COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926226dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward
Alternative Image Title:
Robert Bruce (Robert Rous)
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
80v
Image Sequence Number:
080v
Description:
The words ' Edward I ' are written in the top margin. The tale of the battle of Dunbar. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
no man of renoun saue S(ire) Ric(ard) of Cornewaile and him quelde a flem(~)yng out of þe reede halle with a quarell as þe forsaide Richarde dede of his helme. and co(~)maundede ham for to ȝelde ham and pute ham to þe kinges g(ra)ce and þe Scottes wolde nouȝt wherfore þat halle was brent and cast a doun and alle þo þat were wiþinne were brente // And king Edward loste no mo men at þat viage of simple astate but .xxviij. englisshe men. and þe wardeyn of þe Castel ȝaf vp þe keyes wiþouten ony assaute and þ(er)e was take Will(ia)m. Dowglas. and S(ire) Simo(~)d Frisell. and þe Erl Pat(ri)k ȝelde him to þ(e) pees but Jngh(a)m of Hunfreuil and Rob(er)t of Brus þ(t) were w(t) king Edwarde forsoken king Edwarde and helde w(t) þ(e) Scottes and aft(er)ward þey were take and pulte in to p(ri)sou(~). and aftirward þ(e) king for ȝaf ham here trespas and delyu(er)ede ha(~) out of p(ri)soun and þo lete king Edward closen in Berwik w(t) wall and and w(t) dichis // And afterward Rob(er)t Rous wente to Tyndale and sette Woxebrigg(e) afire and Excelh(a)m . and Lamerstoke . and quelde & robbede þe folc of þe cuntr(e). and aftirward he wente fro þen nes vnto. Donbarr. and þe ferste Wennesday of March þe king sente þe Erl of Garrenne. S(ire) Hughe P(er)cy and S(ire) Hughe Spen ser. w(t) a fair compaignye for to bisege þe castell but on þat me callede sire Richard Sywarde a traito(ur) a fals ma(~) ymagi nede for to bisgyle þe englisshe me(~) and sente to þe englisshe me(~) ham for to desceyue and saide þ(t) he wolde ȝelde to ham þe Cas- tell. ȝif þat þey wolde g(ra)unte ham .viij. daies of respite þat he mighte sende and telle to S(ire) Joh(a)n Bailloil. king of Scot lande how þ(t) his men ferde as þey were in þe castell and sen- de him worde ȝif þat he nolde remeue þ(e) seege of þ(e) Englisshe me(~) þ(t) þey wolde ȝelde þe Castel to Englisshe men // þe messang(er) þo come to S(ire) Joh(a)n Bailloil king of Scotlande þ(er)e þat he was w(t) his host and his message. tolde him // And S(ire) Joh(a)n nome his ost and come in þe morwe erly toward þe castel. and S(ire) Ric(ard). Syward saw him come þat was mayster of þe counceile & kep(er)e of þ(e) castell and saide vnto þe Englisshe men /O god
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:
850
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
