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Detail View: Medieval Collection: Richard II

Image Number: 
JRL0926560dc
Reference Number: 
English MS 104
Previous Accession Number: 
R15386
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Richard II
Parent Work Title: 
Tomlynson Brut Chronicle (1415 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created: 
15th century
Page: 
111v
Image Sequence Number: 
111v
Description: 
The story of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381 lead by Wat Tyler and Jack Straw; Jack Straw is killed by William Walworth, the Mayor of London. The script is mainly secretary. The folio is damaged in the centre making some of the text illegible.
Language Code: 
enm-GB
Subject: 
Great Britain--History
Subject: 
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject: 
Chronicles of England
Subject: 
Tyler's Insurrection, 1381
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Vellum
Time Period Covered: 
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered: 
England: Greater London: London
People Covered: 
Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400
People Covered: 
Tyler, Wat, -1381
People Covered: 
Straw, Jack, -1381?
Item Height: 
262 mm
Item Width: 
192 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Tomlynson, Robert
Provenance: 
Tomlynson, Thomas
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
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), pp. 417-18. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
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 £16. 4s. on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2009-07-24
Multi Page Number: 
1140
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2010-11
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Medieval