DK:Characters

Those marked “(H)” are recorded in history.

Knights Hospitaller of St John[]

(H) Juan de Homedès, Grand Master of the Order
(H) Nicholas Durand de Villegagnon, Knight of the Order
Graham Reid Malett, (Gabriel) Grand Cross of Grace and Bailiff of the Order
(H) Leone Strozzi, Prior of Capua and Commander of the King of France’s Mediterranean fleet
(H) Francis of Lorraine, Grand Prior in France of the Order, and brother of the Scottish Queen Dowager
Jerott Blyth, of Scotland and Nantes, Knight of the Order
(H) Galatian de Césel, Knight of the Order and Governor of Gozo
(H) Nicholas Upton, Turcopilier or Officer of the English Tongue within the Order
(H) des Roches, Serving Brother at the Châtelet, Tripoli
(H) Michel de Seurre, Sieur de Lumigny, Knight of the Order
(H) George Adorne, Bailiff of the Order and Governor of Mdina
(H) Marshal Gaspard de Vallier, Knight of the Order and Governor of Tripoli
(H) James Sandilands of Calder, Preceptor-General of the House of Torphichen of the Order in Scotland

(H) Anne de Montmorency, Marshal, Grand Master and Constable of France
(H) Piero Strozzi, Seigneur de Belleville, Count de Languillara, Florentine colonel of infantry under the King of France and brother of Leone Strozzi
(H) Gabriel de Luetz, Baron et Seigneur d’Aramon et de Valabrègues, French Ambassador to Turkey
(H) Henri Cleutin, Seigneur d’Oisel et de Villeparisis, French Ambassador and Lieutenant-General to the King of France in Scotland
(H) Nicolas de Nicolay, Sieur d’Arfeville et de Bel Air, cosmographer to the King of France

(H) Cormac O’Connor, heir to Brian Faly O’Connor, rebel Irish chieftain against England
Oonagh O’Dwyer, his former mistress
(H) George Paris, an agent between Ireland and France

Francis Crawford of Lymond, Comte de Sevigny
Richard Crawford, Baron Culter, his brother
Sybilla the Dowager Lady Culter, his mother
Mariotta, Richard’s Irish-born wife
Kevin Crawford, Master of Culter, Richard’s infant son
(H) Walter Scott of Buccleuch, Warden of the Middle Marches and Justiciar of Liddesdale
(H) William Scott of Kincurd, Younger of Buccleuch, his heir
(H) Janet Beaton, Lady of Buccleuch, his wife
(H) Grizel Beaton, Lady (Younger) of Buccleuch, sister to Janet Beaton and wife to Will Scott
(H) Robert Beaton of Creich, Captain of Falkland, their brother
(H) Mary of Guise, Queen Mother of Scotland, and mother of the child Mary, Queen of Scots

(H) Walter Kerr of Cessford and (H) John Kerr of Ferniehurst, heads, respectively, of the two main branches of the important Scottish lowland family of Kerr, at feud with the Scotts

(H) Peter Cranston of Cranston, a Border landowner, neighbour of the Kerrs and the Scotts
Joleta Reid Malett, sister to Sir Graham Reid Malett
Evangelista Donati of Venice, Joleta’s governess and duenna
(H) Thomas Erskine, Master of Erskine, Chief Scots Privy Councillor and Special Ambassador
(H) Margaret Fleming, his wife
(H) Jenny Stewart, Lady Fleming, mother to Margaret Fleming, and former mistress to the King of France