Engelond // þo nome Pandolf his leue fro þe king & of þe Erchebisshop and wen- te aȝen vnto Rome and þe Erchebisshop anon lete come by- forne him p(re)lates of holy cherche at Redinge for to trete and counsaile how muche and what þey shulde axe of þe king for to make restitucioun of þe goodes þat he had take of ham // And þey ordeignede and saide þ(t) þe king shulde ȝeue to þe erchebisshop. iij. þousand marc for þe wrong(es) þat þe king had don vn to him and also to oþ(er)e clerkes. by porciouns. xv. þousand marc. And in þe same tyme. Nicholas bisshop of Tuscan. cardinal penitauncer of Rome com in to Engelond þorugh þe popes co(~)maundement. þe .v. kln(d). of Octobr(e) and come to londou(~). þe .v. non(e). of Octobr(e) for enchesou(~)þat þe king Joh(a)n and alle þe kinges þat comen after him shul- de eu(er)more halde þe reaumes of Engelond and of. Irlond of god and of þe pope paynge to þe pope by ȝere as is abo- ue sayde How þe enterdityng was vndone in Engelonde and of þe debate þat was bituene king Joh(a)n and þe Ba- rouns of þe reaume Capitulo Centesimo . liij(o). :- Whanne king Joh(a)n had done his homage to þe legat. þat shewed him þe popes l(et)re þat he shulde paye to Julyane and ȝelde aȝen þat was king Richardes wyf þe .iij. part of þe lande of Engelond and of Jrlonde þat he had withholde sith þat king deide // whanne king John(as) herde þis he was wonder wroth. for outreliche þe enterditinge myghte nought ben vndone til þat he hadde made gree
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:
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
John, King of England, 1167-1216
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:
735
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 John
