Record Number: 14267

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and then home, and my wife and I to read in Fullers "Church History", and so to supper and to bed.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

30 Sep 1666

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: after church before supper
evening

Place:

city: London
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:

Elizabeth Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

23 Oct 1640

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife of 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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Fuller

Title:

The church-history of Britain

Genre:

Other religious, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1656

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14267

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1972

Vol:

7

Page:

302

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1972), 7, p. 302, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14267, accessed: 04 October 2024

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Additional Comments:

None