SURNAME |
FIRST NAME |
TITLE |
CHARACTER |
MAP REF |
COUNTY |
NOTES |
BABBACOMBE |
Wilfred |
Hon |
friend of John Staple |
SX9265 |
Devon |
|
BACUP |
|
Dr |
|
SD8622 |
Lancashire |
|
BREAN |
Ben |
|
son of toll gatekeeper |
ST2956 |
Somerset |
|
CALNE |
Charlotte |
Lady |
betrothed to Earl of Saltash |
ST9971 |
Wiltshire |
|
CHIRK |
Jeremiah |
|
highwayman |
SJ2937 |
Denbighshire |
|
CLIFTON |
|
Colonel |
commander, 1st regt Dragoons |
|
|
real person? |
COATE |
Nathaniel |
|
villain, murderer and thief, friend of Henry
Stornaway |
SU0461
SU1882 |
Wiltshire |
|
COCKING |
|
|
groom to John Staple |
SU8717 |
Sussex |
|
DURWARD |
Rose |
|
nurse to Nell Stornaway, in love with Jerry Chirk |
|
|
Not found in gazetteer |
FOCKERBY |
|
|
valet to Wilfred Babbacombe |
SE8419 |
W Riding of Yorkshire |
|
GUNN |
Roger |
|
groom to Nathaniel Coate |
SS6333 |
Devon |
|
HOLT |
|
|
valet to Henry Stornaway |
SJ4053 |
Denbighshire |
Others in Lancashire, Worcestershire, Wiltshire,Dorset,
Hampshire and Norfolk |
HUBY |
|
|
butler to Sir Peter Stornaway |
SE2747
SE5665 |
W Riding Yorkshire
N Riding Yorkshire |
|
HUGGATE |
|
Farmer |
owner of the barn where John Staple stables Beau |
SE8855 |
E Riding Yorkshire |
|
KELFIELD |
Elizabeth |
|
suggested as a wife for John Staple |
SE5938
SE8201 |
E Riding Yorkshire
Lincolnshire |
|
LICHFIELD |
George & Fanny |
Lord & Lady |
brother-in-law and sister of John Staple |
SK1109 |
Staffordshire |
|
LYDD |
Joseph |
|
groom to Nell Stornaway |
TR0420 |
Kent |
|
MARSHSIDE |
|
Mr |
attorney to Sir Peter Stornaway |
SD3519
TR2266 |
Lancashire
Kent |
|
MELKSHAM |
|
Lord & Lady |
mother and brother of Lady Charlotte Calne |
ST9064 |
Wiltshire |
|
PARBOLD |
|
Mrs |
cook to Sir Peter Stornaway |
SD4911 |
Lancashire |
|
RAYTHORNE |
|
Mr |
late attorney to Sir Peter Stornaway |
|
|
Not found in gazetteer |
RIVINGTON |
Sophia |
Lady |
aunt to Nell Stornaway |
SD6214 |
Lancashire |
|
SALTASH |
Bevis |
6th Earl of |
cousin to John Staple |
SX4258 |
Cornwall |
|
SOPWORTHY |
|
Mr |
landlord of The Blue Boar, Crowford |
|
|
Not found in gazetteer |
STAPLE |
John |
Captain |
our hero |
TR2756 |
Kent |
|
STOGUMBER |
Gabriel |
|
Bow Street Runner |
ST0937 |
Somerset |
|
STORNAWAY |
Helen (Nell) |
Miss |
our heroine |
|
Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides |
|
TACKENHAM |
Ralph |
|
brother-in-law to Earl of Saltash |
|
|
Not found in gazetteer |
THORNE |
|
Rev |
Vicar of Crowford |
SE6813
SS2104 |
W Riding Yorkshire
Cornwall |
|
TISBURY |
|
Farmer |
with a cow & a calf |
ST9429 |
Wiltshire |
|
WILLITOFT |
|
Mr |
representing the Trustees of the Derbyshire Tolls |
SE7435 |
E Riding Yorkshire |
|
WINKFIELD |
|
|
valet to Sir Peter Stornaway |
SU9072 |
Berkshire |
|
YATTON |
Caroline |
Lady |
aunt to John Staple |
SO4266/ ST4265 |
Herefordshire/ Somerset |
|