<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> <span class="mceItemObject" classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui> </span> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Arundel</span><span> Castle is a restored medieval castle which overlooks the River Arun in West Sussex. Begun in the reign of Edward the Confessor the Castle was completed by Roger de Montgomery, the first Earl of Arundel - the title conferred on him by William the Conqueror.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://www.picturesofengland.com/img/L/1113875.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="335" /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Picture by Sarah Dawson&nbsp; -&nbsp; <a href="http://www.picturesofengland.com">www.picturesofengland.com</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The motte was constructed in 1068, the gatehouse in 1070. Henry I (1068 &ndash; 1135) settled the lands on his second wife, Adeliza of Lovain. After Henry&rsquo;s death she married William d&rsquo;Albini who built the stone shell keep on the motte. It was Henry II (1135-89) who built much of the oldest part of the Castle and who confirmed William as Earl of Arundel.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>From the 11^th century the Castle has served as a hereditary stately home - to the Fitzalans in the 13^th and the Howards in the 16^th century. It is now the ancestral home of the Duke of Norfolk.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The Castle was severely damaged by fire in the 17^th century but was restored during the 18^th and 19^th centuries.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Like many of our castles Arundel is said to be haunted:-</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>On moonlit nights the ghost of a young woman has apparently been seen wandering round Hiorne&rsquo;s Tower. [The tower designed by architect Francis Hiorne in the 18^th century is located in Arundel Park behind the castle]. It&rsquo;s said she committed suicide by throwing herself off the tower after the loss of her lover.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The spectre of a &lsquo;Blue Man&rsquo; has been seen searching through books in the Gothic library. This ghost, dressed in blue silk, supposedly dates back to a resident of the Castle in the time of Charles II.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Some 200 years ago a young boy working in the kitchens is thought to have been beaten frequently by his the head cellarer. The boy died as a result of the mistreatment; his ghost haunts scrubs pots and pans and scurries round the kitchen.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>As late as 1958 a trainee footman went to turn off the drawbridge lights. As he walked along the ground floor corridor the footman saw the head and shoulders of a long-haired man in a loose grey tunic; the man faded away to nothing.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The ghost of a small white bird is a harbinger of death. The bird flutters around the windows of the Castle on many occasions which are said to have coincided with the sudden death of a resident.</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><br /></h3> <h3 class="post-title entry-title"><br /></h3> <div class="post-header"></div> <div id="post-body-2655483461651060400" class="post-body entry-content"><br /> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0P16Y4T11ww/TtOwFIKLr8I/AAAAAAAAEjI/Aj3ltMmxhv0/s512/800px-Herstmonceux_Castle%25252C_2009.jpg?gl=GB"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0P16Y4T11ww/TtOwFIKLr8I/AAAAAAAAEjI/Aj3ltMmxhv0/s400/800px-Herstmonceux_Castle%25252C_2009.jpg?gl=GB" border="0" width="400" height="300" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>The facade of Herstmonceux Castle</strong></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>(By Brian Raine - Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 generic license)</strong></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Herstmonceux</span><span> Castle, in East Sussex, has had a chequered existence and like many of England&rsquo;s it has it ghosts.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Sir Roger Fiennes, Treasurer of the Household of Henry VI, started building the castle in 1441. It was one of the first major brick buildings and today is the oldest brick building of any note still standing in England.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>By 1700 the last Lord Dacre, Earl of Sussex was forced to sell the castle and by the end of the century most of it had been demolished. By the early 1900s it had become a ruin before being reconstructed. In 1946 the estate was sold to the Admiralty and it became the home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. In 1993 Herstmonceux Castle was acquired by The Queen&rsquo;s University of Canada; it is now an International Study Centre. </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The most famous Herstmonceux ghost is the nine-foot tall Phantom Drummer who frequents the ramparts at night. Some accounts say he was killed at the Battle of Agincourt and ever since his death tattoo can be heard accompanied by showers of blue light from his drum sticks. </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Other versions say the drummer is the ghost of an old Lord Dacre who lived secretly in the castle and beat his drum to ward off lovers of his young wife. He applied phosphorous to his face, clothes and drum and appeared round the castle in a drummer&rsquo;s uniform. His wife became so annoyed she locked him in and left him to die. Unfortunately for her, the sound of his drum could still be heard, frightening her lovers away.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The spectral White Lady seen swimming across the moat at night and standing nearby wringing her hands in torment is believed to be the wraith of a girl from the village. One of Sir Roger's sons had forced his attentions upon the girl; she escaped his clutches by leaping into the moat. Her attacker caught her and dragged her back into the castle. He then assaulted and murdered her.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Visitors to Herstmonceux Castle are now invited take part in a guided tour and become familiar with the stories of the resident ghosts.</span></span></div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e5DXzvP3H_Q/TtOwCybSIcI/AAAAAAAAEjE/NqcDZ-qzjTc/s512/Herstmonceux_castle_aerialview.jpg?gl=GB"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e5DXzvP3H_Q/TtOwCybSIcI/AAAAAAAAEjE/NqcDZ-qzjTc/s400/Herstmonceux_castle_aerialview.jpg?gl=GB" border="0" width="400" height="305" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Aerial View of Herstmonceux Castle</strong></span></td> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><br /> </strong></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>(By Welshie - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 unported license)</strong></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> </div> <div class="post-footer"></div>