# Catesby — The Black Arrow character guide

> Catesby in The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0030-i-the-shrill-trumpet

## Who they are

A retainer of Richard of Gloucester who delivers messages.

## In the story

### [The Battle of Shoreby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/ii-the-battle-of-shoreby)

Attendant to Gloucester, questions the duke's exposure to danger.

### [The Sack of Shoreby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/iv-the-sack-of-shoreby)

Assists Dick by providing horses and lances, and explains that Gloucester's favor is based on Dick's name.

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