COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926241dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward II
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
88r
Image Sequence Number:
088r
Description:
The words ' Edward 2 ' are written in the top margin. The tale of how Piers of Gavaston takes national treasures over to France, and how the Earls exile him to Ireland, and how the exile is then revoked by King Edward, and how Piers returns and insults the Earls. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
callede Aymery of ffriscombande for he shulde bere ham ouer þe see in to Gascoigne and þey come neu(er)e aȝen after wherfore it was a gret lost in to þis lande // And whanne þis Piers was so richely auauncede he bicome so prout and so stout: where of alle þe grete lordes of þe reaume had him in despite for his grete beryng. wherfore S(ire) Hen ry þe lacy erl of Nichole and S(ire) Guy. erl of Warwik þ(e) whi che goode lordes þe good king Edward chargede þ(t) Peres of Gauestou(~). shulde nouȝt come in to Engelonde for to bring his sone in to riaut // And alle þ(e) lordes of Engelond assem- blede at a certayn day at þe ffrere p(ri)chours at Londou(~) & speken of þe dishonour þat þe king dede vnto his reau- me and to his croune and so þey assentede alle bothe Erles and co(~)munes þat þ(e) forsaide Piers of Gauestou(~) shulde ben exiled out of Engelond and so it was done for he forsuore Engelonde and wente in to Jrlande and þere þe king made him chyueteyne and gou(er)nor of þ(e) lande by his co(~)missioun(~): and þ(er)e þis Piers was Chyueteyn of al þe lande and dede þ(er)e al þat him likede and hadde þ(er)e what he wolde // And þ(t) time were þe templers exilede þorugh al C(ri)stiente for enchesoun þ(t) men pulte vppon ham þat þey shulde don þing(es) aȝens þe fey and good bileue // king Edward louede Pieres of Gauestou(~). so muche þ(t) he myghte nouȝt forlete his companye and so muche þe king ȝaf and bihighte to þe peple of Engelonde þat þe exilinge of þe forsaide Pieres shulde be reuokede at Staun forde. þorugh ham þat him had exilede // wherfore Pieres of Gauestou(~) com aȝen in to Engelond and whanne he was come aȝen in to þis lande he despisede þe gretteste lordes of þis lande and callede S(ir) Rob(er)t of Clare erl of Gloucestr(e). Horesone. and þ(e) erl of Nichole S(ir) Henry þe Lacy. Brostbely. and S(ir) Guy erl of Warwyk. Blake hou(~)d of Arderne // And also he callede þe noble erl and gen- til Thom(a)s of Lancastr(e). Cherl and many oþ(er)e scornes &
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:
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:
925
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 II
