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Bampfylde More Carew

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Bampfylde More Carew

Birth
Death
1758 (aged 64–65)
Burial
Bickleigh, Mid Devon District, Devon, England Add to Map
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English rogue, vagabond and impostor, who claimed to be King of the Beggars. He was the son of Reverend Theodore Carew, rector of Bickleigh.

Bampfylde Moore Carew was actually baptised at Bickleigh on 23 Sep 1690. There are many accounts of his birth in 1693, and death up to 1770, but the parish records confirm the 1690 baptism. (info by Jan Kingshott (48100428)
English rogue, vagabond and impostor, who claimed to be King of the Beggars. He was the son of Reverend Theodore Carew, rector of Bickleigh.

Bampfylde Moore Carew was actually baptised at Bickleigh on 23 Sep 1690. There are many accounts of his birth in 1693, and death up to 1770, but the parish records confirm the 1690 baptism. (info by Jan Kingshott (48100428)

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