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Record Number: 21965


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I went into old William Hasleden's in Ashton; his wife was sicke and I read in the Practice of Pietie, and as I was reading she gave up the ghost.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

21 Dec 1666

Country:

England

Time

n/anight

Place:

city: Ashton
county: Lancashire

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

passive in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Roger Lowe

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

n/a

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Shopkeeper

Religion:

Presbyterian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

The wife of William Hasleden


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Lewis Bayly

Title:

The Practice of Piety

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

21965

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

William L. Sachse

Title:

The Diary of Roger Lowe

Place of Publication:

London, New York, Toronto

Date of Publication:

1938

Vol:

n/a

Page:

109

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William L. Sachse (ed.), The Diary of Roger Lowe (London, New York, Toronto, 1938), p. 109, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21965, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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