Detail View: Medieval Collection: King John
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Image Number:
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JRL0926194dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 103
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Previous Accession Number:
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R15385
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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King John
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Parent Work Title:
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Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Brute or the Chronicles of England
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Date Created:
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14th century [mid]
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Page:
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64v
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Image Sequence Number:
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064v
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Description:
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The word 'John' is written in the top margin of the folio. The tale of how King John seizes the property of the church, and how the archbishops then request that he give it back, and accept Stephen as Archbishop of Canterbury. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how Stephen the Archbishop arrives in England. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
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Transcription:
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but for no praier þat þey myghte p(ra)ye. he wolde nouȝt consen te þer to: and whanne þe Bisshoppes sawe þis: þey wente f(ra)m þe king: and in þe morne after þe Annunciaciou(~) of oure lady. þey p(ro)nouncede þe gen(er)al enterditinge þorugh out al Engelond: so þat þe chirche dores were shitte wiþ kayes and with oþ(er)e fast- nyng(es) and with walles // And whan þe entirdyting was pro nounced: þanne þe king biganne for to wexe al out of mesure and nome in to his hande alle þe possessiouns of þe .iiij. bissh oppes and of al þe clergie þorugh al þe lande and ordeignede men for to kepe it þat þe clerkes mighte nouȝt haue hire le- uynge wherfore þe bisshoppes cursede alle ham þat pulto or sholde medele with holy chirche goodes aȝens þe wille of ham þat ham owede // And whanne þe king wolde nouȝt cesse of his malyce for no manere þing: þe .iiij. bisshoppes aboue saide wente ouer þe see and wente to þe Bisshop of Kaunt(er)bery and tolde him al þe doynge // And þe Erchebisshop to ham saide þ(t) þey shulde gon aȝen to Kaunt(er)bery and he wolde come þider to ham: or elles he wolde sende þider certeyne p(er)sones in his stede þat shulde done as muche as him self were þere // And whan þe Bisshoppes herde þis: þey turnede aȝen vnto Engelonde & comen in to Kaunt(er)bery // þe tydinge come to þe king þat þe bisshoppes were comen aȝen to Kaunterbery and him self myȝte nouȝt come þider þat tyme. he sente þider Bisshoppes Erles Abbotes for to trete with ham þat þe king shulde vnderfonge þe Erchebisshop. Steuene. and þe P(ri)our and alle þe monkes of Kaunt(er)bery: and þat he shulde neu(er)e after þat tyme no þing take of holy chirche aȝens þe wille of ham þat owede þe goodes: and þat þe king shulde make ful amendes to ham of wham he had ony goodes taken and þat holy chirche shulde haue alle hire fraunchises as ferforth as she hadde in sent Edwardes time þe confessour How Stephene of Langetou(~) come in to Engelond þorugh þe popes co(~)maundeme(~)t and he went aȝen [...] Cap(o) C(o). lxviij(o). Whanne þe fourme of accorde þus [...] was ordeigned it was in a peyre of endentures and
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Language Code:
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enm-GB
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Subject:
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Catholic Church
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
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Subject:
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Chronicles of England
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Illumination (image-making process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Vellum
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Time Period Covered:
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1200 - 1500 CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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People Covered:
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John, King of England, 1167-1216
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Item Height:
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278 mm
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Item Width:
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183 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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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.
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References:
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Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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Bibliographic Citation:
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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)
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Cost:
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Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2009-07-22
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Multi Page Number:
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690
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2010-06
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Medieval
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