1King Henry the Third of England
2Prince Edward, son of King Henry
3Edward Lacy, earl of Lincoln
4John Warren, earl of Sussex
5Will Ermsby, gentleman and courtier
6Rafe Simnell, the court fool

Margaret, a dairy maid of Fressingfield
The Keeper of Fressingfield, father of Margaret
Rural folk of Fressingfield:
9Joan
10Thomas
11Richard
12A Friend of Margaret and the Keeper
13Other rural attendees of Harleston Fair

14Friar Bacon, a necromancer and master of Brasenose College, Oxford
15Miles, his poor scholar
16Friar Bungay
17Jaques Vandermast, a German necromancer
Doctors of Oxford:
18Burden
19Mason
20Clement

21Emperor of Germany
22King of Castile
23Eleanor, daughter of the King of Castile
24Duke of Saxony
25Lords and attendants

Country gentlemen of Suffolk:
26Lambert
27Serlsby
28Two Scholars, sons of Lambert and Serlsby

29Hostess of the Bell at Henley
30A Constable
31A Post, serving Lacy

32Three devils
33A Spirit in the shape of Hercules in his lionʼs skin
34The Voice of the Brazen Head