Record Number: 11730

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and all the day, as I was at leisure, I did read in Fuller's "Holy Warr" (which I have of late bought) and did try to make a Song...'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

3 Nov 1661

Country:

England

Time

daytime: 'all day'

Place:

city: London
specific address: Seething Lane
location in dwelling: at home

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:

Admirality, 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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Fuller

Title:

The historie of the holy warr

Genre:

Other religious, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published 1639, Pepys's copy 4th edn 1651

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11730

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:

207

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 2, p. 207, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11730, accessed: 04 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None