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Brotherton Collection1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

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rogues and vagabonds1
romanies1

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Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?)1
Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?1
Goadby, Mrs Robert1
Goadby, Robert (1721-1778)1

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Archive Print Item: BC Rom CAR

An apology for the life of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, son of the Rev. Mr. Carew of Bickley, commonly known throughout the west of England by the title of King of the Beggars and Dog Merchant-General : containing, an account of his leaving Tiverton School, at the age of fifteen, and entering into a society of Gypsies; his many comical adventures... The whole taken from his own mouth

Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?); Goadby, Robert (1721-1778); Goadby, Mrs Robert

[1749]

Variously ascribed to Robert Goadby and Mrs. Goadby. Cf. NUC pre-1956, Lowndes, Halkett & Laing. There are numerous versions, probably by various compilers, with varying titles, including: "An apolo...

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