Cast of 'The Hunt for the Griffin', A Restoration Whodunit by author Sandra Lessmann


	The Hunt for the Griffin Characters

	Marianna Ashton She comes of a collateral line of the infamous Percy family, which was for several generations involved in plots against the Crown. When she was sixteen years old, she married Roger Ashton, who, due to his participation in the Rebellion of the Northern Earls, was declared a traitor. Roger Ashton Marianna's husband. In 1569 he took part in the rebellion of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland and since its suppression has lived in exile on the continent. Nathaniel Ashton Marianna and Roger Ashton's eight-year-old son. He was placed under the charge of a guardian, appointed by the government after his mother lost custody of her son because she is the wife of a traitor. Henry Fleetwood Marianna's uncle, a Catholic gentleman, who owns a townhouse in London and extensive lands in Yorkshire, where Kirkby Hall, the Fleetwoods' family estate is also situated. Thomas Fleetwood Henry Fleetwood's son Katherine Fleetwood Henry Fleetwood's daughter James Danvers A friend of the Fleetwood family. He frequents the royal court and enjoys the Queen's favour. Henry Cleaton A friend and neighbour of the Fleetwoods Dr. Augustine Fraser Physician and alchemist, a frequent guest at the Fleetwoods' house Judith Marianna's maid Christopher Stevenson Marianna's servant John Buskell An agent in the service of Sir Francis Walsingham George Sutton Secretary of Lord Huntingdon, President of the Council in the North David Langdale Justice of the Peace and neighbour of the Fleetwoods in Yorkshire.