The Traitor of St Giles

Cast of Characters

Sir Baldwin de Furnshill

The Keeper of the King’s Peace in Crediton, who is known as a shrewd investigator of crimes in his jurisdiction. He has a reputation for helping those who have been persecuted.

Jeanne

The widow of Ralph de Liddinstone has now married Baldwin. She has the nagging fear that her husband may be sent to fight for his Lord.

Edgar

Baldwin’s servant, formerly his man-at-arms, and for several years now his loyal companion.

Bailiff Simon Puttock

The long-standing friend of Sir Baldwin. With his own legal experience as a Stannary Bailiff, Simon has often joined forces with Baldwin to investigate murders.

Lord Hugh de Courtenay

The head of one of the country’s important families, Lord Hugh is worried by rumours of impending war and seeks to consult his most loyal men as to which faction to support.

Sir Gilbertde Carlisle

A renegade Templar, one of the many who escaped the vindictive persecution of the French King. Now he is being used by the Despensers as a messenger. He hopes to regain a little of his dignity by joining a Lord’s retinue.

William the Small

Man-at-arms to Sir Gilbert. William was with Despenser as a sailor, but he left the ship when he saw that Sir Gilbert needed help

Joan Carter

The raped and murdered daughter of Matilda Carter.

Matilda Carter

Married to Andrew Carter, Matilda is sister to Nicholas Lovecok. She came down to Devon with Nicholas when he had to leave his old home in Lincolnshire.

Nicholas Lovecok

A wealthy and powerful merchant in Exeter, he built up his business from nothing. He is visiting Tiverton to help with the provisions for the feast at Lord Hugh’s castle.

Andrew Carter

Husband to Matilda and step-father to Joan, he has been Nicholas’s close friend for several years. Their wealth has grown as a result of their shared business interests.

Philip Dyne

An apprentice spicer who was Joan Carter’s lover. He has confessed to killing Joan but managed to escape capture by gaining a place of sanctuary. Now he must leave the country.

Harlewin le Poter

The Coroner of Tiverton – a bluff, vain womaniser who has Lancastrian sympathies.

Father Abraham

The local priest in Tiverton who has a loathing bordering on hysterical fear of heretics in general and the Knights Templar in particular.

Father Benedict

The old Templar priest for Templeton. He refused to leave the area and desert the small parish flock when the Templar manor was closed.

Avicia Dyne

Sister to Philip. She never believed that her brother could have killed the girl he loved.

Sir Peregrine of Barnstaple

A bannaret and trusted follower of Lord Hugh, he is the Keeper of Tiverton Castle.

Felicity

A well-known whore who works in Tiverton.