COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926221dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward
Alternative Image Title:
Rys op Meriedok
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
78r
Image Sequence Number:
078r
Description:
The words ' Edward I ' are written in the top margin. The words ' custos regni ' are written in the right margin. The tale of how King Edward goes to Gascoigne, and leaves the Earl of Cornwall warden in his absence. How Rys op Meriedok rebels and is put to death. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
lefte alife come þo to don feaute and homage vnto þe king as to here kinde lorde: and þo lete king Edward amende þe la- wes of Walys þat were defectif // And after he sente vnto al le þe lordes of Wales by his l(et)re patent þey shulde comen alle to his p(ar)lement. and whanne þey were comen: þe king saide to ham ful curtaisleche. lordinges ȝe beth welcome: and me byho- ueth ȝoure counceil and ȝoure helpe for to wende in to Gascoyne. for to amende þe trespas(e) þat to me was þ(er)e done. whanne þat y was there and for to entrete of pees bituene þe king of Aragou(~) and þe p(ri)nce of Morrey // And alle þe kinges liege me(~). Erles and Barouns. consentede and g(ra)untede þ(er)too: and þo wente þ(e) king. in to Gascoigne and lete amende þe trespasse þ(t) him was done in Gascoigne and of þe debate þ(t) was bituene þe king of Ara goun(~) and þe p(ri)nce of Morrey. he cessede and made ham accorded // And while þe good king Edwarde and Alianore his Quene were in Gascoigne: þ(e) good erl of Cornewaile was made war deyne of Engelonde til þ(t) king Edward come aȝen: and þo con querede he of his traitours þat coniectede falsnesse aȝen him & ech of ham alle vnd(er)fenge here dome after þat þey had deser ued // But in þ(e) mene tyme while þat king Edward was by ȝounde þe see to done ham for to make amendeȝ þ(t) aȝens him had trespassed: a fals þeef a traitour þ(t) me callede Rys op Mer iedok. bigan for to make werre aȝens king Edward. and þat was for enchesoun of S(ire) Payn Typtott wrongfully greuede and dissesede þe forsaide Rys op. Meriedok // And whanne king Edwarde herde al þis he sente by his l(et)res to Rys op M(er)iedok þat he shulde bigynne for to make no werre but þ(t) he shulde ben in pees for his loue and whanne þat he come aȝen in to Engelond he wolde vndertake þe querele and wolde done amende al þat was mysdone // þe forsaide Rys op M(er)iedok despisede þe king(es) com(~)aundeme(~)t and sparede noȝt for to done al þe sorwe þat he myghte to þe kinges men [of] of Engelonde. but anon after was taken and lad to ȝork and þere he was drawe and honged for his felonye
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England
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:
825
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
King Edward
