LotFP Character Names and Scurrilous Backgrounds

Planing on running or playing a  Lamentations of the Flame Princess or other game set in an early modern, English setting? Need a quick name for your beloved PC or NPC? Looking for that perfect

shady or questionable past that has propelled the character into the dangerous life of the adventurer? Well look no further. Simply roll on the below d100 table and you're on your way. If you're in a real hurry, roll once, or take your time and role 2-3 times for a mix and match.

Culled from "English Names in the 17th Century", which in turn culled the names "Vexed and Troubled Englishmen" by Carl Bridenbaugh. Based on English  records, court and manorial records and so on.

1	Abbott	Edward	Captured at sea
2	Allen	George	Stole 19 sheep
3	Allingham	John	Brawl in church
4	Asplin	William	Arrested for fortune telling
5	Ayres	John	Called Lord Mayors wife a whore
6	Badd	Emmanuel	Married 5 times
7	Banister	John	Card cheating
8	Banks	William	Begat bastard, whipped
9	Barrett	Bridget	Stuck pins in Mrs Dumbrell in church
10	Bayle	John	Received book in will of John Mortimer
11	Bayly	Ralph	Swore NE migrants were rebels
12	Beale	James	Accused of extramartial intercourse
13	Beale	Sarah	Lewd living
14	Beikson	George	Nightwalker/woodstealer
15	Beldam	John	Abused parents & vexed neighbours
16	Benbury	Christopher	Southhampton brewer, bad beer
17	Bide	Thomas	Rector, no sermons given in 4 years
18	Bird	Thomas	Illegal craft work
19	Blenerhasse	Thomas	Irreverent in Church
20	Bond	Isabel	Assaulted widow Sarah Giles
21	Boone	Daniell	Dartmouth watchman, slept at post
22	Bosely	John	Oxford musician, opened dancing school there
23	Bourne	Nehemiah	Wapping, became N England shipbuilder
24	Bourne	Nicholas	Charged for printing illegal pamphlets
25	Bowyer	Clare	Her seaman husband is a Moor
26	Bromley	Richard	Illegal craft work
27	Brooke	Ralph	Wore horns in churchyard at wedding
28	Browne	Elizabeth	Fortune teller, cheated Mary Browne
29	Browne	John	Lived with wife in church porch
30	Bubb	John	Scandalous rhymes against David Dunne
31	Bull	Henry	Carter, ran down Thomas Haggett
32	Burch	William	Embezzling charge
33	Carpenter	William	Kept tobacco/bawdy house
34	Cauker	Katherine	Had bastard child, whipped
35	Chauncy	Charles	Opposed church litany
36	Chinnery	Robert	Harboured undesirable
37	Chiswicke	Henry	Sold short measure coal
38	Clarke	Peter	Eye-gouge fight with Lt Bromley Ess
39	Clarke	Thomas	Oxford, worked with Jn Boseley (dancing sch)
40	Clifford	James	Gentleman and vagabond
41	Comyn	John	Churchyard brawl
42	Constable	Susan	Common quarreller
43	Coreate	Robert	Gentleman, ran illegal bowling alley
44	Cornwall	Mary	Threatened Susan Constable
45	Cottrell	Elizabeth	Marshalsea prison
46	Crathorne	Alice	Swearer/brawler/drunkard
47	Crewe	Fortune	Libelled John Comyn
48	Culverwell	Anthony	Highway robbery
49	Culverwell	Ezekiel	Puritan vicar, expelled
50	Davies	John	Deserted press gang
51	Day	Nicholas	Rector, charged with sedition
52	Dell	Ann	Wife of butcher, unlicensed surgery
53	Devereux	John	Assaulted constable
54	Dike	Bridget	Unlicensed bone-setter
55	Drury	William	Worked as mole-catcher in Middlesex
56	Ensam	Elizabeth	Seaman husband a Moorish prisoner
57	Evans	John	Robbed Cecily Mann
58	Farmer	Katharine	Libeled Richard Miller
59	Fishpole	Robert	Drunk & incapable
60	Fitch	Gray	Landless husbandman & rogue
61	Foster	Thomas	Taught children without a license
62	Freind	James	Debtor
63	Frethorne	Richard	Sent to US as indentured servant
64	Frith	Mary	notorious brigand
65	Froward	Thomas	Librarian, burned books
66	Frynder	Reginald	Vicar, drunkard
67	Fuller	Robert	Cheated apprentice  at dice
68	Fuller	Thomas	Whipped, stole wheat sheaves
69	Game	Samuel	Milked others' cows
70	Gardiner	John	Charged with dislike of church
71	Goodwin	Mary	Vagrant
72	Goodwyn	Marcellus	Duck-shooting charge
73	Goulding	Henry	Stole hens in Walthamstow
74	Greene	Thomas	Charged high rents
75	Greenham	Richard	Rioter, damaged a dwelling
76	Harris	Nicholas	Alleged leper
77	Hart	Anne	Charged for swearing/obscenities
78	Hartt	James	Consistent brawler
79	Hawkins	Isaac	Highway robbery
80	Haynes	Susan	Kept lodgings for vagrants
81	Herriott	James Esq	1 of 40 children of Scots father
82	Hobson	William	Hedge-breaking charge
83	Hogg	Miles	Age 18, 3 bastard children so far
84	Hopkins	Bartholomew	Gamester/fraudster
85	Jacie	Henry	Vicar removed for nonconformity
86	James	Thomas	Laborer/rogue
87	Jenner	Henry	Sang irreverently in church, put in stocks
88	Johnson	John	Deserted family
89	Key	Catherine	Charged with living apart from husband
90	Laney	Julius	Branded as dangerous beggar
91	Larradd	John	Assaulted widow Bon in St Giles
92	Leverett	Thomas	Refused to pay Ship Money
93	Lidsan	Thomas	Refused medical bill
94	Lilly	William	Astrologer
95	Longe	Richard	Scandalous rhymes against David Dunne
96	Mann	Cecily	Assault/theft
97	Mann	Richard	Illegal craft work
98	Massie	William	Abused rector
99	Maundrell	Robert	Libeled vicar
100	Merrett	Thomas	Bawdy thievish alehouse