Famous Phantom Visitors of Hampton Court

It was Cardinal Thomas Wolsey who built the luxurious palace, not more than ten miles from central London, in 1514. And it was the infamous Tudor King Henry VIII who, ten years later,  received it from Wolsey. Nevertheless, Wolsey fell from favour and was arrested for treason, but he died before he met his executioner. Since then, Cardinal Wolsey still visits frequently his former appartments.

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Ghost Tours & Lodgings

Hampton Court offers tours and lodging, and ghostly sightings are only one of the many attractions for visitors and tourists who love the ancient atmosphere of this celebrated haunted house in Surrey. Maybe you will meet two phantom soldiers of King Charles I during the night, the ghost of a boy dressed as a page of Charles II or the White Lady of Hampton Court.

Walking into the magnificent courtyard, maybe you will find architect Christopher Wren, who still is supervising the renovation of Hampton Court. Christopher Wren designed more than fifty London churches, including St Paul’s Cathedral and he died here in Hampton Court, in 1723. On February 25, the anniversary of his death, his footsteps have been heard and other paranormal phenomena have been witnessed.

Maybe you will see somewhere in the maze, or in the morning fog, the famous Ghost Dog of Hampton Court…

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Infamous Tudor Hauntings

A few days after he had disposed of his second wife Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII married Jane Seymour. Anne was beheaded for alleged treason, incest, adultery and witchcraft. She has been seen, most of the time headless, in the Tower of London and in the castles where she once lived. You’ll find her story here: The Traveling Headless Witch Anne Boleyn. At Hampton Court, she is seen as a lady dressed in blue or black.

Jane Seymour, the third wife of Henry VIII, died in 1537 after giving birth to the child who became Edward VI. Her life was deliberately sacrificed by the performance of a Caesarean operation in order to ensure the safety of the precious male heir. Jane had an uneasy conscience concerning the circumstances in which she supplanted Anne Boleyn, and after her death her worried spirit remained earthbound, seeking contact with the ghost of Anne. Jane Seymour haunts the Silver Stick Gallery in Hampton Court every year on the birthday of the baby whose birth had meant her death. On moonlit evenings, dressed in white and carrying a candle, she ascends in a melancholic way the staircase leading to the Gallery, where she glides wreathed in a silvery light.