Record Number: 30756

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

She would every yeare read over the whole Bible in an ordinary course, which course she constantly observed for the space of fifteene yeares together, beginning her taske upon her birth day, and reading every day so many Chapters as to bring it about just with the yeare. [. . .] She did not read carelessly or negligently, but alwaies kept a note of what places she did not understand. [. . .] She had gotten by heart many select Chapters, and speciall Psalmes; and of every Booke of the Scripture one choyse verse: all which she weekly repeated in an order which she propounded to her selfe.

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

Between 1600 and 1622

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Staffordshire

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Mary Gunter

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1586

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Protestant

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30756

Source:

Print

Author:

Taylor Thomas

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Pilgrim's Profession

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1622

Vol:

n/a

Page:

151-155

Additional Comments:

Extracts here taken from a 'life' of Mary Gunter by her husband, appended to Taylor's funeral sermon.

Citation:

Taylor Thomas, The Pilgrim's Profession, (London, 1622), p. 151-155, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30756, accessed: 28 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None