COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926204dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King John
Alternative Image Title:
Magna Carta
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
69v
Image Sequence Number:
069v
Description:
The word 'John' is written in the top margin of the folio. The tale of how the interdict is ended after Juliane's death, and how King John debates with his barons, and draws up the Great Charter (Magna Carta). The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
and restitucioun to þe forsaide Juliane of þat she axede.// þe legat wente þo aȝen to þe pope after cristus masse: and þe king sente þo messang(er)s ouer see to Juliane þat was king Richardes wif for to haue a relesse of þat she axede of him // and so it bifelle þat Juliane deide anon after Estr(e). and in so muche þ(e) king was quyt of þing þat she axede: but þo at þe feste of sent Joh(a)n þat come next after þorugh þe popes comaunde ment þe entyrditinge was ferst relessed þorug al Engelond þe .vij(e). day of Jull. and .vij. ȝer was þe lond enterdited and in þe morwe men rounge & songe masses þorugh out londou(~) and so after þorugh out al Engelond // And þ(e) nexte ȝer af- ter bigan a grete debate bituene king Joh(a)n and þe lordes of Engelond for enchesoun þat he wolde nouȝt g(ra)unte þe la¬- wes and halde þe whiche sent Edward had ordeigned & had ben vsede and holde vnto þat time þat he had ham bro- ken. for he wolde no lawe holde: but dede all þing þat him likede and disheritede manye men wiþoute consent of lordes and peres of þe lande and he wolde haue disherited þe good Erl Randulf of Chestr(e) for enchesoun(~) þat he vnd(er)nam him of his wickednesse. and for cause þat he dede so muche sha me and vilonye to god and to holy cherche and also for he helde and hauntede his owene broþeres wyf and lay also by manye oþ(er)e wymme(~) grete lordes doughtres for he sparede no womma(~) þat him lykede for to haue wherfore alle þe lordes of þe lande were wiþ him wonder wroth and wente to .lon dou(~) and tooke þe citee // And for to cesse þis debate and sorwe þe king and þe Erchebisshop and oþ(er)e grete lordes of þ(e) lande of Engelond assemblede ham byfore þe feste of sent .John(as) þe baptist in a medewe bysydes þe toun of Stanes þat is callede Raumemede: and þe king made him þere a chartre of ff(ra)unchises suche as þey wolde axen and in suche a man(er)e þey were accordede and þat accordeme(~)t laste nouȝt ful longe. for þe king him self sone after dede aȝens þe poyntȝ of þe same chartre þat he had made wherfore þe
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Magna Carta
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
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:
740
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
