COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926315dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Edward III
Alternative Image Title:
Sir Edward Baliol in Scotland
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
125r
Image Sequence Number:
125r
Description:
The words ' Edward 3 ' appear in the top margin. King Eward threatens to hang hostages if the town of Berwick does not surrender. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
p(ri)uely ouer þe water op Twede to þe boughte of þe Abbay and S(ir) William Dykett þat was þo Styward of Scotlande and ma nye oþ(er)e þat comen with ham pulte ham þere in gret p(er)ile of ham self at þat time of hire lyf for þey comen ouer a brugge þat was tobroken and þe stones awaye and manye of hire co(~) panye were þere drenchede: but þe forsaide William wente ouer and oþ(er)e of his co(~)panye and comen by þe shippes of En- gelonde and quelde in a barge of Hulle .xvj.men. and after þey wente in to þe toun of Berwik by þe wat(er) syde wherfor(e) þe scottis helde þo þe toun rescuede. and axede hire hostageȝ aȝen of þe king of Engelonde // And þ(e) king sente ham worde aȝen þ(t) þey askede þe hostageȝ with wronge: siþ þ(t) þey comen in to þe toun by Engelondes side: for couenaunt was bituen ham þat þe toun shulde be rescued by þe half of Scotlande. and anon king Edwarde. þo comaundede to ȝelden þe toun or he wolde haue þe hostageȝ: and þ(e) scottis saiden þ(t) þe toun was rescued wel ynough and þ(er)to þey wolden holde ham // Whanne king Edward saugh þe scottis breke þe couenantȝ þat þey made: he was wonder wroth. and anon lete take S(ir) Thom(a)s fitȝ and S(ire) Alisaundr(e) of Seton wardeyn of Berwik þe which Thom(a)s was p(ri)soun of Dunbarr and lete ham be take ferst bifore þe oþ(er)e hostageȝ for encheson þ(t) S(ir) Alisaundreȝ fader was kep(er)e of þe toun. and þe king co(~)maundede eu(er)y day for to take .ij. hostageȝ of þe toun til þat þey were alle don vnto þe deþ but ȝif þey ȝelden þe toun. and so he shulde te- che ham for to breke hire couenauntȝ // And whanne þo of þe toun herde þese tidynges þey bicomen wonder sory and sen ten to þe king of Engelonde þat he wolde g(ra)unte ham oþer .viij. daies of respite so þ(t) bituene .CC. men of armeȝ and xx(ti) men of armeȝ myȝte by strengthe gon bituene ham in to þ(e) toun of Berwyk ham for to vitayle so þ(t) þe toun moste ben holde for rescued // And ȝif it so were þ(t) .xxj. or .xxij. or mo were slayne of þo . CC. bifore saide þat þe toun shul de nought ben halde for rescued and þis couenaunt to be(~)
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:
1295
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Edward III
