Record Number: 11734

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'and so I left them with him and went with Mr Moore to Grayes Inne to his chamber, and there he showed me his old Cambdens "Brittannia", which I intended to buy of him and so took it away with me and left it at St Pauls churchyard to be bound'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

21 Nov 1661

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: London
other location: Chambers of Mr Moore in Grays Inn

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Admirality, 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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Camden

Title:

Britannia

Genre:

Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

11734

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

2

Page:

217

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 2, p. 217, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11734, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None