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Record Number: 24472


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'after priuat praier and reading of the bible I did eate: then I hard M. Doman read'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

25 Mar 1600

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: Hackness
county: North Yorkshire
location in dwelling

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Margaret Hoby

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

10 Feb 1571

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

wife of Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby, JP

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

24472

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Hoby

Editor:

Dorothy M. Meads

Title:

Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1930

Vol:

n/a

Page:

110

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Hoby, Dorothy M. Meads (ed.), Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby, (London, 1930), p. 110, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24472, accessed: 19 April 2024


Additional Comments:

date of birth unknown, so date of baptism given instead date recorded in diary as 25 Mar 1599 unsure who reader is, and unsure if Mr or Mrs as the second letter obliterated by a blot (editor's note)

   
   
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