# Master Viridus — Privy Seal character guide

> Master Viridus in Privy Seal by Ford Madox Ford.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Viridus, Master Viridus, the Sieur Viridus

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

The Sieur Viridus moves through Hampton's privy stairways as Cromwell's trusted hand, the man who takes Thomas Culpepper in custody at the worst possible moment.

## In the story

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/chapters/vii)

Tasked by Cromwell with fetching Thomas Culpepper from Paris.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/privy_seal_se/chapters/vii)

Cromwell's servant, tasked with executing the plot against Culpepper and Katharine Howard.

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

Sits silently in the room with Culpepper and Lascelles, weighing Throckmorton's offer to join the conspiracy.

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

Mentioned as holding Lascelles at dagger-point in the next room, a witness against Cromwell.

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