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Record Number: 24357


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'after, tell night, I kept Companie with Mr Hoby who reed a whill of Cartwrights book to me'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

20 Jan 1600

Country:

England

Time

afternoon
evening

Place:

city: Hackness
county: North Yorkshire
location in dwelling

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:

Thomas Hoby

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

JP and MP

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

Margaret Hoby (wife)


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Thomas Cartwright

Title:

A Replye to an Answere made of M. Doctor Whitegifte agaynst the Admonition to the Parliament

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

24357

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Hoby

Editor:

Dorothy M. Meads

Title:

Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1930

Vol:

n/a

Page:

97

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Hoby, Dorothy M. Meads (ed.), Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby (London, 1930), p. 97, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24357, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

date recorded in diary as 20 Jan 1599

   
   
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