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Total number of records: 251

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items232
Archives19

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection249
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections240
Quaker Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
romanies251
jews13
cant12
letters10
english language6
poor6
romani poetry5
ethnology4
serpents3
islam3

Count of Place

PlaceCount
United States6
Hungary4
Transylvania (Romania)3
Town Yetholm (Scotland)3
Norway3
Spain2
Vienna (Austria)1
Great Britain1
Bucharest (Romania)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?17
Simson, James (1826-)14
Goadby, Robert (1721-1778)14
Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?)12
Goadby, Mrs Robert12
Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)12
Grellmann, H M G (1756-1804)11
Price, Thomas of Poole10
Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)10
Wlislocki, Heinrich Von (1856-1907)9

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 16008
From 170025
From 1800218

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 16993
Up to 179927
Up to 1899221

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A. Decrees etc. of general application

1633-1798

Spanish (mainly Castilian) decrees etc. of general application.

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Signed declarations by two magistrates at Glassaugh, Banffshire,

Oct/1752.

Signed declarations by two magistrates at Glassaugh, Banffshire, Concerning the arrest of three Tinkers, 3 pp.

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ALS from Leland to John Sampson, with transcript of "The Tinker and the Beggar."

13/Jun/1899

ALS of 13 June 1899 from Leland to John Sampson, with transcript of The Tinker and the Beggar. 10 pp. + 3 pp.

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ALS John Waley to [ ] Read

15/ Jan/1809

ALS from John Waley to [ ] Read, Bow Street, about a murder in which Wheatley, a Gypsy Traveller, is said to be involved. 1 p.

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ALS Alexandre Paspati to C G Leland.

28/Mar/1872

ALS of 28 March 1872 from Alexandre Paspati to C G Leland. 4 pp.

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Note by C G Leland

c.1872

Note in C G Leland's hand on the etymology of benq, as discussed by Paspati. 1 p.

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ALS HT Crofton to John Holmes and watercolour sketch

5 /Apr/1876

ALS of 5 April 1876 from H T Crofton to John Holmes (2 pp.), with watercolour sketch made by Holmes of a Flemish tapestry showing Gypsies.

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