Naming My Characters - The Sorcerer's Letterbox

In The Sorcerer's Letterbox, Jack is the name of the hero, since I needed a name that could also be used today for a boy of around twelve, but which was also in keeping with the Middle Ages. Other characters in the novel, such as Richard III, Edward V and Tyrell, are of course real historical people, leading players in the mystery of the Princes in the Tower. Meg, who becomes Jack's accomplice in 1483, is a fictional character but Meg, a variant of Margaret or even Mary, was a common female...