Characters

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Author’s Notes

Characters Ordered by First Name

Alastair Cullane
- Cooper. Alastair courts Fiona Rede, daughter of the baker Brice Rede and his wife Cait Rede in May 1643. He laves village shortly thereafter.
Alice Beckworth
- Seamstress, wife of the tailor Isaac Beckworth, mother of Sussana and Nathaniel.
Andrew Dericote
- Yeoman, husband of Rachel Dericote, father of Henry Dericote.
Brice Rede
- Baker, husband of Cait Rede, father of Fiona Rede. Cait and Brice, Lucy and Hume Valcar and Philip Ruderfurd have met Anthracyda together in their adventurous youth, before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
Cait Rede
- Baker, wife of Brice Rede, mother of Fiona Rede, sister of the hunter Hume Valcar. Cait and Brice, Lucy and Hume Valcar and Philip Ruderfurd have met Anthracyda together in their adventurous youth, before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
Catherine Carniss
- Innkeeper in 1990s.
Cicilia Cullane
- wife of Husbandman Donnan Cullane, mother of Alastair Cullane.
Clarice Malison
- Sister of Hannah Malison, youngest daughter of the fisherman Dauy and his wife Elspet Malison. She is 16 years old in 1643.
Dauy Malison
- Fisherman, husband of Elspet Malison, father to Oswyn, Hannah and Clarice. Dauy and Elspet have met Anthracyda before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
Donnan Cullane
- Husband of Cicilia, father of Alastair Cullane, Husbandman.
Duncane Lyfelde
- Shepherd, fiance of Hannah Malison.
Elspet Mar Malison
- Mother to Hannah, Clarice and Oswyn, husband to Dauy, maiden name Mar. Dauy and Elspet have met Anthracyda before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
Fiona Rede
- Daughter of Brice and Cait Rede (the bakers), courted by Alastair Cullane. She is age 16 in 1643.
Geoffrey Gaynesford
- Yeoman, husband of Sarah Gaynesford.
Gilbert Blexham
- Innkeeper, husband of Marion Blexham, father of Jenefer.
Hannah Malison
- Fiance of the shepherd Duncane Lyfelde in 1642, daughter of the fisherman Dauy and his wife Elspet Malison. 23 years old in 1641. Handfasts with Duncane sometime late 1642 - early 1643.
Henry Dericote
- Eldest son of Yeoman Andrew and Rachel Dericote. He is 17 or 18 in 1643.
Hume Valcar
- Husband of Lucy Valcar, brother of Cait Rede, hunter. Cait and Brice, Lucy and Hume Valcar and Philip Ruderfurd have met Anthracyda together in their adventurous youth, before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
Isaac Beckworth
- Tailor, husband of seamstress Alice Beckworth, father of Sussana and Nathaniel.
Jenefer Blexham
- Eldest daughter of Innkeeper Gilbert and Marion Blexham.
Jonathan Cary
- Vicar visiting from Manchester in 1996s.
Laetitia Forgell
- Teenager accusing Sussana Beckworth of witchcraft while arguing over a boy. She leaves the village in August 1643.
Lucy Valcar
- Wife of Hume Valcar, part time hunter and butcher for game. Sister of Philip Ruderfurd. Cait and Brice, Lucy, Hume and Philip Ruderfurd have met Anthracyda together in their adventurous youth, before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
Luke Rawson
- Husband of Sybil Rawson, father of Thomas Rawson, Blacksmith and fiddle player.
Marion Blexham
- Wife of Innkeeper Gilbert Blexham, mother of Jenefer Blexham.
Mathilda Potter
- Village petty school mistress, a curate’s daughter not originally from the village. She is 26 years old in 1643.
Nathaniel Beckworth
- Son of Isaac and Alice Beckworth, older brother of Sussana Beckworth.
Oswyn Malison
- Younger brother of Hannah Malison, Son of Dauy and Elspet Malison. 20 years old in 1643.
Philip Ruderfurd
- Hunter, brother of Lucy Valcar. Cait and Brice, Lucy, Hume and Philip Ruderfurd have met Anthracyda together in their adventurous youth, before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
Rachel Dericote
- Wife of Yeoman Andrew Dericote, mother of Henry Dericote.
Thomas Rawson
- Son of Luke and Sybil Rawson; blacksmith apprentice to his father.
Sarah Gaynesford
- Wife of Yeoman Geoffrey Gaynesford.
Sussana Beckworth
- Teenager accused of witchcraft, daughter of Isaac and Alice Beckworth, sister of Nathaniel Beckworth. 18 years old in 1643.
Sybil Rawson
- Wife of Luke Rawson, the Blacksmith, mother of Thomas Rawson.
Walter Sencler
- Vicar during 1640-1643.

Characters Ordered by Family Name

Beckworth
- Alice Beckworth
  - Seamstress, wife of the tailor Isaac Beckworth, mother of Sussana and Nathaniel.
- Isaac Beckworth
  - Tailor, husband of seamstress Alice Beckworth, father of Sussana and Nathaniel.
- Nathaniel Beckworth
  - Son of Isaac and Alice Beckworth, older brother of Sussana Beckworth.
- Sussana Beckworth
  - Teenager accused of witchcraft, daughter of Isaac and Alice Beckworth, sister of Nathaniel Beckworth, 18 years old in 1643.
Blexham
- Gilbert Blexham
  - Innkeeper, husband of Marion Blexham, father of Jenefer.
- Jenefer Blexham
  - Eldest daughter of Innkeeper Gilbert and Marion Blexham.
- Marion Blexham
  - Wife of Innkeeper Gilbert Blexham, mother of Jenefer Blexham.
Carniss
- Catherine Carniss
  - Innkeeper in 1990s.
Cary
- Jonathan Cary
  - Vicar visiting the village from Manchester in 1996.
Cullane
- Alastair Cullane
  - Cooper. Alastair courts Fiona Rede, daughter of the baker Brice Rede and his wife Cait Rede in May 1643. He leaves village shortly thereafter.
- Cicilia Cullane
  - wife of Husbandman Donnan Cullane, mother of Alastair Cullane.
- Donnan Cullane
  - Husband of Cicilia, father of Alastair Cullane, Husbandman.
Dericote
- Andrew Dericote
  - Yeoman, husband of Rachel Dericote, father of Henry Dericote.
- Henry Dericote
  - Eldest son of Yeoman Andrew and Rachel Dericote, 17 or 18 in 1643.
- Rachel Dericote
  - Wife of Yeoman Andrew Dericote, mother of Henry Dericote.
Forgell
- Laetitia Forgell
  - Teenager accusing Sussana Beckworth of witchcraft while arguing over a boy. She leaves the village in August 1643.
Gaynesford
- Geoffrey Gaynesford
  - Yeoman, husband of Sarah Gaynesford.
- Sarah Gaynesford
  - Wife of Yeoman Geoffrey Gaynesford.
Lyfelde
- Duncane Lyfelde
  - Shepherd, fiance of Hannah Malison.
Malison
- Clarice Malison
  - Sister of Hannah Malison, youngest daughter of the fisherman Dauy and his wife Elspet Malison. She is 16 years old in 1643.
- Dauy Malison
  - Fisherman, husband of Elspet Malison, father to Oswyn, Hannah and Clarice.
- Elspet Mar Malison
  - Mother to Hannah, Clarice and Oswyn, husband to Dauy, maiden name Mar.
- Hannah Malison
  - Fiance of Duncane Lyfelde in 1642, daughter of Dauy and Elspet Malison, handfasts sometime in late 1642 - early 1643. 23 years old in 1641.
- Oswyn Malison
  - Younger brother of Hannah Malison, Son of Dauy and Elspet Malison.
Potter
- Mathilda Potter
  - Village petty school mistress, a curate’s daughter not originally from the village. She is 26 years old in 1643.
Rawson
- Luke Rawson
  - Husband of Sybil Rawson, father of Thomas Rawson, Blacksmith and fiddle player.
- Thomas Rawson
  - Son of Luke and Sybil Rawson; blacksmith apprentice to his father.
- Sybil Rawson
  - Wife of Luke Rawson, the Blacksmith, mother of Thomas Rawson.
Rede
- Brice Rede
  - Baker, husband of Cait Rede, father of Fiona Rede. Cait and Brice, Lucy, Hume and Philip Ruderfurd have met Anthracyda together in their adventurous youth, before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
- Cait Rede (nee Valcar)
  - Baker, wife of Brice Rede, mother of Fiona Rede, sister of the hunter Hume Valcar. Cait and Brice, Lucy, Hume and Philip Ruderfurd have met Anthracyda together in their adventurous youth, before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
- Fiona Rede
  - Daughter of Brice and Cait Rede, courted by Alastair Cullane, age 16 in 1643
Ruderfurd
- Philip Ruderfurd
  - Hunter, brother of Lucy Valcar. Cait and Brice, Lucy, Hume and Philip Ruderfurd have met Anthracyda together in their adventurous youth, before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
- See also Lucy Valcar
Sencler
- Walter Sencler
  - Vicar during 1640 - 1643.
Valcar
- Hume Valcar
  - Husband of Lucy Valcar, brother of Cait Rede, hunter. Cait and Brice, Lucy, Hume and Philip Ruderfurd have met Anthracyda together in their adventurous youth, before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
- Lucy Valcar (nee Ruderfurd)
  - Wife of Hume Valcar, part time hunter and butcher for game. Sister of Philip Ruderfurd. Cait and Brice, Lucy, Hume and Philip Ruderfurd have met Anthracyda together in their adventurous youth, before the book starts, but have not shared that fact with anyone.
- See also Cait Rede

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