COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926254dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward II
Alternative Image Title:
Battle of Boroughbridge
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
94v
Image Sequence Number:
094v
Description:
The words ' Edward 2 ' are written in the top margin. The tale of the bloody battle of Boroughbridge, and the defeat of Thomas of Lancaster. Red rubrication at the bottom of the folio begins the next tale. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
vilaynes Ribaudes lepten aboute him in eu(er)y syde þat gentil erl as tyrauntȝ and wode turme(~)tours and despoilede him of his armure and cloþede him in a robe of Raye þat was of his squyeres lyuere and forth lad him vnto york by wat(er) þo myghte men se muche sorwe and care for þe gentille knygh tes fledden in eu(er)y side and þe ribaudes and vileynes egrely ham descriede and grad an hey ȝelde ȝow traitours ȝelde ȝov. // And whenne þey were ȝelde þey were robbede and bounde as þefes allas þe shame and despite þat þe gentil ordre of knyȝthode þere hadde at þat bataile. and þe lande þo was w(t)oute lawe. for holy chirche þo had no more reu(er)ence þan it had ben a bordel hous and in þ(t) bataile was þe fader aȝens þe sone and þe vncle aȝens his nevev. for so muche vnkyn denesse was neu(er)e seyn bifore in Engelond as was þ(t) time among folc of o nacioun for o. kynrede had no more piete of þat oþere þan an hung(re) wolf hath of a sheepe: and it was no wonder: for þe grete lordes of Engelonde were nouȝt alle of o nacioun: but were mellede with oþ(er)e naciouns þ(t) is for to say some Britouns. somme. Saxones. somme Danoys somme Pehites. some ffrenshe me(~). some. Normannes. some. Spay nardes.some. Romayns. some. Henaudes. some. fflemyng(es) and of oþ(er)e diu(er)se naciouns þ(e) whiche naciouns accordede nouȝt to þe kinde blood of Engelond // And ȝif þe g(re)te lordes had ben onliche wedded to englisshe peple: þan shulde pees haue ben and reste among(es) ham w(t)oute ony enuye and at þat bataile was S(ir) Rog(er) Clifforde take S(ir) Joh(a)n Mounb(ra)y. S(ire) Will(ia)m Tuchet S(ir) Will(ia)m fitȝ William and manye oþ(er)e worþy knyȝtes and S(ire) Hughe. daudell þe nexte day after was taken and pulte in to p(ri)soun and shulde haue be don to þe deth ȝif he had nouȝt spoused þe kinges nece þat was þe Erl Gilbertus suster of Gloucestr(e). and anon after was S(ire). Bartholomev of Badelesmor(e) taken in Stawe park a manere of þe Bisshoppys of Lincolne þat was his nevev. and manye oþ(er)e barouns and baronettes wherfore was made muche sorwe How Thom(a)s of lan-
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
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:
990
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
