Record Number: 11684

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'So soon as word was brought me that Mr Coventry was come with the barge to the Tower, I went to him and find him reading of the psalmes in short-hand (which he is now busy about); and had good sport about the long marks that are made there for sentences in Divinity, which he is never like to make use of.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

15 Apr 1661

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: London
specific address: Tower of 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:

Sir William Coventry

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Secretary to Lord High Admiral

Religion:

n/a

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:

Thomas Cross

Title:

Sternhold and Hopkins Psalms

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

engraved in the short-hand system of Jeremiah Rich

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11684

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:

76

Additional Comments:

co-editor Willam Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 2, p. 76, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11684, accessed: 13 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None