# Nance Mockridge — The Mayor of Casterbridge character guide

> Nance Mockridge in The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mockridge, Nance

**First appearance:** 0016-xvii

## Who they are

A sharp-tongued local woman who works as a servant and gossips.

## Relationships

### [Michael Henchard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mayor_of_casterbridge_se/characters/michael_henchard)

_social_

Nance Mockridge is a local woman who interacts with Henchard in the community, often as a gossip or minor antagonist.

### [Michael Henchard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mayor_of_casterbridge_se/characters/michael_henchard)

_social_

Nance Mockridge is a local woman who interacts with Henchard in the community, often as a gossip or minor antagonist.

### [Michael Henchard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mayor_of_casterbridge_se/characters/michael_henchard)

_social_

Nance Mockridge is a local woman who interacts with Henchard in the community, often as a gossip or minor antagonist.

## In the story

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mayor_of_casterbridge_se/chapters/xiii)

Mockridge makes disparaging remarks about Henchard and Susan after the wedding ceremony.

### [Chapter XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mayor_of_casterbridge_se/chapters/xxxvi)

Present at Peter's Finger, expresses shock at Lucetta's letters and proposes a skimmity-ride.

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