| 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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| Denis Cobtree |
Son of Tony Cobtree. Blissfully free of responsibility, leaving him free to hopelessly chase Imogene.
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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, pirate, carpenter, storekeeper, coffin-maker and sexton. Confidant and partner to Syn an all walks of life.
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| Maria(?) Cobtree |
Daughter of Sir Antony.
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| Cicely Cobtree |
Daughter of Sir Antony.
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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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| Mrs Waggetts |
Functional landlady of The Ship. After becoming widowed takes a shine to Mr Mipps.
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| General Troubridge |
Commander of the Dragoons, twin brother of the Admiral.
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| Jerry Jerk |
Poor scholar, bane of Mr Rash, who became the pot boy at The Ship. Harboured ambition of being a hangman to the
extent of buying a parcel of land and building his own gallows.
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| Captain Faunce |
Army Captain.
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| Captain Collyer |
Navy Captain.
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| Mr Rash |
The irascible cane-weilding Schoolmaster.
Defines "dramatis personæ" as "people what's in it".
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| Cuban Priest |
Also called "The Mulatto" this unfortunate was readily identified by his missing tongue and ears. Blessed with a keen sense of smell and an astonishing
survival instinct - he'd do well in a Saw film!
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