King Henry VI
King of England
Margaret
Queen to King Henry
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
the King's uncle and Protector
Eleanor
Duchess of Gloucester
Cardinal Beaufort
Bishop of Winchester and great-uncle to the King
The Dukes of Somerset, Suffolk, and Buckingham
English nobles
Lord Clifford and Young Clifford
Lancastrian nobles, father and son
Vaux
an English noble
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York
claimant to the English crown
Edward and Richard
sons to the Duke of York
The Earls of Salisbury and Warwick
allies of York
Thomas Horner and Peter Thump
an armourer and his apprentice
John Hume and John Southwell
priests
Margery Jourdain and Roger Bolingbroke
a witch and a conjurer
Simpcox and his Wife
impostors
The Mayor of Saint Albans and Sir John Stanley
royal officers
Two Murderers
hired to kill Gloucester
A Lieutenant, a Master, a Master's-Mate, and Walter Whitmore
seamen and pirates
Two Gentlemen
prisoners with Suffolk
Jack Cade
leader of a popular rebellion
George Bevis, John Holland, Dick the Butcher, Smith the Weaver, and Michael
followers of Cade
The Clerk of Chartham
a schoolmaster
Sir Humphrey Stafford and William Stafford
royal commanders
Lords Scales and Saye; Matthew Gough
supporters of the King
Alexander Iden
a Kentish gentleman
Lords, ladies, attendants, petitioners, aldermen, a herald, a beadle, sheriff, officers, citizens, prentices, falconers, guards, soldiers, and messengers
in England
A Spirit
conjured by Bolingbroke