Dramatis Personae
KING HENRY the Sixth
HUMPHREY, Duke of GLOUCESTER, his uncle
CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to
the King
RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York
EDWARD and RICHARD, his sons
DUKE OF SOMERSET
DUKE OF SUFFOLK
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
LORD CLIFFORD
YOUNG CLIFFORD, his son
EARL OF SALISBURY
EARL OF WARWICK
LORD SCALES
LORD SAY
SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD, and WILLIAM STAFFORD,
his brother
SIR JOHN STANLEY
VAUX
MATTHEW GOFFE
A SEA-CAPTAIN, MASTER, and MASTER’S MATE,
and WALTER WHITMORE
TWO GENTLEMEN, prisoners with Suffolk
JOHN HUME and JOHN SOUTHWELL, priests
ROGER BOLINGBROKE, a conjurer
THOMAS HORNER, an armourer
PETER, his man
CLERK of Chatham
MAYOR of Saint Albans
SIMPCOX, an impostor
ALEXANDER IDEN, a Kentish gentleman
JACK CADE, a rebel
GEORGE BEVIS, JOHN HOLLAND, DICK the butcher,
SMITH the weaver, MICHAEL, &c., followers
of Cade
TWO MURDERERS
MARGARET, Queen to King Henry
ELEANOR, Duchess of GLOUCESTER
MARGARET JOURDAIN, a witch
WIFE to Simpcox
LORDS, LADIES, and ATTENDANTS, PETITIONERS, ALDERMEN, a HERALD, a BEADLE, SHERIFF, and OFFICERS, CITIZENS, ‘PRENTICES, FALCONERS, GUARDS, SOLDIERS, MESSENGERS, &c.
A SPIRIT
Scene — England.