| Evidence: | 'Going out of the gate, an ordinary woman prayed me to give her room to London; which I did, but spoke not to her all the way, but read as long as I could see my book again.' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 26 Oct 1664 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening daytime |
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| Place: | city: London other location: in coach on return to London |
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| Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1633 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| 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: | John Herne |
| Title: | The law of charitable uses, wherein the statute of 43. Eliz. chap. 4 is set forth and explained; with directions how to sue out and prosecute commissions grounded upon that statute |
| Genre: | Law |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | first published 1660; 2nd edn 1663 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 12140 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1971 | |
| Vol: | 5 | |
| Page: | 307 | |
| Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1971), 5, p. 307, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12140, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| records purchase of this book 'for the office' on 19 October 1664 Pepys does not mention having another book with him, so I presume he carried on reading this one. |
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