| Evidence: | 'So soon as word was brought me that Mr Coventry was come with the barge to the Tower, I went to him and find him reading of the psalmes in short-hand (which he is now busy about); and had good sport about the long marks that are made there for sentences in Divinity, which he is never like to make use of.' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 15 Apr 1661 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Tower of London |
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| Reader: | Sir William Coventry |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | Secretary to Lord High Admiral |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Cross |
| Title: | Sternhold and Hopkins Psalms |
| Genre: | Bible |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | engraved in the short-hand system of Jeremiah Rich |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 11684 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 76 | |
| Additional comments: | co-editor Willam Matthews |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 2, p. 76, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11684, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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