Record Number: 34500

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'This weeke I saw ye Directory, and an Ordinance of Parliamt [sic] to take away ye heavy burden of ye booke of Common prayer in all ye parts of ye same'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

25 Mar 1644

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Earls Colne
county: Essex

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:

Ralph Josselin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Jan 1617

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Clergyman

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a] [n/a]

Title:

A Directory for the Publique Worship of God throughout the Three Kingdomes of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Genre:

Other religious, A manual of directions for worship approved by an ordinance of Parliament

Form of Text:

Publication Details

London: Printed for Evan Tyler, Alexander Fifield, Ralph Smith, and John Field [...], 1644

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

34500

Source:

Print

Author:

Ralph Josselin

Editor:

E. Hockliffe

Title:

The Diary of the Rev. Ralph Josselin 1616-1683

Place of Publication:

Gray's Inn, London

Date of Publication:

1908

Vol:

n/a

Page:

25

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ralph Josselin, E. Hockliffe (ed.), The Diary of the Rev. Ralph Josselin 1616-1683, (Gray's Inn, London, 1908), p. 25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34500, accessed: 18 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None