Record Number: 22124
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'When I was past the worst of my sicknes I would be almost continually reading the Bible or other books . . . I [would] studye hard to gett up what I had lost in the reading the Bible, stinting [i.e. limiting] my selfe to many chapters a day according to Mr Bifield's book [i.e. Nicholas Byfield, Directions for the Private Reading of the Scriptures (1618)], or in other studyes, that I might be equall to the rest of my yeare; though I thinke it was not very good for my eyesight.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:1657
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Cambridge
county: Cambridgeshire
specific address: Trinity College
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:23 Dec 1641
Socio-Economic Group:Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation:Minister in Church of England
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Bible
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Almost certainly his own copy
Source Information:
Record ID:22124
Source:n/a
Editor:Matthew Storey
Title:Two East Anglian Diaries 1641-1729: Isaac Archer and William Coe
Place of Publication:Woodbridge, Suffolk
Date of Publication:1994
Vol:n/a
Page:55
Additional Comments:
The orginal source is a manuscript journal, Cambridge University Library, Additional Manuscript 8499
Citation:
Matthew Storey (ed.), Two East Anglian Diaries 1641-1729: Isaac Archer and William Coe, (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1994), p. 55, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22124, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None
