Sucrese Townshend
- Age: 10
- Lives: In a small cottage in Hackney
- Parents: Mother is Alice Townshend, widow
Sucrese's mother is a well-respected midwife and wise woman (this means she makes medicines and treats sick people). The two of them live in a small cottage with a garden near Church Road, which they rent from Dame Sarah. Sucrese helps to grow and prepare the herbs Alice needs for medicines, and is beginning to learn her trade. Her older brother, William, who is nearly twelve, is working as a potboy at the Bryk Place. He lives in, and she misses him.