Record Number: 14970
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He gone, my wife and I to supper; and so she to read and made an end of the "Life of Archbishop Laud", which is worth reading, as informing a man plainly in the posture of the Church, and how the things of it were managed with the same self-interest and design that every other thing is, and have succeeded accordingly. So to bed.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:29 Nov 1668
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: London
location in dwelling: at home
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:23 Oct 1640
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:wife of 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
Samuel Pepys, her husband
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: 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 Details1668
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:14970
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:8
Page:379
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 8, p. 379, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14970, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None