Record Number: 24481
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'after, I wrought and hard one read of the book of Marters'
Century:1600-1699
Date:2 Apr 1600
Country:England
Timeafternoon
Place:city: Hackness
county: North Yorkshire
location in dwelling
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:10 Feb 1571
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:wife of Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby, JP
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:Book of Martyrs (the title by which Foxe's Acts and Monuments of these Latter and Perilous Days was popularly known)
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:24481
Source:Margaret Hoby
Editor:Dorothy M. Meads
Title:Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1930
Vol:n/a
Page:111
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Margaret Hoby, Dorothy M. Meads (ed.), Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby, (London, 1930), p. 111, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24481, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
date of birth unknown, so date of baptism given instead note from editor: reader possibly a youth of good family in service in the household as a form of education