Record Number: 11790
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'So home; and no sooner come but Sir W. Warren comes to me to bring me a paper of Fields (with whom we have lately had a great deal of trouble at the office), being a bitter petition to the King against our office, for not doing Justice upon his complaint to us of embezzlement of the King's stores by one Turpin. I took Sir Wm to Sir W. Pens (who was newly come from Walthamstowe), and there we read it and discoursed.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:13 Apr 1662
Country:England
Timeafternoon
evening
city: London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[petition]
Genre:Law
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11790
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:3
Page:64
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 3, p. 64, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11790, accessed: 28 April 2025
Additional Comments:
None