Village of Badford The Clitheroes •
Sal Clitheroe: a housewife and domestic
spinner for the Barrowfields, and a
Methodist. Lead protagonist. •
Harry Clitheroe: her husband, a farmhand at Badford Manor. •
Christopher "Kit" Clitheroe: their only son, born 1786. •
Ike Clitheroe: Harry's uncle, also a farmhand at Badford Manor.
The Riddicks •
Squire Riddick: Lord of the Manor,
justice of the peace. •
Will Riddick: his eldest son, born 1762, an officer in the Shiring
militia. •
The Reverend George Riddick: his middle son,
rector of Badford and
Overseer of the poor. •
Roger Riddick: his third and youngest son, born 1773, a student at
Oxford university, an inventor and a gambler. •
Mr Platts: the
butler at Badford Manor. •
Mrs Jackson: the
cook •
Fanny "Fan": the
maid •
Cecil: the
footman Other villagers •
Jimmy and Annie Mann: a farmhand and co-worker of Harry Clitheroe's, and his wife. •
Alec Pollock: a
barber surgeon. •
Brian and Margaret Pikestaff: a selfowning farmer, and unofficial leader of the Badford Methodists, and his wife.
Kingsbridge The Barrowfields •
Obadiah Barrowfield: a
clothier,
alderman and an
Anglican. •
Mrs Barrowfield: his wife. •
Amos Barrowfield: his son, born 1773, an out-putter for the family clothier business, a Methodist and
Sunday School teacher. Lead protagonist.
The Box family •
Joanie, and her daughter Sue: a spinning hand at Barrowfield's Mill. •
Jarge Box: her brother, a
weaver at Hornbeam's Mill, and a
bell-ringer. •
Dottie Castle: Joanie's and Jarge's aunt, their
tenant.
The Northwoods •
Lord Northwood, The Earl of Shiring •
Henry, Viscount Northwood: his son, Colonel of the Shiring militia and a
Whig MP.
The Latimers •
The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Kingsbridge, Stephen Latimer: Anglican
bishop of Kingsbridge Cathedral. •
Mrs. Arabella Latimer: his wife. •
Miss Elsie Latimer: their daughter, born 1772, a Sunday School organiser. •
(Linda) Mason: their maid •
Reverend Kenelm Mackintosh: a Scotsman, the bishop's aide.
The Midwinters •
The Reverend Canon Charles Midwinter: Anglican
Canon of Kingsbridge Cathedral and a Methodist leader. •
Janet Emily Midwinter: his deceased wife. •
Julian and Lionel: his two eldest children, Methodists and students at
Edinburgh University. •
Jane: his daughter and youngest child, an aspiring
socialite. •
Alderman Drinkwater: his
father-in-law, the chairman of the Kingsbridge justices of peace.
The Shovellers •
David "Spade" Shoveller: a weaver, member of the Socratic Society, Methodist, and leader of the bell-ringers of the Anglican Cathedral •
Betsy: his late wife •
Kate Shoveller: his sister, one of the most accomplished
seamstresses of Kingsbridge. •
Rebecca "Becca" Liddle: a seamstress and Kate's companion, •
Freddy Caines: the nephew of the late Mrs Shoveller, a Militia man and later soldier in the army.
The Hornbeams •
Alderman Joseph Hornbeam: a major clothier, an alderman, and a justice of the peace, arrived in Kingsbridge in 1757. Main
antagonist. •
Linnie: his wife since 1773, a lowborn Londoner. •
Howard: his son •
Deborah: his daughter •
Joe: his grandson •
Simpson: the footman
Other townspeople of Kingsbridge •
Alfred "Alf" Nash: a dairyman, and a member of the Socratic Society •
Belinda Goodnight: Kingsbridge's leading gossip •
Jeremiah "Jerry" and Susanne Hiscock: a printer and member of the Socratic Society, and his wife. •
Sheriff Phil Doye: Kingsbridge
sheriff. •
Constable Reg Davidson: assistant of Sheriff Doye. •
George "Gil" Gilmore: jailer. •
Morgan Ivinson: executioner. •
Isaac and Isobel Marsh: owner of a major dying business, and his daughter, a friend of Deborah Hornbeam's. •
Stan Gittings: a gambler. •
Sport Culliver: an owner of a gambling den.
Non-fictional characters mentioned •
Napoleon Bonaparte: Emperor of the French. •
Charlotte Lennox, Duchess of Richmond: Organiser of the
Duchess of Richmond's ball. •
Ned Ludd: Fictional figurehead of the
Luddites. •
Thomas Paine: Founding Father of the United States of America and author of the book "
Rights of Man". •
William Paley: Anglican Archdeacon, Scholar, and author of the pamphlet
Reasons for contentment: addressed to the labouring part of the British public. •
William Pitt the Younger: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. •
Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington: a British military leader during the
Napoleonic wars. •
John Wesley and Charles Wesley: Anglican priests, founders of Methodism and hymn writers. ==References==