Record Number: 32412
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Mary Gaywood giving evidence at the trial for theft of her servant Eleanor Clark at the Old Bailey, 21 October 1761: "Last Tuesday right she went away, and not coming on the Wednesday, we missed a cream pot; I went to Westminster, where she [i.e. Eleanor Clark] lodg'd, in John's Street, thinking she was not well; going up stairs, I saw her reading in a book; I looked to see, and found it to be the Pilgrim's Progress, my own book."'
Century:1700-1799
Date:14 Oct 1761
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: London
specific address: John's Street, Westminster
location in dwelling: upstairs room
(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:Female
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Servant
Occupation:Servant
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pilgrim's Progress
Genre:Other religious, Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenancestolen
Source Information:
Record ID:32412
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 6.0, 12 January 2012), October 1761, trial of Eleanor, wife of Thomas Clark Thomas Clark (t17611021-24).
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 6.0, 12 January 2012), October 1761, trial of Eleanor, wife of Thomas Clark Thomas Clark (t17611021-24)., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32412, accessed: 03 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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