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Poor men of Chelmsford : New Testament

'A fifteen-year-old boy caught owning a primer and New Testament described how "divers poor men in the town of Chelmsford ... bought the new testament of Jesus Christ, and on sundays did sit reading [aloud] in lower end of church, and many would flock about them to hear their reading then I came among the said readers to hear them ..."'

Century: 1500-1599     Reader/Listener/Group: Poor men of Chelmsford     Print: Book

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