March 31, 2008
One of many well known stately home hauntings the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall is possibly the most famous of all.
Raynham Hall is found in a rural location between the Norfolk towns of Fakenham and Swaffham. There have been many sightings of the so called Brown Lady since her death in 1726. She is thought to be Dorothy Walpole, the sister of Britain’s first ever Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole of Houghton Hall.
Although those who have had the experience of meeting her ghost recollect it to be a very frightening, it is understood that during her life she was a well liked, charming lady. Although this is so, it is believed that it was her obsession with flamboyant attire caused a rift between herself and her husband the second Marquess Townshend.
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March 27, 2008
Castle Rising, located close to the Norfolk towns of King’s Lynn and Hunstanton, was once been a busy seaport, although the sea is now situated over four miles away.
Although now in ruins, the Castle was obviously very grand and handsome. Queen Isabella, who resided at Castle Rising Castle was a French princess married to Edward II. It is believed that he neglected her and eventually she died quite mad due to loneliness and isolation.
In 1327, Edward was deposed in favour of his son, and the former King was eventually murdered by a close friend and lover of Isabella’s, Roger Mortimer. The young king became more uneasy with Mortimer’s growing power and eventually ordered a raid upon his castle in Nottingham Tintagel where he and Isabelle were, for him to be arrested. The Queen is said to have screamed and pleaded for her lovers life, but all to no avail as he was later convicted of the King’s murder and hanged at Tyburn in 1330.
The Queen was then sent to Castle Rising where her son demanded she never been seen in public again. He did however, allow her a few knights and ladies to keep her company. Twenty Seven years later Isabella passed away, after becoming demented some years previous.
It is reported that her shrieks and manic, crazy laughter can still be heard echoing around the castle and its grounds.
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