# Pettyfogger — The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling character guide

> Pettyfogger in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-the-history-of-tom-jones-a-foundling

## Who they are

Unscrupulous lawyer who appears in a legal subplot.

## In the story

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_history_of_tom_jones_a_foundling_se/chapters/viii)

A vile Somersetshire lawyer who slanders Jones to Mrs. Whitefield, falsely accusing him of being a bastard, a seducer, and a violent troublemaker; departs after Dowling.

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