Simon Merrivale, herald to the Prince of Wales and queen’s envoy to the north
Mauro, his servant
Warin, his groom
Diccon, his groom
Tiphaine de Tesson, Norman noblewoman and daughter of an executed rebel
Peter de Lisle of Chipchase, the herald’s apprentice
Reginald, Lord Grey of Hargate
Lady Grey, his wife
Lady Mary Grey, his daughter and wife of Sir Richard Percy
Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England
John Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury and president of the council
William de la Pole, banker and merchant
John Pulteney, banker and merchant
Henry Percy, Baron Percy of Alnwick
Lady Idonia, his wife
Harry Percy, their eldest son and heir
Richard Percy, their younger son, currently fighting in France
John Grey, her brother, currently fighting in France
Edward Balliol, claimant to the throne of Scotland, now defeated and in exile
Gilbert d’Umfraville of Harbottle, Lord of Redesdale and claimant to the Earldom of Angus in Scotland
Lady Joan, his wife
Jamie Hall, hobelar from Redesdale, in Umfraville’s service
Thomas Clennell of Hesleyside, claimant to the Lordship of Selkirk in Scotland
Thomas Wake, Baron Wake of Liddell
Walter Selby of Biddlestone, captain of Liddel Strength
William Selby, his son
Robert de Lisle of Chipchase, father of Peter de Lisle
David Harkness of Blackfell
Ralph Neville, Baron Neville of Raby
Thomas Rokeby, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and royal commander in Berwick
Tom Rokeby (Young Tom), his nephew
John Coupland, border landowner
John Stryvelyn, keeper of the castle at Berwick
Roger Heron, Stryvelyn’s deputy
John Croser (Kalewater Jack), hobelar in Heron’s retinue
Eckies Nickson, hobelar in Heron’s retinue
Eustace de Manenghem, Lord Rowton
William de la Zouche, Archbishop of York and Warden of the Marches
Thomas Hatfield, Bishop of Durham, currently with the army in France
Hugh de Tracey, treasurer of Durham Priory
John of Bridekirk, prior of Hexham
Gilbert de Tracey, formerly the king’s banker, now a canon at Hexham Priory
Oswald of Halton, Dominican friar
John of Bothcastle, prior of Lanercost
John of Eskdale, abbot of Jedburgh
Alexander Seton, preceptor of the Order of Saint John in Scotland
William Blyth, merchant of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Oliver Woodburn, man-at-arms in Blyth’s service
Adam Murton, alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Egidia Murton, his wife
Kristoffer Tielt, Flemish merchant resident in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
John Brotherton, merchant of Berwick-upon-Tweed
Henry Cheswick, merchant of Berwick-upon-Tweed
Oppicius Adornes, banker in Bruges
David II Bruce, King of Scotland
Niall Bruce of Carrick, his half-brother, illegitimate son of Robert the Bruce
Patrick Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar and March
Agnes Randolph, his wife, Countess of Dunbar and March and Lady of Mann and Annandale
Lady Mora of Islay, shieldmaiden in the service of the Countess of Dunbar
Somairle of Mann, man-at-arms in the service of the Countess of Dunbar
John Randolph, Earl of Moray, brother of the Countess of Dunbar
Sir William Douglas of Liddesdale
James Craig, Master of Kinross
Archibald Graham, Lyon Herald
John Graham, Earl of Menteith
William Murray, Earl of Sutherland
Robert Keith, Marischal of Scotland
Rollond de Brus, Norman nobleman and cousin of the Scottish Bruces
Guy Dampierre, Count of Béthune and Lord of Hamilton in Scotland
Yolande of Bohemia, Countess of Béthune, his wife