Jane Seymour 's Ghost Haunting Hampton Court Palace

Image: Jacobus Houbraken via Wiki Commons

After a long labour that started on the 9th October Jane Seymour gave birth to Henry's longed for son at Hampton Court Palace on Friday 12th Oct 1537. Three days later, wrapped in furs for warmth, she made her last public appearance at the reception for Prince Edward's christening.

Jane quickly sickened after her son's christening and by 17th October she was receiving last rites, she died in the early hours of 24th October 1537 probably from some form of child bed fever. Her embalmed body remained at Hampton Court until November 12th when it was removed for burial in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

There's a legend that Jane's heart was buried, by order of Henry VIII, under the stone altar in the Hampton Court Chapel Royal where her body lay in state.

Jane Seymour's ghost has been seen on both the Silver Stick Staircase where she carries a lighted taper and in Clock Court.

Visitor information: Clock Court is open to the public but the Silver Stick Staircase is not. Hampton Court Palace is open to the public everyday except 24th, 25th and 26th December but please check for occasional closures due to maintenance.

Address:

Hampton Court Palace

East Molesey

Surrey

KT8 9AU

Where to stay: The LandmarkTrust offer holiday accommodation within Hampton Court Palace allowing you free access, during opening times, to areas open to the public.

The Georgian House, originally built as kitchens for George, Prince of Wales, in 1719 is on the same side of the Palace as Henry VIII's real Tennis Courts. Further details can be found on The Landmark Trust website

The haunted Kings Arms Hotel is right beside Hampton Court Palace by the Lions Gate. Ghosts include a young boy who threw himself out of a window after finding his mother hanged in one of the rooms, his mother is also said to haunt the hotel. The apparition of a grey haired woman has been sighted at a bedroom window and in January 2015 a photograph said to be of a ghost standing behind a father and son in the Kings Arms Hotel was published in the Mirror newspaper.

Address:

Kings Arms Hotel

2 Lion Gate

Hampton Court Road

East Molesey
Surrey

KT8 9DD

The ghost of Jane Seymour is also said to walk the corridors of Marwell Hall, Winchester, written about here:

Haunted Marwell Hall - Jane Seymour and Anne Boleyn's connection to The Mistletoe Bride

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