Record Number: 22140
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'February 26. Looking over Mr Bifield's book called The Spirituall Touchstone, I noted severall signes of a good man, according to which thus I find my selfe for present' [there follows a list of five 'signs', a couple keyed to page numbers in the book.]
Century:1600-1699
Date:26 Feb 1671
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Barton Mills
county: Suffolk
(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:Adult (18-100+)
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 Spiritual Touchstone: or, the Signes of a Godly Man
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1619
Provenanceowned
Probably owned by reader
Source Information:
Record ID:22140
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:133
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. 133, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22140, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None