Character Summary

MAJOR CHARACTERS

EDWARD VI: Son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, half-brother to Elizabeth I and Mary Tudor

TOM CANTY: a pauper boy

JOHN CANTY (LATER JOHN HOBBS): Tom’s father, who is a thief

MRS. CANTY: Tom’s good-hearted mother

NAN: Tom’s fifteen year old sister

BET: Nan’s twin sister

HENRY VIII: father of Edward VI

LADY JANE GREY: Prince Edward’s cousin

EARL OF HERTFORD: The prince’s uncle, Lord Protector.

LADY ELIZABETH: Edward’s half-sister.

MILES HENDON: a knight who has returned to England who becomes a protector of Prince Edward

HUGH HENDON: Miles’ other brother, who is a bad apple

EDITH: a woman Miles’ loved that marries his brother

HUMPHREY MARLOW, JR.: Edward’s whipping boy

HUGO: a young boy who is a thief and beggar

THE RUFFLER: leader of the gang

OTHER CHARACTERS

MARY TUDOR: eldest half-sister of Edward VI

FATHER ANDREW: a former priest who befriends the Canty children.

GRANDMOTHER CANTY: mother of John Canty

ST. JOHN: another official of the court

DUKE OF NORFOLK: a prisoner who Henry VIII wants executed

LORD CHANCELLOR: a government official

ARTHUR HENDON: Miles’ elder brother

SIR RICHARD HENDON: Miles’ father

YOKEL: a former farmer now in the Ruffler’s gang.

MARGERY and PRISSY: two little girls who help Edward

THE HERMIT: a hermit who claims he is an archangel

THE JUDGE: a good hearted man who shows mercy to Edward

THE CONSTABLE: a man whose corruption is helpful

THE WOMAN WITH THE PIG: a woman who accuses Edward of stealing her package

BLAKE ANDREWS: an old Hendon servant

SIR HUMPHREY MARLOW: father of whipping boy and an old friend of Sir Richard Hendon

WIDOW FARM WOMAN: mother of Prissy and Margery