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The old Rectory Mansion has connections with the Romans, with
several villas in existence, as well as earlier evidence of Roman
survival. There are also signs of Anglo-Saxon habitation on the
site. The first recorded occupant of the Rectory Mansion was
Johannes de Marisco in 1228, although the death of Bishop Aymer de
Valence of Winchester in 1260 is also recognized.
There were many owners, Vicars and Rectors who occupied the building over next few centuries, but in 1476, Thomas and Jane Heynno become tenants. They were taken to the High Court by the owners in 1499, and ordered to re-build the house back to its original design of a Tudor timber-framed building, with a thatched roof and galleried courtyard. Building materials at that time were basic, and cow dung, straw and clay were used to "wattle and daub" the wood of the dwellings. From 1517-1519 a vicar resided in the dwelling, and in 1520 another vicar, William Holybury, took up residence untill around 1527. The house was lived in by members of the Church untill 1536, following the dissolution of the Monasteries by HenryVIII. He gave the property to his friend the Marquis of Exeter, who was the Earl of Devon. In 1539, he was tried and convicted of treason, and imprisoned in the Tower of London. The property then transferred back into the ownership of the King.
In 1546, the Mansion became a brew-house, under the ownership of the German Richards, who was the vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight. He became rich by selling beer to the British Fleet. It was during Elizabethan times that the mansion was converted into the Coaching Inn, were travellers would stay to rest. The most significant person to stay at the Inn was a Frenchman called Louis de Rochefort, who is thought to have been murdered in his bed in 1640. Excavation work under the supervision of Lord Mottistone, took place during the 1960s, where a human skeleton was found. These remains are believed to that of Louis de Rochefort. During the 1960s, the Rectory Mansion became a museum, and was opened to the public by Graham Ousborne-Smith Today, the Old Rectory ond its buildings are open to the public, known as the Brading the Experience.
Brading wax works ghost
The Cursed Waxworks Museum was once an Inn where travellers stayed. Frenchman Louis de Rochefort was murdered in his bed there, and the sounds of his screams can be heard. He swore to haunt the place whilst he lay dying. A human skeleton was found by workmen back in 1960s, and it is believed that they are the remains of Louis de Rochefort, who seems to have kept his promise to haunt the old Inn. A mysterious coach can be heard in the nearby lane, and sightings of a tall thin man have been seen in the gardens and courtyard. Could this be the ghost of the Frenchman?
There were many owners, Vicars and Rectors who occupied the building over next few centuries, but in 1476, Thomas and Jane Heynno become tenants. They were taken to the High Court by the owners in 1499, and ordered to re-build the house back to its original design of a Tudor timber-framed building, with a thatched roof and galleried courtyard. Building materials at that time were basic, and cow dung, straw and clay were used to "wattle and daub" the wood of the dwellings. From 1517-1519 a vicar resided in the dwelling, and in 1520 another vicar, William Holybury, took up residence untill around 1527. The house was lived in by members of the Church untill 1536, following the dissolution of the Monasteries by HenryVIII. He gave the property to his friend the Marquis of Exeter, who was the Earl of Devon. In 1539, he was tried and convicted of treason, and imprisoned in the Tower of London. The property then transferred back into the ownership of the King.
In 1546, the Mansion became a brew-house, under the ownership of the German Richards, who was the vice-Admiral of the Isle of Wight. He became rich by selling beer to the British Fleet. It was during Elizabethan times that the mansion was converted into the Coaching Inn, were travellers would stay to rest. The most significant person to stay at the Inn was a Frenchman called Louis de Rochefort, who is thought to have been murdered in his bed in 1640. Excavation work under the supervision of Lord Mottistone, took place during the 1960s, where a human skeleton was found. These remains are believed to that of Louis de Rochefort. During the 1960s, the Rectory Mansion became a museum, and was opened to the public by Graham Ousborne-Smith Today, the Old Rectory ond its buildings are open to the public, known as the Brading the Experience.
Brading wax works ghost
The Cursed Waxworks Museum was once an Inn where travellers stayed. Frenchman Louis de Rochefort was murdered in his bed there, and the sounds of his screams can be heard. He swore to haunt the place whilst he lay dying. A human skeleton was found by workmen back in 1960s, and it is believed that they are the remains of Louis de Rochefort, who seems to have kept his promise to haunt the old Inn. A mysterious coach can be heard in the nearby lane, and sightings of a tall thin man have been seen in the gardens and courtyard. Could this be the ghost of the Frenchman?
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