From the Kent Herald, 15 April 1824,

A few days ago an aged female of the Gipsey tribe died in a lodge belonging to Mr. King, at the "Windmill Hill" public house, near Gravesend. Some mischievous wight seized the opportunity to play off a hoax on the good people of the neighbourhood, and for that purpose circulated a report that the King of the Gipsies, together with a train of upwards of 70 of his courtiers, have been invited from Norwood, and that the funeral would be attended with great pomp and ceremony. Thursday was appointed for the internment of the body in Milton-church-yard, and not withstanding the hoax of the flying man, who was to pass over the town and river into Essex, and the more recent one, of his Majesty having engaged Colonel Dalton's house for his summer residence, many hundreds of credulous people flocked to the spot, and, of course, were disappointed in their expectations. The secret was no sooner out then the crowd dispersed in all directions, some making for their homes with the utmost speed, whilst others gained the town by more circuitous route, to the great amusement, no doubt, of the authors of the plot.