Detail View: Medieval Collection: King John

Image Number: 
JRL0926205dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 103
Previous Accession Number: 
R15385
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
King John
Alternative Image Title: 
King Louis
Parent Work Title: 
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 
14th century [mid]
Page: 
70r
Image Sequence Number: 
070r
Description: 
The word 'John' is written in the top margin of the folio. The tale of how the barons conspire against King John and how he looks abroad for help to defend his land. Red rubrication and an illuminated initial 'W' introduce the tale of how Lowys (Louis), the King of France's son, invades England. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription: 
most p(ar)tye of þe lande of lordes assemblede ham and by- gonne to werre vppon king. Joh(a)n. and brente his tounes & robbede his folc. and dede al þe sorwe þat þey myghte and made ham as st(ro)nge as þey myght w(t) al hire poer and þouȝte dryue him out of Engelond and make Lowys þe kinges so- ne of ff(ra)unce. king of Engelond // And king. John(as). sente þo ouer þe see and ordeignede so muche peple of Normanne(s). and of Pycardes. & of fflemmyng(es) so þat þ(e) lande myghte nouȝt ham susteyne but w(t) muchel sorwe //And among al þis peple þ(er)e was a man of Normandye. þat me callede Faukes of Brent. and þis Norman and his compaignye spa- rede noþ(er) chirche ne hous of religiou(~)n þat þey ne brende and robbede it and bare away al þat þey mighte take: so þ(t) þe lande was al destroied wha(t) in o syde and in þ(t) oþ(er) // þe Ba- rouns and lordes þo of Engelonde ordeignede among ham þe beste spekers and wysest men. and sente ham ou(er) þe see to king. Philippe of ff(ra)unce and prayde him þat he wolde sende lowys his sone in to Engelond to ben king of Enge lond and vnderfonge þe croune How lowys þe kinges so ne of ff(ra)unce com in to Englonde w(t) a strong poer of pe ple to ben king of Engelonde Capitulo C(mo). liiij(to). Whanne King Philip of ff(ra)unce herde þis tidynge he ma- de certain alliaunce bituene ham by here com(~)une elec- cioun. þat lowys king Philippus sone of ff(ra)unce shulde gon w(t) ham in to Engelonde and dryue out king Joh(a)n of þe londe and alle þ(t) were in p(re)sence of lowys made vnto him homage and bycome his men. and þe Barouns of Engelond helde hem stille at Londou(~). and abiden þ(er)e lowys þe kinges sone of ff(ra)unce. and þis was þe next sat(ur)day bifore þe ascen- cioun of oure lord þ(t). lowys com in to Engelonde with a st(ro)ng power and þat tyme king John had take alle þe castels of Engelond in to Alienes handes // And lowys com þo to Rou chestr(e) and biseged þe castel and toke it with strengthe. &. þe þorisday in Whitson wyke and lete honge alle þ(e) alienes
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Great Britain--History
Subject: 
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject: 
France--History--13th century
Subject: 
Chronicles of England
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered: 
England
People Covered: 
Louis VIII, King of France, 1187-1226
People Covered: 
John, King of England, 1167-1216
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: 
Creative Commons License
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: 
745
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