The dramatis personæ of Doctor Syn.

Antony Cobtree	Son of Sir Charles, born 1727. Attended Oxford ahead of, but overlapping, Christopher; continuing visiting in order to court the future Lady Cobtree. Inherited squirrelishness, magistracy and Lordship in 17??? [ Maths does not compute with given dates.]
Denis Cobtree	Son of Tony Cobtree. Blissfully free of responsibility, leaving him free to hopelessly chase Imogene.
Christopher Syn	Born 1730, youngest graduate of Queens College, Oxford, with Doctorate of Divinity. In the 1754 vacation first encounters Mr Mipps at the Dymchurch sea-wall en route to Lympne Castle. Later to become Vicar of Dymchurch and Dean of the Peculiars.
Mister Mipps	Shipwright turned smuggler, pirate, carpenter, storekeeper, coffin-maker and sexton. Confidant and partner to Syn in all walks of life.
Maria(?) Cobtree	Daughter of Sir Antony.
Cicely Cobtree	Another daughter of Sir Antony.
Mrs Fowey	Housekeeper appointed to the Vicarage. Has a daughter 'plain as a cod-fish'. Is Cornish and presumably pronounced "Foy".
Mrs Waggetts	Functional landlady of The Ship. After becoming widowed takes a shine to Mr Mipps.
General Troubridge	Commander of the Dragoons, twin brother of the Admiral.
Jerry Jerk	Poor scholar, bane of Mr Rash, who became the pot boy at The Ship. Harboured ambition of being a hangman to the extent of buying a parcel of land and building his own gallows.
Captain Faunce	Army Captain.
Captain Collyer	Naval Captain.
Mr Rash	The irascible cane-weilding Schoolmaster. Defines "dramatis personæ" as "people what's in it".
Cuban Priest	Also called "The Mulatto" this unfortunate was readily identified by his missing tongue and ears. Blessed with a keen sense of smell and an astonishing survival instinct - he'd do well in a Saw film!