# Peggy Badcock — Lorna Doone character guide

> Peggy Badcock in Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Peggy, Mistress Margery Badcock, Margery, Mistress Margery, Margery Badcock

**First appearance:** 0036-xxxvii-a-very-desperate-venture

## Who they are

Kit Badcock's wife, who pleads for his release.

## In the story

### [Not to Be Put Up with](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lorna_doone_se/chapters/lxix-not-to-be-put-up-with)

Mistress Margery Badcock, the healthy young woman kidnapped by the Doones; her baby is killed.

### [Compelled to Volunteer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lorna_doone_se/chapters/lxx-compelled-to-volunteer)

Mistress Margery Badcock, whose wrongs (the murder of her babe) help galvanize John Ridd to act.

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