| George Plattman |
Dymchurch Excise Officer, audacious enough to attempt infiltration of the Night-Riders.
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| Christopher Syn |
Born 1730, youngest graduate of Queens College, Oxford, with Doctorate of Divinity. In the 1754 vacation first encounters Mr Mipps at the Dymchurch sea-wall en route to Lympne Castle.
Later to become Vicar of Dymchurch and Dean of the Peculiars.
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| Mr Mipps |
Shipwright turned smuggler, sailor, pirate, carpenter, blacksmith, general-storekeeper, clerk, undertaker, coffin-maker, verger, sexton and parochial general factotum. Confidant and
partner to Syn an all walks of life.
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| Mrs Fowey |
Housekeeper appointed to the Vicarage. Has a daughter 'plain as a cod-fish'. Is Cornish and presumably pronounced "Foy".
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| Antony Cobtree |
Son of Sir Charles, born 1727. Attended Oxford ahead of, but overlapping, Christopher; continuing visiting in order to
court the future Lady Cobtree. Inherited squirrelishness, magistracy and Lordship in 17??. **MATHS**
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| Mrs Waggetts |
"Large, ugly, vain but capable" landlady of The Ship. After becoming widowed takes a shine to Mr Mipps.
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| Edward |
Dymchurch mail coach guard, fond of a quick stop at The Ship.
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| Meg Clouder |
Widowed landlady of the City of London tavern.
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| Farmer Murrain |
Sheep farmer, suspected of being the Scarecrow.
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| David Davis Llewellyn Jones |
Attorney-at-Law from Tremadoc.
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| Tarroc Dolgenny |
Welshman!
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| Ann Sudden |
Lynchpin of Dolgenny's machinations.
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| Gentleman James Bone |
Notorius highwayman who haunted the Dover road and lied low in the marsh, keeping his horse in the hidden stable at Mother Handaway's cottage.
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| Hythe Revenue Officer |
Revenue Officer from Hythe.
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| Gaol Officer |
Officer overseeing the imprisonment of Jimmie Bone.
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| Beadle |
Beadle present during the unsuccessful escape of Jimmie Bone.
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| Curlew, Raven and Seagull |
Three smugglers involved in the attmpted murder of Dr Syn and Mr Jones.
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| Mr Rash |
The local Schoolmaster.
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| Jerry Jerk |
Poor scholar, bane of Mr Rash, became the pot boy at The Ship. Harboured ambition of being a hangman to the extent of building his own gallows.
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| Sir Henry Pembury |
Squire of Lympne Castle and Justice of the Peace. Lord of the Levels of Romney Marsh. Suffering from gout and a fiery temper he remains active in his late sixties.
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| General Troubridge |
Commander of the Dragoons at Dover Castle. Twin brother of the Admiral; attendee of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Lords of the Levels.
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| Admiral Troubridge |
Twin brother of the General, in charge of the Harbour Guardship; attendee of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Lords of the Levels.
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| The Justices |
Lord Noel of Aldington, Mayor of Hythe, Mayor of Romney, Constable of Sandgate Castle; attendees of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Lords of the Levels.
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| Harry Thane |
Customs officer for Tremadoc.
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| Pedro |
Spanish manservant of Dolgenny.
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| Garcia |
Another Spanish manservant of Dolgenny, functioning as gaoler.
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