A sixteenth-century house in Cambridgeshire, England, that is believed to be haunted by the ghosts of Mary Tudor and a gray lady.
On the night of July 7,1553, Mary Tudor, the daughter of Henry VIII of England, was taken in and hidden at Sawton Hall by the occupants, the Huddleston family, when Lady Jane Grey, Henry's grandniece was declared Queen in Mary's place. On the morning of July 8, fearing for her life. Mary escaped disguised as a milkmaid. In revenge supporters of Lady Jane burned the house down.
Lady Jane Grey's reign lasted only nine days before Mary Tudor was declared Queen and Lady Jane imprisoned as an impostor and executed. In gratitude for helping her in her hour of need Mary, who later became known as Bloody Marry for her persecution of Protestants, rebuilt Sawston Hall. A portrait of her still hangs in the Great Hall and her ghost is said to have been seen gliding serenely and at great speed through the house. The other ghost associated with Sawston Hall, the lady in gray, is of unknown origin. She is said to knock three times at the door and then float across the room.
