# Nicholas Hogben — Privy Seal character guide

> Nicholas Hogben in Privy Seal by Ford Madox Ford.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Nicholas Hogben, Hogben, old Hogben, II Nicholas Hogben, Art Nick Hogben, Nick Hogben

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

The gatewarden who rides beside Thomas Culpepper at Smithfield, wrestling his pikestaff through the press of heads while the friar burns.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/chapters/i)

The gatewarden at Calais, a Lincolnshire man who bears a grudge against Culpepper for selling his father's farm. He confirms Culpepper has not yet passed.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/chapters/ii)

Skeptical of Culpepper's claims about Katharine Howard, he questions Culpepper's honesty and recalls rumors from Stamford.

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