Record Number: 14916

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I walked to the Temple and stayed at Starky's my bookseller's (looking over Dr Heylins new book of the life of Bishop Laud, a strange book of church history of his time) till Mr Wren comes by'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

28 Aug 1668

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: London
specific address: Temple
other location: at his bookseller's

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:

Clerk of the Acts, Admiralty

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:

Peter Heylyn

Title:

Cyprianus Anglicus, or The history of the life and death of William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury

Genre:

Other religious, History, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1668

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

14916

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

9

Page:

291

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 9, p. 291, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14916, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None