Midwinter · Character
Squire Thicknesse
A Peak-country landowner whose manor quietly shelters the lady's belongings while snowbound travellers and Jacobite intrigues pass through his gates.
supporting
Also known as Squire
First appearance: ix old england
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Presides over the hearing; drowsy and reliant on his niece.
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Thicknesse belongs to the settled, comfortable world of Derbyshire gentry — the kind of man whose manor can be trusted with a lady's charge and whose name anchors Alastair's sense of where he has been. He never…
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- Main conspirators and nobles
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See Squire Thicknesse in ix old england