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Record Number: 12194


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'But the Mother ... coming one Morning early into her Chamber, she found her Reading in a Book in Bed, at which the Daughter being surprized, let it fall into the Bed, and denied that she was Reading, or had any Book, but upon search, it was found to be a Book wrote by Parsons the Jesuit; which so startled the Mother, that upon Searching the Daughter's Closet afterwards, she found other Popish Books ...

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

morning: Early morning

Place:

city: Ludlow
location in dwelling: in bed

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:

Ann Ketelbey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Convert to Roman Catholicism

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:

Robert Persons (or Parsons)

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

12194

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

n/a

Title:

An Account of the Seducing of Ann, the Daughter of Edward Ketelbey, of Ludlow, Gent. to the Popish Religion

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1700

Vol:

n/a

Page:

2

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

anon, An Account of the Seducing of Ann, the Daughter of Edward Ketelbey, of Ludlow, Gent. to the Popish Religion (London, 1700), p. 2, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12194, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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