Sussex, England

Across the road from the main entrance to Pevensey Castle, and directly opposite the pub is the Mint House. It was built in the mid 14th century and the reson for its name is that it was apparently built on the site of the old Norman mint.
In 1542, Andrew Boorde, one of Henry VIII's physicians, purchased the house. Henry's son, Edward VI stayed there once with Boorde. Boorder was well-known and well-liked locally due to his good disposition.
Many people have seen the ghost of a woman in Elizabethan dress in the "haunted chamber", the smallest room on the first floor. Her origins lie in the sixteenth century, when the house was owned by a London merchant named Thomas Dight.
Dight's career forced him to travel often, and one night he returned home unexpectedly to find his mistress in the arms of her lover. He was so enraged that he immediately bound the girl up and cut out her tongue. He then forced her to watch as her lover was slowly roasted to death.
The lover's body was tossed into the ocean, (which used to run up to the side of Pevensey Castle) and the mistress was left alone in a room upstairs to die. Dight never told anyone of the events of that night, and no one even suspected anythign was amiss! As Dight was dying in 1601, he made a deathbed confession, detailing the above events. Apparently, this was not enough to give the spirit of his slain mistress peace, as she still haunts the Mint House, appearing in a long, full skirt, small ruff and white lace cap.
Unfortunately the Mint House was shut when we arrived, but I did take the above picture of the front of the house, and hopefully we will be able to fit a return visit during operating hours into our agenda on our next trip.