09 April 2025

Character List - PAYING IN BLOOD

 H=Historical, F=Fictional

From Nieuwpoort:

 

Crackleton*

 

 

Anna

F

 

Daughter of John & Catherine

 

 

Catherine

F

 

Strip-Farmer, Wife of John

 

 

John

F

 

Strip-Farmer, Soldier, later English Separatist

 

 

John Junior

F

 

Son of John & Catherine

 

Lupton

 

 

John

F

 

Military Surgeon

 

Vere

 

 

Sir Horace

H

(1565-1635)

Military Commander

 

 

Sir Francis

H

(1560-1609)

Military Commander

 

(*inspired by family of Mayflower Pilgrim John Crackstone)

 


In Boston & Lincoln:

 

Bancroft

 

 

Richard

H

(1544-1610)

Bishop of London, later Archbishop of Canterbury

 

Chaderton

 

 

William

H

(1540-1608)

Bishop of Lincoln

 

Grantham

 

 

Sir Thomas

H

(1573-1630)

Lincoln Sheriff & Member of Parliament

 

Felde

 

 

Sir Julian

F

 

Muster Lieutenant’s Deputy

 

Mobley

 

 

Constance

F

 

Daughter of Matthew & Eunice

 

 

Eunice

F

 

Wife of Matthew

 

 

Luke

F

 

Son of Matthew & Eunice

 

 

Matthew

F

 

Physician, later English Separatist

 

Peters

 

 

Agnes

F

 

Cleaner, later English Separatist

 

 

Susannah

F

 

Cleaner

 

 

Toby

 

 

Son of Susannah

 

Pusey

 

 

John

F

 

 

 

Sculthorpe

 

 

Bartholomew

F

 

Bishop of Lincoln’s Secretary, later High Commission Secretary

 

Sibsey

 

 

Edmund

F

 

Landlord of the Red Lion Inn

 

Smyth

 

 

John

H

(1554-1612)

Lincoln City Preacher , later English Separatist & Baptist Pastor

 

 

Mary

H

 

Wife of John, later English Separatist & Baptist

 

Sudwell

 

 

Jane

F

 

Glover, Anabaptist

 

 

Piers

F

 

Son of Jane

 

 

Essex Rebellion:

 

Beauchamp

 

Crespin

F

 

Servant, later Gentleman-of-the-Bedchamber

Cecil

 

Sir Robert

H

(1563-1612)

English Statesman, later 1st Earl of Salisubry

Devereux

 

Robert

H

(1565-1601)

2nd Earl of Essex, Military commander, Favourite of Elizabeth I

Helwys           

 

Joan

H

 

Wife of Thomas, later English Separatist & Baptist

 

Thomas

H

(1575-1616)

Lawyer, later English Separatist & Baptist Leader

Tudor

 

Elizabeth

H

(1533-1603)

Queen Elizabeth I of England, Daughter of Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn

 

In Gainsborough and Scrooby:

 

Barton

 

 

Nicholas

F

 

Servant, English Separatist

 

Bradford

 

 

William

H

(1590-1657)

Ward of William & Mary Brewster, English Separatist, later Mayflower Pilgrim & Governor of Plymouth Colony

 

Brewster

 

 

Fear           

H

 

Daughter of William & Mary

 

 

Jonathan

H

 

Son of William & Mary

 

 

Mary

H

(1569-1627)

Wife of William, English Separatist, later Mayflower Pilgrim

 

 

Patience

H

 

Daughter of William and Mary

 

 

William

H

(1567-1644)

Postmaster, English Separatist Elder, later Mayflower Pilgrim Elder

 

Deryngton

 

 

Margaret

F

 

Servant, English Separatist

 

Hickman

 

 

Rose

H

 

Mother of William

 

 

William

H

(1549-1625)

Owner of Gainsborough Old Hall

 

Robinson

 

 

Bridget

H

(1575-1643)

Wife of John, English Separatist

 

 

John

H

(1576-1625)

English Separatist Pastor, later Mayflower Pilgrim Pastor

 

 

In London:

 

Redfern

 

 

Leonard

F

 

Spy-master

 

Stewart

 

 

James

H

(1566-1625)

King James VII of Scotland, King James I of England

 

Whitgift

 

 

John

H

(1530-1604)

Archbishop of Canterbury