Record Number: 11690

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Home at noon, and there find Mr Moore and with him to an ordinary alone and dined; and there he and I read my Uncles Will and I had his opinion on it, and still find more and more trouble like to attend it.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

26 Jul 1661

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: after midday
daytime

Place:

city: London

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

read with Henry Moore, lawyer, officer of Sandwich's household

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Pepys

Title:

The Will of Robert Pepys of Brampton

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Law

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

dated 12-15 August 1657 and proved 23 August 1661

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11690

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

2

Page:

141

Additional Comments:

co-editor Willam Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 2, p. 141, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11690, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None