Dramatis personae
Faces of the Realm
The living names of the recovered realm, as the volumes record them
London
Admiral Sir George Blackwood
Admiral of the Fleet b. c. 4558
London
Admiral-Captain Ysabel Mere
Admiral-Captain; senior Crown aerial-service officer b. c. 4576
Copperhouse Lane
Agnes Whitlow
Weather-Reader
London
Ambrose Nicholas Cattermole
Cataloguer of Obsolete Engines b. c. 4549
Lower Thames
Amos Whitby
Tar Inspector of the Lower Thames b. c. 4570
King’s Basin
Anne Tewkesbury
Harbourmaster of King’s Basin b. c. 4581
Westminster
Archbishop Edmund James Vale
Principal archiepiscopal voice at Westminster b. c. 4552
Oxford
Archbishop Oswin Halden
Archbishop of Oxford b. c. 4556
Envoys’ Crescent
Archon Demetrios Kallisar
Foreign Archon b. c. 4560
Lantern Fort
Baron Alured Greyfen
Lord of Lantern Fort b. c. 4559
Crowferry
Baron Edmund Bellmere of Crowferry
Baron of Crowferry b. c. 4546
Stone Oast
Baron Matthew Quire
Lord of Stone Oast b. c. 4584
Southbank
Beatrice Sallowe
Mistress of Southbank Preserving Works b. c. 4571
Southwark
Bishop George Fenmere
Bishop associated with London’s river parishes b. c. 4562
Whitechapel
Bishop Nicholas Ferne
Bishop of London b. c. 4572
Lambeth
Canon Beatrice Anne Hales
Canon of Lambeth b. c. 4563
Stone Oast
Captain Hugh Deane
Constable of Stone Oast b. c. 4563
Lower Thames
Captain Miriam Alverstone
Packet Captain b. c. 4578
Lower Thames
Captain Odo Mere
Master of the River Watch b. c. 4582
London
Colonel Osbert Fell
Officer of the London Militia b. c. 4571
Lower Thames
Commissioner Alexander Marr
Commissioner of Thames Customs b. c. 4568
Britannia
Crispin Morrow
Novelist of Provincial Britannia b. c. 4541
Exchange Court
Cyprian Ardle
Chief Underwriter, Blue Ledger b. c. 4564
Cambridge
Dame Eleanor Markham
Retrieval Benefactor b. c. 4541
London
Dame Ysabel Tern
Master Assayer
London
Daniel Pomeroy
Customs Clerk b. c. 4587
London
David Ashdown
Society for Corrected Antiquities b. c. 4570
Westmere
David Harnett
Master of Westmere Droves b. c. 4566
Westminster
David Rooke
Grand Witchhunter of the Crown b. c. 4567
Southbank Foundry Row
Doctor Peregrine Peter Wray
Keeper of Recovered Mechanisms b. c. 4566
London
Dorothy Fen
Plague Inspector of London b. c. 4591
Britannia
Duchess Eleanor Corbin
Head of House Corbin b. c. 4571
Westminster
Duke Aldren James Harcourt
Head of House Harcourt b. c. 4566
Britannia
Duke Benedict Whitecroft
Head of House Whitecroft b. c. 4566
Oxford
Duke Cuthbert Halden
Head of House Halden b. c. 4546
Britannia
Duke Geoffrey Bellamy
Head of House Bellamy b. c. 4571
Cambridge
Duke Gerard Beaumont
Head of House Beaumont b. c. 4581
Britannia
Duke Giles Alderton
Head of House Alderton b. c. 4572
Britannia
Duke Hugh Mereford
Head of House Mereford b. c. 4563
The Northern Marches
Duke Matthew Wychmere
Head of House Wychmere b. c. 4563
Britannia
Duke Nicholas Fane
Head of House Fane b. c. 4558
The High South
Duke Nicholas Hartfell
Head of House Hartfell b. c. 4586
The Northern Marches
Duke Osbert Crowhurst
Head of House Crowhurst b. c. 4559
Britannia
Duke Oswin Ravenscar
Head of House Ravenscar b. c. 4571
Britannia
Duke Robert Ashcombe
Head of House Ashcombe b. c. 4559
Sarrum and Its County
Duke Stephen Ashdown
Head of House Ashdown b. c. 4566
Westminster
Duke Stephen Mortaine
Secretary of State for War; Head of House Mortaine b. c. 4558
The Northern Marches
Duke Walter Redmarsh
Head of House Redmarsh b. c. 4561
Redbourn
Earl Cedric Bell of Redbourn
Earl of Redbourn b. c. 4586
Wye
Earl Osbert Pike of Wye
Earl of Wye b. c. 4567
Westminster
Edmund Chislehurst
Technical Lecturer
Britannia
Edmund Vaun
Painter of the Rain-Dark Cities b. c. 4570
Oxford
Eleanor Cresset
The Deep Bell b. c. 4574
Lower Thames
Esther Fairclough
Dock Broker of the Lower Thames b. c. 4576
Cambridge
Examiner Ursula Kell
Examiner of the Collegium b. c. 4563
London
Father Rowan Dene
Priest of the London Thresholds b. c. 4578
Cambridge
First Warden Bartholomew Keel
First Warden of the Guild of Artificers b. c. 4573
Westminster
General George Ashcroft
Captain-General of the Crown Army b. c. 4561
Westminster
George Lucan Vane
Curator, Westminster Cabinet of Foreign Curiosities b. c. 4558
Westminster
George Marchmont
Under-Secretary of Civic Works b. c. 4588
Sarrum and Its County
Grace Ashdown
Chair of the Sarrum Bank Council b. c. 4579
Britannia
Harbour Judge John Fenwood
Harbour Judge b. c. 4558
Southbank
Helen Strickland
Artificer
Greywater
Hester Grayshott
Greywater Rememberer b. c. 4552
Lower Thames
Hester Lark
Net-Factor of the Lower Thames b. c. 4581
Ninefields
Hester Quill
Speaker for the Sarrum Rubble Districts b. c. 4581
Cambridge
High Constable Adam Fenne
High Constable of Cambridge b. c. 4573
Oxford
High Constable Stephen Poynt
High Constable of Oxford b. c. 4573
London
Hugh Penrose
Watch-Captain of London b. c. 4584
Cambridge
Ismay Vance
Captain of Vance’s Company b. c. 4575
Assayers’ Walk
Jane Cottesmore
Schoolmistress
Bellmarsh
Joan Crale
Bellmarsh Black Net b. c. 4580
Lower Thames
Joan Kettering
Ferry-Mistress b. c. 4569
Whitfleet
John Cresswell
Master of Whitfleet Fisheries b. c. 4591
London
John Nicholas Pike
Keeper of the Hall of Curiosities b. c. 4594
London
Jonah Whitcombe
Grave-Master of London b. c. 4579
London
Jonathan Merivale
Experimental Lecturer b. c. 4576
Westminster
King Edmund IV
Treaty-King; King of Britannia b. c. 4561
Undercity
Kit Verrall
Nightstairs Combine b. c. 4587
Assayers’ Walk
Lady Beatrice Vane
Civic Patron & Financier b. c. 4578
Westminster
Lady Constance Mary Alderwick
Patroness of the Collector Circles b. c. 4563
The City
Lady Mayor Eleanor Marsh
Lady Mayor of London b. c. 4566
King’s Basin
Lionel James Petherick
Black Gull Auctioneer b. c. 4582
Velvet Court
Lora Winterbourne
The Quiet Intermediary b. c. 4575
Westminster
Lord Admiral Henry
First Lord of the Admiralty b. c. 4563
Westminster
Lord Chamberlain Stephen Nicholas
Lord Chamberlain b. c. 4581
Westminster
Lord Treasurer Nathaniel Vane
Lord Treasurer b. c. 4563
London
Lucan Ash
Relic Broker b. c. 4581
Exchange Court
Lucan Hurst
Factor of Exchange Court b. c. 4571
Britannia
Lucia Saye
Creator of The Last Lantern b. c. 4581
Lyonnais Court
Madame Élodie de Lyonnais
Hostess of Lyonnais Court b. c. 4581
London
Madame Léonie d’Aubrac
Funerary Portraitist b. c. 4571
London
Maria Albourne
Famous Opera Singer b. c. 4583
Cambridge
Mast-Master Owen Rees
Mast-Master of the Cambridge Yards b. c. 4567
Cambridge
Master Alaric Voss
Master of the Walls b. c. 4587
Cambridge
Master Corin Hale
Public Voice of the Guild of Artificers b. c. 4547
London
Master Corin Hatherleigh
Surveyor
Cambridge
Master Crispin Vey
Company Captain & Author b. c. 4565
London
Master Gerard Thornycroft
Financier
Exchange Court
Master Henley Thornycroft
Exchange Merchant b. c. 4561
Undercity
Master Symon Rook
Lower-Ways Broker b. c. 4559
Cambridge
Matron Joan Larke
Matron, Cambridge Guarantor Rooms b. c. 4572
Sarrum and Its County
Mayor Robert Kelham
Mayor of Sarrum b. c. 4564
Southwark
Mother Elspeth Crowe
Mother Elspeth Crowe; Bell Lantern Rooms b. c. 4567
Playhouse Lane
Nell Fairhurst
Music-Hall Singer b. c. 4596
Sarrum and Its County
Nell Vetch
The Cinder Lark b. c. 4591
London
Nicholas Cedric Davenant
Curiosities Dealer b. c. 4576
Little Mere
Osbert Lyle
Mere-Man of Little Mere b. c. 4575
Lower Thames
Owen Pell
Barge-Captain b. c. 4574
Lower Thames
Peter Winchcombe
Quay Broker of the Lower Thames b. c. 4574
The Holy Seat
Pontifex Maximus Leo XIV
Pontifex Maximus b. c. 4551
Dover
Port-Reeve Eustace Marr
Port-Reeve of Dover b. c. 4575
Westminster
Prince Richard
Heir to the Crown b. c. 4593
Qadis
Prince-Governor Rashid al-Qadisi
Prince-Governor b. c. 4573
London
Professor Alexander Flint
Metallurgist b. c. 4569
London
Professor George Hatherley
Lecturer on Antique Mechanics b. c. 4571
London
Professor Vale
Scholar of Sacred Topography b. c. 4573
Cambridge
Proving-Master Adam Thirl
Master of the Collegium Proving Rooms b. c. 4552
Cambridge
Quarry-Master Alditha Rowe
Quarry-Master of Stonecourt b. c. 4565
Cambridge
Registrar Margery Vaine
Keeper of the Register b. c. 4588
Lower Thames
Rowan Peverel
Wharfmaster of the Lower Thames b. c. 4576
Copperhouse Lane
Samuel Harbury
Inspector
Lower Thames
Selwynn Price
Harbourmaster b. c. 4563
Oxford
Senior Alderman Matthew Brome
Senior Alderman of Tallow Hall b. c. 4536
Cambridge
Senior Alderman Thomas Keld
Senior Civic Authority of Cambridge b. c. 4538
Westminster
Serjeant Matthew Blake
Crown Serjeant of London b. c. 4575
London
Silas Dene
Editor of the Lantern Review b. c. 4583
Westminster
Sir Alured Marchmont
Prime Minister b. c. 4566
Westminster
Sir Edmund Rooke
Home Secretary b. c. 4581
Upper Vale
Sir James Merefield of the Upper Vale
Landholder of the Upper Vale b. c. 4569
Westminster
Sir Julian Thornycroft
Foreign Secretary b. c. 4566
Lantern Fort
Sir Martin Fell
Constable of Lantern Fort b. c. 4570
Westminster
Sir Matthew Wetherall
Minister of Works and Communications b. c. 4579
Southwark
Sister Mercy Alderwick
Matron of the Southwark Infirmaries b. c. 4569
Vexley Hall
Soraya bint Nadir
Recital Artist b. c. 4583
Southwark
Stephen Pomeroy
Public Meeting Organiser b. c. 4577
Sarrum and Its County
Thomas “Iron Tom” Dace
Prize Fighter of Sarrum b. c. 4580
London
Thomas Alderwick
Surveyor b. c. 4579
Britannia
Thomas Aster
Sculptor of the Recovered Cities b. c. 4564
Lower Thames
Thomas Blackwood
Pilot of the Lower Thames b. c. 4595
Westminster
Thomas Edward Bale
Lord Chancellor of Britannia b. c. 4553
London
Thomas Merrow
Chief Gaoler of London b. c. 4563
King’s Basin
Tobias Thornycroft
Port-Reeve b. c. 4555
Cambridge
Warden Abel Crowe
Warden of the Blue Kiln Fellowship b. c. 4570
Cambridge
Warden Giles Harker
Warden of the Stonecourt Brotherhood b. c. 4557
Cambridge
Warden Martin Quince
Warden of the Glassmere Company b. c. 4561No one in the volumes answers to that description.