Ightham Mote is a beautiful fourteenth century manor
house, situated in Sevenoaks, Kent. Over the years it has been home to many
famous families and from 1591 it was the home of the Selby's.
A
member of the Selby family, Dorothy, is thought to be the ghost that is so
frequently seen around Ightham Mote. According to legend, she was walled up in
a room in the tower after she sent a letter to her cousin, Lord Moneagle,
which resulted in the downfall of Guy Fawkes and his Gunpowder Plot.
Supporters of Fawkes supposedly locked her in a room, bricked up the door and
left her there to die.
Since then, there has always been an unexplained
coldness in that area of the house. In 1872, workmen found a female skeleton
in a sealed room. Even after a Bishop performed an exorcism in the room where
she died, the strange chill is said to still remain.
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