# Doctor Syn — Character guide

> Key figures in Doctor Syn by Russell Thorndike.

- [Doctor Syn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/doctor_syn.md): The beloved vicar of Dymchurch, whose gentle wit and learning hide a past that Mipps calls a 'blinkin' marvel.'
- [Mipps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/mipps.md): The coffin-making sexton of Dymchurch, whose dry winks and locked chests suggest he knows far more than he lets on.
- [Captain Collyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/captain_collyer.md): A naval captain nicknamed Collywobbles, sent to Romney Marsh on grim business that pits duty against the town's charm.
- [Jerry Jerk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/jerk.md): Dymchurch's potboy and self-declared future hangman, whose bullet head and pluck make him the schoolmaster's private nightmare.
- [Imogene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/imogene.md): The dark-eyed, sea-loving barmaid of the Ship Inn, daughter of a hanged pirate, who laughs at Denis's Latin and his shyness alike.
- [Denis Cobtree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/denis_cobtree.md): The squire's book-hating son, who scandalizes his father by vowing to marry a pirate's daughter and means every word.
- [Clegg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/clegg.md): The hanged buccaneer whose name still terrifies Romney Marsh, remembered for torturing a mulatto sailor and marooning him on a coral reef.
- [Sennacherib Pepper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/sennacherib_pepper.md): The Marsh's hard-drinking physician, whose dark tales of witches and fiery steeds make him both the squire's favorite joke and the village's uneasy oracle.
- [Mr. Rash](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/mr_rash.md): A Rye lawyer drawn into the courthouse inquiry, navigating the tangled loyalties and secrets that the Marsh's respectable folk would rather keep buried.
- [Morgan Walters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/morgan_walters.md): A local landowner and magistrate recruited to impersonate Doctor Syn in a harpoon-trap experiment, bobbing his head like a fairground Aunt Sally.
- [Job Mallet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/job_mallet.md): A farmer among the Scarecrow's men, whose knowledge of the Marsh's hidden paths and hiding places makes him useful to more than one master.
- [Mrs. Waggetts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/mrs_waggetts.md): The landlady of the Ship Inn, keeper of Dymchurch's busiest taproom and silent witness to the comings and goings of smugglers and king's men alike.
- [Antony Whyllie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/antony_whyllie.md): The blustering squire of Dymchurch, whose fury at his son's barmaid sweetheart collides with his desperate fear of losing the vicar he trusts.
- [Mrs. Whyllie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/mrs_whyillie.md): Antony Whyllie's mother, a widow in Dymchurch.
- [The Scarecrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/the_scarecrow.md): A masked figure who moves through the crypt and churchyard by night, laughing with Mipps and commanding the marsh's hidden trade.
- [Mr. Whyllie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/mr_whyillie.md): Antony Whyllie's father, a foolish old man.
- [Sir Antony Cobtree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/sir_antony_cobtree.md): A baronet and father of Denis Cobtree.
- [Bill Spiker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/bill_spiker.md): A smuggler and member of the Scarecrow's gang.
- [Hellspite](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/hellspite.md): A horse owned by Doctor Syn.
- [Captain Tuffton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/captain_tuffton.md): A foppish naval officer and rival to Captain Collyer.
- [Mr. Squire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/mr_squire.md): A local squire and magistrate.
- [Ling Fu Quong](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/ling_fu_quong.md): A Chinese man encountered in Watchbell Street.
- [Beelzebub](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/beelzebub.md): A name for the devil, used in oaths and references.

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