BLACK PRINGE'S GHOST.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16606, 9 December 1924, Page 4

BLACK PRINGE'S GHOST.

SEEN BY LADY LIMERICK

WARNING OF PERIL FOR ENGLAND.

LOiVDON; Oct. 4;—The spirit' of I lie Black Prince is said tot httiiiit Hall Place, the fourteenth century mansion at, Boxley Heath, Kjcnt, where Lady Limerick resides.

It is. stated that the figure has been seep,three times in recent years, always in black armor. Two of its visits were during the war, at periods when the national outlook was particularly grim, and the latest was a few weeks backs. Lady Limerick herself testifies to. these ghostly apparitions, and. .ishe believes that the Prince is 'giving warning- of. impending danger to Britain. GLIDED AWAY INTO GARDEN.

"The last time I saw the ghost was on Sunday evening," .said Lady Limerick. "The figure was standing by the fireplace in the morning room, and when I went into the room with a friend it glided away through the window into the gardon. On the two former occasions the ghost appeared in the dusk of evening.

"Sometimes there have, been faint sounds of music, as if very sweet, old fashioned instruments were being played." Lady Limerick has declared that the- vision did not frighten her, ali though it startled her for a moment. In a second it had disappeared. She has long resided in the- mansion—"and I have said I would die in it," she added. It has been suggested that the ghost of the Black Prince has been attracted to the spot because it is associated with his wooing of his cousin Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent.

Tho belief is that his body rested

at Hall Place/for a night when being taken to Canterbury for burial. Historic links and legends cluster thickly round,the house and neighborhood. Hall Place is owned by Lady Limerick's sou-in-law, Mr. Cox Brady, whose desire is that the famous building shall be preserved as a national treasure. In the district around grew the yew trees from which the bows of the English archers at Orecy were cut.