Record Number: 12139
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'and there fitted myself and took a hackney-coah I hired (it being a very cold and fowle day) to Woolwich, all the way reading in a good book touching the Fishery; and that being done, in the book upon the statutes of Charitable uses, mightily to my satisfaction.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:26 Oct 1664
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: London
other location: in a coach between home (Seething Lane, London) and Woolwich
(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:The law of charitable uses, wherein the statute of 43. Eliz. chap. 4 is set forth and explained; with directions how to sue out and prosecute commissions grounded upon that statute
Genre:Law
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published 1660; 2nd edn 1663
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:12139
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1971
Vol:5
Page:306
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1971), 5, p. 306, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12139, accessed: 12 October 2024
Additional Comments:
records purchase of this book 'for the office' on 19 October 1664