COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0925143dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
King William the Conqueror's death
Alternative Image Title:
King William Rufus
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
56r
Image Sequence Number:
056r
Description:
The words 'William 1' appear in the top margin, and the words 'William 2' in the right margin of the folio. The tale of how King William dies in France. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial ' A ' introduce the tale of how King William Rous (Rufus) reigns after his father's death, how he founded the New Forest, how he argued with the Archbishop of Canterbury, and opposed all things of the Church and of God. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
saugh þat he was st(ro)ng sike: he ordeignede and assignede al Normandie vnto Rob(er)t. Curthos. his sone: and al Engelond to Will(ia)m þe Rous: and biquaþ to Henry beauclerc al his tre- sour // And þo he had þus done: he vndirfenge alle his sac(re) mentes of holy chirche. and deide. þe .xxije. ȝer of his regne. and lith at Caam in Normandie Of king William Rous þat was Will(ia)m Bastardus sone þat destroyede tounes and hous of Religioun for to make þe newe fforest. Cao. vjxx. xiiijo. And after þis Will(ia)m Bastard regnede his sone Will(ia)m þe Rous. and þis Will(ia)m was a wonder con(ra)rious ma(~). to god and to holy chirche and lete amende and make þe toun of Cardeys. þat þe paynimes had destroiede // This king Will(ia)m dest(ro)iede holy chirche and alle hire possessiouns in what p(ar)t he mighte ham fynde: and þ(er)fore þ(er)e was so muche debate bituene him and þe Erchebisshop of Kaunt(er)- bury. Ancelyn. for enchesoun þat he vndertoke him for his wickednesse þ(t) he destroyede holy chirche. and for enchesoun þ(er) of: þe king to him bar gret wraþþ(e). and for þ(t) cause he exi- lede him out of þe lande and þe Erchebisshop(es) þo went to þe court of Rome and þ(er)e duellede wiþ þe pope. // And þis king made þe Newe fforest and caste dou(~) and destroiede .xxvj. tounes. and. xxiiij. hous of Religioun(~) al for to make his fforest leng(er)e and braddere and bicome wonder glad and proud of his wode & of his forest. and of þ(e) wilde bestes þat were þ(er)inne þat it was m(er)uailous for to wite so þat men callede him kep(er)e of woodes and of pastures and þe leng(er)e þat he leuede: þe more wickede he bicome boþe to god and to holy chirche and to alle his men // And þis king lete make þe grete halle at Westmynstr(e) so þat vppon a day of Whitsonday and held þ(er)in his ferste feste: he lokede aboute and sayde þ(t) þe halle was to litel. by hal uendell // And at þe laste bicome so cont(ra)rious. þat alle þing þat plesede god displesede him and alle þing þat
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)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1000 - 1200 CE
Places Covered:
England
People Covered:
William II, King of England, 1056?-1100
People Covered:
William I, King of England, 1027 or 8-1087
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:
605
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
King William the Conqueror's death
