COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926265dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King Edward II
Alternative Image Title:
Queen Isabell
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
100r
Image Sequence Number:
100r
Description:
The words 'Edward 2' are written in the top margin. The tale of how Sir Roger Mortimer escapes from the Tower of London by getting the guards drunk. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' T ' introduce the tale of how Queen Isabell goes into France to try to make peace between King Edward, her husband and the King of France, her brother. Line 15 contains a scribal error, repetition of the word 'same'. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
brake out of þ(e) tour of Londou(~) and in(~)þis manere S(ir) Roger þe forsaide herde þat he shulde ben drawe and honged at Londou(~) in þ(e) morewen aft(er) sent Laurenc(e) day: and on þ(e) day bifore he helde a faire feste in þe tour of Londou(~) and þo was S(ir) Stephene Seg(ra)ue constable of Londou(~) and manye grete men w(t) him // And whanne þey shulde sopene þe forsaide Stephene sente for alle þ(e) officers of þ(e) Tour and þey come and sopede w(t) him and whanne þey shulde take here leue of him: a squyer þ(t) me callede Stephene þ(t) was ful p(ri)uee with þe forsaide Rog(er) þorugh hire counceil ȝaf ham alle such a drink þ(t) þe leste of ham alle slepte .ij. day es and .ij. nyght and in þe mene tyme he scapede away by wat(er) þat is to seyn by þe Thamyse and went ouer þe see and helde him in ff(ra)unce wherfore þe king was sor(e) annoyed and þo pulte þe same Same Stephene out of his constabelrye. How þe Quene. Is(abel). wente in to ff(ra)unc(e) for to trete of pees bituen hir(e) lord þe king of Engelond [...] & þ(e) king of ff(ra)unce hir(e) broþ(er) C(o) CC(mo). iiij(o). The king wente þo [...] vnto Londou(~) and þ(er)e þorugh councel of S(ir) Hughe þe Spens(er) þe fader and of his sone and of maist(er) Rob(er)t of Bal dok a fals pilede clerk his Chaunceler lete seise þo alle þe quenes landes into his owene hand. and also alle þ(e) landes þat were S(ire) Edwardus his sones and were þo pulte to hire wages aȝens alle manere resou(~) and þ(t) was þorugh þ(e) fals- nesse of þe Spens(er)s // And whanne þe king of ff(ra)unce þ(t) was Quene Isabeles broþ(er) herde of þis falsnesse he was sore annoyede aȝens þe king of Engelond and his false cou(~) celers wherfore he sente a lettre vnto king Edward vnder his seal þat he shulde come in to ff(ra)unce at a certayn day for to done his homage and þ(er)to he somnede him and elles he shulde lese al Gascoigne // And so it was ordey- nede in Engelond þorugh þe king and his counceil þat Quene Isabell shulde wende in to ff(ra)unce for to trete of pees bituene hire lord and hir broþ(er): and þ(t) Olyuer of
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Subject:
Great Britain--History
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:
1045
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
