# Robert Creedle — The Woodlanders character guide

> Robert Creedle in The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Creedle, Robert, old Creedle

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Snapshot

Giles Winterborne's faithful old servant, a walking museum of cast-off soldier's jacket, hunting boots, and sailor's knife, who tells the village's longest and most reliable stories.

## Who they are

He works Winterborne's cider-house and rounds, dressed in silent relics of wars and voyages he never made, and he is the hut's chief chronicler of Mrs. Charmond's rumored ways. His loyalty to Giles is absolute, and his garrulous memory makes him the village's living archive of grudges, tempers, and old wrongs. When Winterborne's fortunes slide, Creedle's dogged service becomes one of the few constants in a household coming apart.

## Relationships

### [Giles Winterborne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/characters/giles_winterborne)

_professional_

Robert Creedle is Giles's loyal servant and assistant in his woodland work, sharing a close working bond.

### [Giles Winterborne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/characters/giles_winterborne)

_professional_

Robert Creedle is Giles's loyal servant and assistant in his woodland work, sharing a close working bond.

### [Giles Winterborne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/characters/giles_winterborne)

_professional_

Robert Creedle is Giles's loyal servant and assistant in his woodland work, sharing a close working bond.

## In the story

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

Mentioned as Giles's odd man who needs fagots for baking and lighting fires.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/chapters/ix)

Giles's servant, busy preparing for the party; caught off-guard by the early arrival of the Melburys.

### [The Party at Winterborne's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/chapters/x)

Giles's servant; prepares the food and defends the snail incident; reminisces about old times.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/chapters/xii)

Creedle discusses with Timothy Tangs the precarious situation of Giles's houses due to John South's declining health.

### [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_woodlanders_se/chapters/xlviii)

Joins the search party, carrying grapnels and ropes, and later comments on the situation.

## Links

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