Record Number: 28987

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I receive great light and benefit I trust from reading Gurnall's Christian Armour'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

20 May 1776

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Arabella Davies

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1753

Socio-Economic Group:

Clergy (includes all denominations)

Occupation:

Wife of a clergyman

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Gurnall

Title:

The Christian in Compleat Armour

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28987

Source:

Print

Author:

Arabella Davies

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The diary of Mrs. Arabella Davies, late wife of the Rev. E. Davies, A.B. Rector of Coychurch. Printed from her own manuscript.

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1788

Vol:

n/a

Page:

40

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Arabella Davies, The diary of Mrs. Arabella Davies, late wife of the Rev. E. Davies, A.B. Rector of Coychurch. Printed from her own manuscript., (London, 1788), p. 40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28987, accessed: 10 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None