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Record 24472

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'after priuat praier and reading of the bible I did eate: then I hard M. Doman read'
Century: 1600-1699
Date: 25 Mar 1600
Country: England
Time: morning
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:

Listener:Margaret Hoby
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 10 Feb 1571
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: wife of Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby, JP
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: [unknown]
Title: [unknown]
Genre: Unknown
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 24472  
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: 110
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Margaret Hoby, Dorothy M. Meads (ed.), Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby (London, 1930), p. 110, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=24472, accessed: 18 April 2024

Additional comments:

date of birth unknown, so date of baptism given instead date recorded in diary as 25 Mar 1599 unsure who reader is, and unsure if Mr or Mrs as the second letter obliterated by a blot (editor's note)

 

 

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