| √ | Century of Experience | Evidence | Name of Reader / Listener / Reading Group | Author of Text | Title of Text | Form of Text | | |
| 1600-1699 | 'But all this while, altho' now about Thirteen Years Old, I could not read; then thinking of the vast usefulness of re... | Thomas Tryon | [unknown] | [reading primer] | Print: Book |
| 1600-1699 | '[during his three years as a London apprentice castor-maker] I was mightily addicted to reading and Study; and tho' I... | Thomas Tryon | [unknown] | [unknown] | Print: Book |
| 1600-1699 | '[at Christmas, Easter and on other holidays, he] 'would be at Work or Study, whilst my Fellow-servants were abroad ta... | Thomas Tryon | [unknown] | [books on astrology] | Print: Book |
| 1600-1699 | 'But besides Astrology, I read Books of Physick, and sereval [sic] other natural Sciences and Arts.' | Thomas Tryon | [unknown] | [books] | Print: Book |
| 1600-1699 | 'the time others spent in the Coffee-house or Tavern, I spent in Reading, Writing, Musick, or some useful Imployment' | Thomas Tryon | [unknown] | [unknown] | Print: Book |