# Friar Tuck — Ivanhoe character guide

> Friar Tuck in Ivanhoe by Walter Scott.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Friar, Tuck, the jovial Friar

**First appearance:** 0019-xvi

## Who they are

Stout and merry outlaw friar, companion of Locksley.

## In the story

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xvi)

The hermit of Copmanhurst, who is actually Friar Tuck, provides hospitality and reveals his hidden weapons and love of good food and drink.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xvii)

The anchorite hermit who hosts the knight, singing and drinking in his cell.

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xx)

The hermit transforms into a yeoman, arming himself for the upcoming battle.

### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xxxii)

Arrives triumphantly with Isaac as his prisoner, boasting of his exploits and claiming to have converted the Jew.

### [Chapter XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xxxiii)

The Hermit of Copmanhurst, who quarrels with Prior Aymer in Latin and claims the jewels for himself.

### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/xliii)

Expresses sympathy for Rebecca and willingness to fight if she were Christian.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ivanhoe_se/chapters/endnotes)

Explicitly identified as the Clerk of Copmanhurst in the endnotes.

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