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Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?
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Bampfylde Moore Carew, a vagabond. Line engraving.
Reference: 215i- Books
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The life and adventures of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called the king of the beggars. Being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the Age of Fifteen, and entering into a Society of Gypsies; Wherein the Motives of his Conduct will be related and explained: The great Number of Characters and Shapes he has appeared in through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other Places of Europe: with his travels twice through great part of America. Giving A Particular Account Of the Origin, Government, Laws, and Customs of the Gipsies; with the Method of Electing their King: and a dictionary of the cant language, used by the mendicants.
Date: MDCCLXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The life and adventures of long Meg of Westminster; Containing The merry Pranks she played in her life time, not only in performing sundry exploits with divers Russians about London, but also how valiantly she behaved herself in the Wars of Bulloign.
Date: [1775?]- Books
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The Life and adventures of Maria Knowles, The only daughter of Mr. John Knowles, a reputed, farmer, in the parish of Budworth, and county of Cheshire, who eloped from her father's house, went to London, and enlisted into the 44th Regiment of Foot, for the sake of a young man of the name of Cliff, after which she went to Holland, and from thence to French flanders, where she was wounded, and her sex discovered, and was afterwards married. Also, an account of her going to the West Indies, where her husband died, & her return to England.
Date: [1800?]- Books
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An apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly call'd the King of the beggars; Being an impartial Account of his Life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the Age of Fifteen, and entering into a Society of Gypsies, to the present Time; wherein the Motives of his Conduct will be explain'd, and the great Number of Characters and Shapes he has appeared in through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other Places of Europe be related; with his Travels twice through great Part of America. A particular Account of the Original, Government Language, Laws and Customs of the Gypsies; their Method of electing their King, &c. And a Parallel drawn after the Manner of Plutarch, between Mr. Bampfylde - Moore Carew and Mr. Thomas Jones.
Goadby, Robert, 1721-1778.Date: [1760?]