The Fire Court: A gripping historical thriller from the bestselling author of The Ashes of London
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Infirmary Close, The Savoy
James Marwood, clerk to Joseph Williamson, and to the Board of Red Cloth
Nathaniel Marwood, his father, widowed husband of Rachel; formerly a printer
Margaret and Sam Witherdine, their servants
The Drawing Office, Henrietta Street
Simon Hakesby, surveyor and architect
‘Jane Hakesby’, his maid, formerly known as Catherine Lovett
Brennan, his draughtsman
Clifford’s Inn and the Fire Court
Lucius Gromwell, antiquary
Theophilus Chelling, clerk to the Fire Court
Sir Thomas Twisden, a judge at the Fire Court
Miriam, a servant at Clifford’s Inn
Pall Mall
Sir Philip Limbury
Jemima, Lady Limbury, daughter of Sir George Syre
Mary, her maid
Richard, Sir Philip’s manservant; also known as Sourface
Hester, a maid
Whitehall
Joseph Williamson, Under-Secretary of State to Lord Arlington
William Chiffinch, Keeper of the King’s Private Closet
Others
Roger Poulton, retired cloth merchant; late of Dragon Yard
Elizabeth Lee, his housekeeper
Celia Hampney, his widowed niece
Tabitha, Mistress Hampney’s maid
Mistress Grove, of Lincoln’s Inn Fields; who lets lodgings to Mistress Hampney
Barty, a crossing-sweeper in Fleet Street, by Temple Bar