COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926255dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward II
Alternative Image Title:
Thomas of Lancaster
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
95r
Image Sequence Number:
095r
Description:
The words ' Edward 2 ' are written in the top margin. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of how Thomas of Lancaster is imprisoned at York, where he is tried before the King's Justice, but not allowed to answer the charges of being a traitor. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
castr(e) was biheded at Pountfr(e)t and .v. barou(~)s honged & d(ra)we þ(er)e Ca(o) C(mo) .iiij(xx). xviij(o) And now y shal telle ȝow of þe noble Erl Thom(a)s of .Lan- castre whanne he was taken and brought to york me- nye of the Citee were ful glad and vppon him criede w(t) hie voice. A sire traitour ȝe arn welcome blessed be god: for now shal ȝe haue þe reward þat longe tyme ȝe haue deseruede & caste vppon him manye snow balles and manye oþ(er)e rep(ro)ues deden him: but þe gentil erl þat suffrede and said nother on ne oþ(er) // And in þ(e)same time þe king herde of þ(t) scomfiture and was ful glad and in hast com to Pountfret / and S(ire) Hugh þe Spens(er) and S(ire) Hugh his sone. and S(ir) Joh(a)n erl of Arundell. and S(ire) Edmund of Wodestoke þe kinges broþ(er) erl of kent and S(ire) Aymer of Valence erl of Penbrok and maister Rob(er)t of Baldok a fals piled clerk þ(t) was p(ri)uee and duellede in þe kinges court and alle come þider w(t) þe king // And S(ire) Raf of Beeston ȝaf vp þe Castel to þe king and þe king entrede in to þe Castel and S(ire) Andreu. of Harkela a fals tyraunt þorugh þe kinges co(~)maundeme(~)t nome w(t) him þe gentil Erl Thom(a)s to Pountfrett and þ(er)e he was p(ri)souned in his owene castell þat he had newe made þat stood aȝens þe Abbay of king Edward and S(ire) Hughe þe Spenser þe fader and S(ir) Hugh his sone cast & thought how and in what manere þe good erl Thom(a)s of Lan- castr(e) shulde ben dede wiþoute ony Jugement of his peris wher fore it was ordeigned þorugh þe kinges Justiceȝ þat þe king shulde pulte vppo(~) hi(~) poynte(s) of tretrie and so it bifel þat he was lad to þe barr(e) by fore þe kinges Justiceȝ bare heed as a þef in a fair halle w(t)inne his owene castel þ(t) he had made þ(er)inne many a fair feste boþe to riche and eke to pore // And þese were his . Justicȝ. S(ire) Hugh þe Spens(er). þe fader S(ir) Aymer of Valaunce erl of Penbrok S(ir) Edmund of Wodestoke. erl of kent. S(ir) Joh(a)n of Britaigne erl of Richemonde. and S(ire) Rob(er)t of Malemethorpe iusti ce and S(ire) Rob(er)t him acoupede in þis manere // Thom(a)s at þe ferst oure lord þe king and þis court excludeth ȝow of al manere an suere // Thom(a)s oure lord þe kyng pulte vppon ȝow þ(t) ȝe haue
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:
Illumination (image-making process)
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:
995
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
