Lesser house / family
Alkham family
Also called the Alkhams
A Dover house that spreads across both shores without becoming a corporation, owning relationships rather than the most tonnage.
Named with it
- Mary Alkham (agent
- keeps the crossing ledger)
- Peter Alkham
- Jacob Alkham (cousin
- customs house interpreter)
Ties
- members work at the Britannian factory at Blanchefleur and the Dover customs house
- Mary Alkham is an agent of the Kentish company houses
At the table
Mary acts for several Kentish principals, Peter knows which syndic clerk answers after the harbour bell, and Jacob keeps his customs work so carefully separate that everyone jokes about it and nobody has proved a favour.