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Record Number: 24863


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'This day and the next I went about the house, after I had hard Kate [read] a chapter'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

12 Oct 1601

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: Hackness
county: North Yorkshire
location in dwelling

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Kate

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Servant

Occupation:

maid to Lady Margaret Hoby - perhaps?

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Margaret Hoby


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

Bible [?]

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

24863

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Hoby

Editor:

Dorothy M. Meads

Title:

Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1930

Vol:

n/a

Page:

189

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Hoby, Dorothy M. Meads (ed.), Diary of Lady Margaret Hoby, (London, 1930), p. 189, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24863, accessed: 21 December 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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