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The earliest confirmed record of Pikeys in Britain is dated to the 16th Century, when they lived as itinerant showmen travelling the length and breadth of the country setting up entertainments and sideshows wherever they found a village fete or festival. These entertainments were commonly tests of skill or gambling games, upon which small wagers would be placed. Thomas de Rychecunte, 3rd Earl of Snifflingthorpe, writing in 1502 informs us that

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rdfs:comment	The earliest confirmed record of Pikeys in Britain is dated to the 16th Century, when they lived as itinerant showmen travelling the length and breadth of the country setting up entertainments and sideshows wherever they found a village fete or festival. These entertainments were commonly tests of skill or gambling games, upon which small wagers would be placed. Thomas de Rychecunte, 3rd Earl of Snifflingthorpe, writing in 1502 informs us that
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abstract	The earliest confirmed record of Pikeys in Britain is dated to the 16th Century, when they lived as itinerant showmen travelling the length and breadth of the country setting up entertainments and sideshows wherever they found a village fete or festival. These entertainments were commonly tests of skill or gambling games, upon which small wagers would be placed. Thomas de Rychecunte, 3rd Earl of Snifflingthorpe, writing in 1502 informs us that An earlier mention may date from 1237; though it must be recorded here that the writings in question, attributed to one Friar Richard of Fartteberrye Abbey, have never been proved to be of 13th Century vintage and some scholars have even suggested that they may in fact be 19th Century forgeries. Thomas tells us that It is often claimed that the Pikey is in fact an offshoot of the Irish breed known as Knackers. It is true that historical accounts of both breeds have similar respect for the trustworthy nature of either the Pikey or the Knacker. William Carlton, on one of his many Irish journeys, said in 1847 However there is scant evidence that the Pikey is a sub species, it all stems from a fragment of document, one that is impossible to date for certain. Supposedly a piece of a decree issued by the last king of the Knackers, King Mike XII, it reads A historian would be hard-put to find anythyngge anything other than glowing accounts of people's experiences with the noble Pikeys anywhere in the annals of time, no matter how many libraries he were to search. Even the staid Victorians, so often intolerant of those with ways different from their own, could find nothing bad to say about them. Queen Victoria herself is known to have had a Pikey maid named Siobhan O'Flanerty at Windsor Castle, who was given the highly responsible task of polishing the silverware when it became apparent that nobody else could be trusted to resist the temptation to steal when surrounded by such priceless riches.

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