COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926317dc
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:
126r
Image Sequence Number:
126r
Description:
The words ' Edward 3 ' appear in the top margin. A further rubric introduces the names of the men of the fourth garrison of the Scots army. Red rubrication in a later hand appears in red pencil where the original scribe has omitted the rubric introducing the fifth garrison. The same red pencil has written 'How erle of Dunbar help ye Scottes.' in the right margin, and the notes 'as MS. B' and 'as MS. C' appear in the right margin in pencil. Pencil writing in a modern hand appears in the margin at the bottom right corner of the text. The tale of how the two armies fight on foot. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
þ(e) erl of southerlande Willliam of Kirkeleye. John Cambron Gilb(er)t de Haye William of Ramseye. Will(ia)m Proudegest Kirstyn. Hard. Will(ia)m Gurdon. Arnolde Garde Thom(a)s Dol- fyne wiþ fourty knyghtes newe dubbede ix C men of armeȝ and xv. þousand of com(~)une // Jn þe ferthe war de of þe Bataile of Scotlande were þise lordis. Archebalde Douglas . þe erl of leuenax Alisaunder le Brus erl of Fyf. John Cambel. erl of Athel(es) Robert Lawe- ther William of Vypount William of Lonston John de La- bels. Gros de Sherenlowe. John de Lyndeseye Alisaunder de Gray. Jng(ra)m. de Vmtfreuill Patrik de Pellesworth Dauid de Wymes. Michel Scott Will(ia)m Landy. Thomas de Boys Roger de Mortymer. w(t). xxx(ti). bachilers. ix. C men of armeȝ. xviij. M(l). & iiij(C). of co(~)mune. Jn the firste warde of the bataile of Scotlande were þese lordes The erl of Dunbarre kep(er)e of þe Castel of Berwyk halpe þe Scottis w(t) fifty men of armeȝ. and S(ire) Alisaunder of Seton. kep(er)e of þe toun of Berwyk w(t) an C. men of armes and þe co(~)munes of þe toun. w(t). iiij. C men of armeȝ and .x. M(l). and viij(C). of foote men. þ(e) somme of þe erles and lordeȝ amounteþ .lxv. M(l) þe so(~)me. þe so(~)me of bachelers newe dobbede amounteþ an C. and fourty þe so(~)me of men of armeȝ amounteþ .iij. M(l). and fifty þe so(~)me of þe co(~)munes amounteþ. foure and sixty. M(l). and .ij. C. þe so(~)me of peple aboue. saide amounteþ lxviij and .lv // And þese .lv grete lordes ladden alle þo spere lordes aboue saide in foure batailes as is tolde bifore alle in foote // And þe king Edward of Engelond and Edward king of Scotlond had wel apparailed hire folc in foure batailes for to fighte in foote aȝens hire enemys and þe englisshe mynstrales blewe hire trumpes and hire pipes and hidously asc(ri)ede þe Scottis and þo had eu(er)y englissh bataile .ij. wynges of p(ri)s archiers þ(e) whiche
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:
1305
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
