Most Haunted (2002)

Saison 3 : Épisode 2

Surplombant les collines de Cumbria, Moresby Hall a abrité de nombreuses familles nobles depuis le XIIe siècle. Il s'agit de la plus ancienne résidence de l'arrondissement de Copeland (Cumbria occidentale) et d'un bâtiment classé Grade I. The name Moresby is likely to have derived from a connection with a settler (probably called Morisceby, Mawriceby or Moricebi) as early as 1150. The Moresby family were notorious in the medieval times, and aquired large estates through conquest and marriage. L'un des plus célèbres, Christophe de Moresby, combattit à Azincourt et fut honoré sur le terrain avec d'autres chevaliers par le roi Henri. Four generations of de Moresby later, Anne, Sir Christopher's great grand-daughter was sole heiress. She married Sir Francis Weston, who was executed by King Henry VIII, along with Queen Anne Boleyn and another of her alleged paramours. Anne finally sold Moresby Hall to a well-to-do merchant from Cockermouth - William Fletcher. The Fletchers were also a powerful family and owned Moresby Hall for 250 y