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Mr. Mottram

A wealthy, powerful man found dead at the Load of Mischief, whose fortune and quarrels supply half the village with motives.

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Also known as Mottram, poor Mottram, poor old Mottram, powerful rich Mottram

First appearance: The Three Taps

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Mottram was rich, known in Chilthorpe from boyhood, and estranged from his only local blood relation — a nephew he quarrelled with over politics and never met again. His wealth makes his testamentary dispositions the…

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