Switch to English Switch to French

The Open University  |   Study at the OU  |   About the OU  |   Research at the OU  |   Search the OU

Listen to this page  |   Accessibility

the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

Reading Experience Database UK Historical image of readers
  RED International Logo

RED Australia logo


RED Canada logo
RED Netherlands logo
RED New Zealand logo

Record Number: 12047


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'There parted in the street with them, and I to my Lord's; but he not being within, took Coach, and being directed by sight of bills upon the walls, did go to Shoe lane to see a Cocke-fighting at a new pit there - a sport I was never at in my life...'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

21 Dec 1663

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: after dinner

Place:

city: London
other location: in the street

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:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1663

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:

[n/a]

Title:

[bill advertising cockfight]

Genre:

Sport / Leisure, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

12047

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

4

Page:

427

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 4, p. 427, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12047, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
Green Turtle Web Design