THE HAUNTED PALACE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 128, 22 February 1908, Page 7

THE HAUNTED PALACE.

Pr I'Jfi' ;" 1; ißenoqi'- 1 '. :I ,:bV:aiiiLits• TRIJD mxs ABOTJT HAMPTON COURT.

, An interesting,:'article ■> on u"Tho > Spirit- : "World; ofrHsuipton-Court.: Palace" appears .m : ; "Chambe!rs'» ; Jonrnal;" King Henry -. Iriiow,' passed muck of: his" tiibo : :aty Hampton ..Qpurt,-, and- two at least:of the • ghostly visitants who are popularly supposed " ' haunt :.tho-Palace: arc associated vrith th« - t ,'ill:Jated wives of the much-married manarch. I "i the'ghost of mrs, pim • f> It 'watF-in'Haifipton Court ''that-!... ■ iHeiiry's-'llurd ''wife, Jane: Seymour, fays ■• bii'tll- to' Edward ,YI, dying shortly, after- •' wards* — , : V j tt'>i6 |l snid> that' ber'ghost- may! bo seen evlery night near tlio. private stairway: lead-' ' 'ibe: td ; hfer : former'.rooms; sho also appoara iii; tliay Bilycr-stiek Gallery with a lighted - ta^r<'ih , >b^band^.-'j!att6 - <Bbnnottr's rooan ' a^.iuw' ! occiii)ied.:by'-Mrsi ! -Jfpto:'kpa hei k I "fataily" Edward' ATL'was''born-in their draw:!ing:raom;>e Mrs..Pemi, his nurse anid fo«-: 1 )lcr-mbthßff r 'althongli ' koepinu; ;i •& >, 'Vigilant; : .Hyutth/^toi-rirpvent^any^royal: infant from .;•« : /living' in:; tlie : Palace, ; does not .interfere • .(with'tho children of those who 'are permittee, ' i■ to live there by royal grace and favour.; ' Jjf!..Thero is a traditioil , attached to tlw rrofims noiT . occiipied jby , Lord / and . Lady "'! • \lft'jolsisley that royal , baby ever lives that ■ ■ lisiborn in them, aa they '•.re' haunted bj . Airs. Pennj aiid when sho appears the babies die.! The,lasttroyal in'fjint. that: waa - bora ' there was; ( tlie son of Princess I<redorlpa. of . , Hiihov(rf ): ';m'ißßli'arid t-lie babv died. Tha Princess aad'her niifso"'are' said to have see*, tho iguro' of-Mrs. Pehu- in their nnrsery. ea tlie night; of the baby's death ' But by far the saddest storr ef Uie ; 'PdlAtie is'that.'of'Queen Gatherihe Howard: " 'Hphty's^ 'wife - .•''■■'■Henry and Catherine ■ r »to;'Han)ptoii: Court- after .-bavins. bees. ■ "iharfiM" five • rtoiitJis,!'and Henry was still so much'inylove with her that ho' would net' • ;have' their seclusion interfered ;with. - '• r : ,'rhenv eatfio'•fcho i -droadful'day when Cran''mer - thruHfc into; the/Kiiin's bands that .fate- " ' fill ,iiap6r:.w])ich tjirued liie love to auddea rr:j '/ i :>;:: s • : .' ; ' The King was furious, and .the Queen was >ory>hnrslily..!- a'nd' was' kept i' prisoner; in: her-room,. from "which she escaped'' into . the eld mysterious Haunted Gallery, ■'tWdo«^of-,-'« , 'hieli , - , is-''ott the right-hand aa ; yeu :dowii thO'Qneen'sigreat staircase. It 1 w»s:mto-~this. gallery- slie -escaped from her 1 ' : r fo'6m;-;and; »*!• aleng to- seek an ! -wlio; was 'hearing ' : -mass:in:thelEoyftl : Cbai«l. Jvistvbefore she : 'r«iohfid::tlm:'(lfior : tlio -ftuards -rudely seized ' her whili-her ruthless '• ' husband,'- in spite of -her piercing sereams, --•.'.•hiclv:were: heard all over the Pa'aee, een- 1 ' tinued-bis'',devotion's unmoved. :• ■■; ! '• : ;•--• parr:one:-woudor..that from time to time ■an apparitioh of-the Queen appears, wetiin klike'. of'hatred and of love.' Her injured • -Spirit?'-still'freqUents? the gallery, • and;r»- • 'luembers; the'-scenes which istill slie-:loyes. ' ■ Dressed- in: white..she hurries along'towards • tlie; royaL.>pow,-: ; .but:; before - reaching Mt re- 1 turns t uttering most unearthly sbrioks ef. do'spair;/ Residents in the.Palace- hare oftea ' heard :poor - Catlierino's ivails. v'; . " f ;THE VERSAILLES OF EKGLAND. : - ' I ira^/tfef^tKeif'snirlijJ-.too', 'whieh ; haunt; : or afe 'to, hannt 1 ' I tho splendid old -PhlSce on-.' tlie'- TOaiiieSi' but: Lady" Itolle'ston whose'- Sififelo; our, "'fjufttatiohs \ are; "mhde^-lias 1 little: tb' siy;about them.' : la- r 'dopd;''ther« is*iio' koro 'fittiric . setting fer ¥ in '".thiatt'". Wblsii!7 , s-.'m«s. :-o, bound with' 'thje I ''liistoribei"'of :: 'our ' kinfis and" ' qUeenb.'"- -'' " ''''.'. ' ■"'■'•'■■• fAtj Hanipt'oii',Court,-' Qncen' : .' Mai-y and '•Philm,of "Spain spent',thoir,h6noymoon,' and' -iOb&rlw;r'u^(^'''^ue''of'.hU''bappies^"daTs 'tliuroc'./. irbni" Hampton Court also ho passing through a, aud the scoret- pas:,kiigo underground to tlio rivcrsido.' Groin- ' wfell was for a time installed iu'tliu Pninco, ;st}d ono of his daughters was married there -to LorAj'falebnborg,; thereV too, his' favodtw 7 ' 'it 6 Hd'iightbr; '.Mrs,. \'Claypple, died.' ■ ;Queeift' i iAn'ni-also lived a great .'deal st Hampton.Coarti and the first tfro Ge6r£M; but; George' lit never lived' ibero after his ■ 'at^^Sioh; i ' ''It' r is'said that when be was a -bby.ihis grandfather -bftxed' faiij ears ono.dav at; Hampton Court, arid he was so disgusted at that treatment that be would never lira ..there afterwards.