COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926318dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Edward III and Sir Edward Baliol
Alternative Image Title:
The Battle of Halidon Hill
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
126v
Image Sequence Number:
126v
Description:
A change of hand occurs on this folio at 'chalaunge of eny man'. The date 1332 also appears in the margin. The word 'knaves' has been erased on the fifth line. The words ' Edward 3 ' appear in the top margin. The tale of how the Scots rebel army was defeated at Halidon Hill, and Berwick castle won. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
at þat bataile shotten arwes so faste and sore þ(t) þ(e) scottis mighte nouȝt helpe ham self and so þey smyten þ(e) scottis þousandes to grounde and þey gonne for to flee fram þe englisshe men for to saue hire lif // And whanne þe en- glisshe sav þe scomfiture and þe scottis falle faste to þe grounde þey prekede here maistres hors w(t) þe spores for to kepe ham fro p(er)ile and sette hire maistres at no force // And whanne þe englisshe men sawe þat þey lepte on hir horse and faste p(ur)suede þe scottis and alle þat abiden þey quelde. doun right. þ(er)e men mighte sen þe doughtinesse of þe noble king Edwarde and of his men how manliche þey pursueden þe scottis þ(t) flowen for drede // And þ(er)e men myghte se many a scottissh man cast doun vnto þ(e) erþe ded and hire baners displayede hakkede in to peces and menye a good habregoun of steel in hire blood baþe and many a tyme þe scottis were gadred in to companyes but eu(er)more þey were descomfitede // And þus it bifel as god wolde þat þe scottis had þat day no more foison ne myȝt aȝens þe englisshe men. þan .xx(ti). sheep shulde haue aȝens vif wolfes. and so were þe scottis descomfitede and ȝit þe scottis had vif men aȝens on englissh man and þ(t) bataile was done att Halydoun hulle bisides þe toun of Berwyk att þe which bataile were slayne of þe scottes .xxxv.M(l). and vij. C. and xij. and of englisshe men but seuene oneliche and þo were foot men and þis victorye bifel to englisshe men .in sent Margaretes eue .In þe ȝer of our lord .M(l). CCC. xxxij. And while þis doynge laste þe en- glisshe knafes nomen þe pilfre of þe scottis þat were quelde eu(er)y man þ(t) he myghte take w(t)oute eny chalaun ge of eny man And so after thys gracius victorye the kyng turned hym agayne vn to þ(e) same sege of Berwyk and whan they of þ(e) sege sawe and and herd how þ(t) kynge Edward had sped they ȝolden to hym the toun wyth the Castell on the morow after þ(t) the Batayll was þ(t) is for to
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:
1310
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 and Sir Edward Baliol
