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Record Number: 24871


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'at Night went to priuatt praier, after Mr Hoby had reed vnto me some notes of Mr Egertons Lecturs'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

29 Nov 1601

Country:

England

Time

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:

Male

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:

Egerton

Title:

[lectures]

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

24871

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:

193

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Hoby, Dorothy M. Meads (ed.), Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby (London, 1930), p. 193, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24871, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

editor's note: These were either notes taken by Sir Thomas during his attendance at these lectures while in London, or the allusion is to 'An ordinary lecture preached at the Black-Friars', printed in 1589.

   
   
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