Names
in Edmund Persuader
The following list, though not complete, includes many names of the fictional characters, animals, and places in Edmund Persuader, and several of the historical characters and places mentioned in the book as well.
• Abercrombie, Mrs. | housekeeper at Hartswound Park
• Admiral |Cato Esquith de Foye’s second-best hunter
• Agamemnon | Cato Esquith de Foye’s prime hunter
• Aiken | Christopher Percy’s servant
• Aladdin | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Alderscott, Cecelia | friend of Edith Ashleigh
• Alderscott, Winston | brother to Miss Cecelia Alderscott
• Alton, Aunt Andromeda | Edmund Percy’s mother’s sister
• Alton, Hugh | Andromeda Alton’s husband, deceased
• Archibald, Farmer | also known as Archie; a farmer near Broadbridge who waged war with a fox that thus came to be called “Archie’s fox”
• Archie | see Archibald
• Argus | the road horse Edmund Percy borrows to ride home to Surrey
• Ashleigh, Edith | sister of Lucas and Hugh Ashleigh
• Ashleigh, Hugh | brother of Lucas and Edith Ashleigh
• Ashleigh, Lucas | owner of manor near Broadbridge
• Aughton, Miss | mentioned as having a sleeve that came loose at the ball at Hartswound Park
• Azaz | slave at Canebrake on Antigua
• Barney | Broadbridge carpenter’s apprentice
• Bassnet, William | jeweler in Bond Street, from whom Tarquin purchased his ring
• Beckett | servant at Hartswound Park
• Beckwith | family solicitor for Percies
• Beerbreath | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Bennett | Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, Lydia, and Mr. Bennett, of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
• Bertram, Sir Thomas | of Austen’s Mansfield Park; mentioned as actual landowner in Antigua
• Betty | slave at Canebrake on Antigua, wife of Johnny, housekeeper for Edmund Percy
• Beversham | butler at Hartswound Park
• Biam | slave at Canebrake on Antigua
• Bignalls | town in Bedfordshire, home of mother of Adam Rove
• Billy | servant at Fairhall
• Bingley, Mr. | of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
• Bixby, Hiram | Lieutenant in militia,
• Blackmore, Isaac | Edmund Percy’s tutor and mentor at Oxford
• Bluebeard | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Boldface | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Brackensom | Percy estate in Surrey
• Brandon, Colonel | of Austen’s Sense and Sensibility
• Bridgetown, town on Antigua
• Broadbridgeans | residents of Broadbridge
• Broadbridgenagians | Andromeda’s humorous term for the resident of Broadbridge, reminiscent of the Brobdingnagians of Jonathan Swift
• Bromley Wood | a covert in Hampshire
• Brownton, Anne | Evelyn Brownton’s mother
• Brownton, Evelyn | friend of Mariah Esquith de Foye
• Brownton, Mr. | Evelyn Brownton’s father
• Bunt, Jack|husband of Mrs. Bunt
• Bunt, Mrs. | poor woman in Broadbridge
• Burley, Lord | Hampshire neighbor of the Esquith de Foyes
• Burton, Mr. | steward at Brackensom
• Burtt, Mr. | former Hartswound Park/Broadbridge apothecary
• Camhall Street | street in Bath
• Canebrake | Percies’ plantation in Antigua
• Carew, George and Edward | the Ashleighs’ cousins
• Carson, Mr. and Mrs. | friends of Andromeda Alton’s in Broadbridge
• Carter, Dickon | carter who goes to Bath with Edmund Percy
• Cathcomb, Mr. | butler at Brackensom before Edmund Percy was born
• Charles | the Ashleighs’ coachman
• Childes, Mrs. | servant at Fairhall
• Chinaman | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Cogger | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Commander | one of the Esquith de Foyes’ house dogs
• Compton Magna | parish of Miss Alderscott in Hertfordshire
• Comstock | Mr. Arthur Comstock; his daughters Rose Elizabeth, Tomazina, Vita, and Ursula; Mrs. Comstock
• Copperthwaite Wood | covert in Hampshire
• Corey | footman at Hartswound Park
• Coverdale | location mentioned by Miss Brownton
• Coxley, Mr. | the gravedigger in Broadbridge
• Cream | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Crichton, Lord | owner of estate near Brackensom
• Crosby | traitor on packet
• Cross, Gerard | solicitor who sends Edmund Percy news of his annuity
• Cross, John | Ashleigh’s neighbor at Priedpie Hall
• Cubbins, Mr. | dancemaster who taught Mariah Esquith de Foye and Evelyn Brownton
• Cudworth, Mrs | housekeeper at Hanley Wold
• Dancer | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Davy | groom
• Deburr, Mr. | steward at Hartswound Park
• Dickon | see Carter
• Dickson, Mr. | hunstman at Hartswound Park
• Dogger | slave killed by Janetta
• Duckworth | Quaker slaveowner on Antigua; his wife and daughters Hannah, Ruth, and Miriam
• Duggins, Mr. | ferryman at Bath
• Duncan | footman at Hartswound Park
• During Wood | covert in Hampshire; site of the meet
• Dutton, Miss | Broadbridge milliner
• Dwight, Mr. | rector of Brackensom parish (Neighbury)
• Edgerly | friend of Tarquin’s who fell in love with Mariah Esquith de Foye
• Eggleston, Mr. and Mrs. | acquaintances of Andromeda Alton in Dorset who hire Mariah Esquith de Foye
• Esquith de Foye | Cato; squire of Hartswound Park Manor
• Esquith de Foye, Mariah | daughter of Cato; born January 7, 1792
• Esquith de Foye, Tarquin | son of Cato
• Esterbroke | a cousin of Lord Esterbroke; a painter; friend of Alexander Percy and Bronwyn Floyd
• Esterbroke, Lord | noble who lives in Gloucestershire
• Ewanstones | Broadbridge family with eligible daughter
• Fairhall | Andromeda Alton’s estate
• Ferrars, Edward | of Austen’s Sense and Sensibility
• Fitzgerald, Colonel Bucknell | acquaintance of Lucas Ashleigh
• Fitzhenson, Lady | at a visitor to Hartswound Park in former times
• Floyd, Bronwyn | fiancée of Christopher Percy
• Floyd, Henry | Bronwyn Floyd’s father
• Ford, Georgie | son of Broadbridge miller
• Frogeater | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Fulinghams | rich family in Sussex mentioned by Mrs. Hanscom
• Gable, Mr. Weston | passenger on packet with Edmund Percy
• Gascomb | lawyer in St. John’s, Antigua
• Gilbert | resident of Antigua who married a mulatto woman
• Grandison, Sir Albert Grandison and his wife | visitors to Hanley Wold
• Gregory, Black | a type of tree in Antigua
• Grosset | agricultural employee on Brackensom estate
• Hanley Wold | Hancom’s home in Gloucestershire
• Hannibal | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Hanscom, Alice Floyd | Bronwyn Floyd’s aunt
• Hanscom, Francis (Frank) | Bronwyn Floyd’s uncle
• Hardy | member of the firm of Cross, Hardy, and Cross (see Cross, Gerard)
• Hartswound Park | manor of the Esquith de Foyes; near town of Broadbridge, in Hampshire
• Haughton’s, Miss | name of school in Kent attended by Edith Ashleigh and Cecelia Alderscott
• Hector | horse at Hartswound Park
• Henstyng, Mr. | butcher in Broadbridge
• Huber | authority on bees
• Hutcheson and Smyth | name of a bank
• Ingersoll, Mrs., or Dame | ill and poor woman in Broadbridge
• Janetta | see Waller
• Jee, Mama | slave on Antigua
• Jenny Carter | wife of Mr. Carter
• Joe | slave on Antigua
• Johnny | slave at Canebrake on Antigua
• Jones, Mr. | Broadbridge resident mentioned
• Joy, Mr. | Broadbridge carpenter
• Kitt | Hereford Percy’s servant
• Kyte, Mr | postmaster in Broadbridge
• Larkspur | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Lewis, Mr. | whipper-in at Hartswound Park
• Lieutenant | one of the Esquith de Foyes’ house dogs
• Lloyd-Jones, Mr. | tenant of Hartshorn, a large house on the edge of Hartswound Park
• Mann, Dr. | doctor on Antigua
• Mannering | rider in the hunt
• Marshall’s Creek | location on Antigua
• Martha | mentioned as friend of Mrs. Bunt
• Maugham, Cecil, Rev. | vicar of Broadbridge Parish
• Maximus | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• McDougall, Mr. | gardener at Priedpie Hall
• McFee, Mr. | head gardener at Hartswound Park
• McGinley, Mr | corrupt manager at Percies’ estate in Antigua before Edmund Percy’s journey there
• McManus | soldier; servant to Adam Rove
• Mereton, Mr. | clerk in Mr. Floyd’s office in Wales
• Merritt, Albert | agent who dies on route to West Indies
• Montrepp, Lady | last woman to ride in the Hartswound Park hunt before Miss Alderscott
• Morgette, Mr. Alphonse | plantation owner in Antigua; his wife, Mrs. Morgette; his daughter Miss Morgette
• Muckle | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Murdock | traitor on packet
• Nancy | Miss Alderscott’s maid
• Nelson | Mariah Esquith de Foye’s mastiff
• Obah | slave at Canebrake on Antigua
• Oddley, Mr. | impoverished resident of Broadbridge
• Ordway, Mr. | manager of stables at Hartswound Park
• Parsons, Mrs. | old kitchen servant at Hartswound Park
• Partridge, Mrs. | Christopher’s housekeeper in St. James
• Paws, Mr. | deceased pet of the Browntons
• Peavey, Mr. Andrew | Ashleigh’s guest from the down country
• Peggy | Andromeda Alton’s kitchen maid
• Percy, Alexander | second son of Hereford Percy; born 1784; died 1807
• Percy, Anne | wife of Hereford Percy; died in 1803
• Percy, Aunt Statira | Edmund Percy’ s father’s sister; lives near Oxford
• Percy, Christopher |first son of Hereford Percy; born 1779.
• Percy, Edmund | third son of Hereford Percy; born March 1787
• Percy, Hereford | head of Percy family; owner of Brackensom Manor
• Peter | slave on Antigua
• Pirate | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Plummer’s Corner | crossroads in Hampshire
• Primrose | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Prince | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Prudence | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Queenie | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Radcliffe, Mrs. | novelist
• Rampant | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Repton | famed landscape architect
• Ringly | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Roger, John | father of child of Sally Trumple in Broadbridge
• Rove, Adam | captain in militia
• Sam | servant who rides to Hampshire to summon Edmund Percy
• Samson | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Sarah | head midwife among Duckworth’s slaves on Antigua
• Saunders | servant at Hartswound Park
• Shreveton’s | plantation on Antigua mentioned as home of Mama Jee
• Simon, Mr. | butcher at Hartswound Park
• Slocum, Farmer | farmer near Broadbridge
• Sorrell, Conway | major in militia in Bath
• Spede, Mr. | apothecary
• Stokes | traitor on packet
• Sunlea | estate of Sir Thomas Bertram in Antigua
• Susan | farmer’s daughter hired to help Mariah Esquith de Foye in her charitable works
• Tarn, Mr. | hard-goods dealer in Broadbridge
• Thomas, Rev. | curate at Broadbridge Parish
• Thorpe | abutting neighbor at Brackensom
• Thumber, Colonel Eddington Allan | magistrate in Bath
• Thunder | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Tillotson | author of book of sermons
• Tom | “Old Tom,” coachman at Brackensom
• Treacle | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Trees, Mrs. | housekeeper at Brackensom
• Trice | traitor on packet
• Trueblood, Lord | master of the hunt near Brackensom
• Trumple, Sally | woman of dubious morals in Broadbridge
• Twickenham | ecclesiastical official in charge of setting dates for candidates for the clergy to take orders
• Upton, Charles | friend of Christopher; half-brother of Lord Esterbroke
• Valor | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Vanity | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Vanstoke-Raynham, Lord | absentee owner of Waller’s plantation
• Waller, Janetta | enslaved illegitimate daughter of Joseph Waller
• Waller, Joseph | manager of plantation next to Canebrake
• Warner | slave at Canebrake on Antigua
• Wartface | hunting dog at Hartswound Park
• Willoughby | of Sense and Sensibility
• Winsome | ship on which Edmund Percy sails to Antigua
• Winsome, George | namesake of the Winsome
• Wright, Mrs. | soft-goods dealer in Broadbridge; runs a book-selling business as well
• Wyman, Miss | eligible woman in the vicinity of Broadbridge