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Record Number: 24833


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'After priuatt prairs I reed abroad [with] my Cosine Dakine: after I Came home and that I had dined, I talked of good matters [with] him, and he reed to me, and after we went forthe and sawe some sheepe which he was to buy'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

22 Jun 1601

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: Hackness
county: North Yorkshire
location in dwelling

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Dakin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Margaret Hoby


Additional Comments:

cousin of Margaret Hoby



Text Being Read:

Author:

[unknown]

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

24833

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Hoby

Editor:

Dorothy M. Meads

Title:

Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1930

Vol:

n/a

Page:

177

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Hoby, Dorothy M. Meads (ed.), Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby, (London, 1930), p. 177, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24833, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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