| Evidence: | 'There parted in the street with them, and I to my Lord's; but he not being within, took Coach, and being directed by sight of bills upon the walls, did go to Shoe lane to see a Cocke-fighting at a new pit there - a sport I was never at in my life...' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 21 Dec 1663 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon: after dinner | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London other location: in the street |
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| Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1663 |
| 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: | [n/a] |
| Title: | [bill advertising cockfight] |
| Genre: | Sport / Leisure, Ephemera |
| Form of Text: | Print: Advertisement, Broadsheet, Poster |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 12047 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 4 | |
| Page: | 427 | |
| Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 4, p. 427, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12047, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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