The Red Lion

The ghosts of three 15th century men emerge from the pub and walk towards the Bargate on the way to their execution, their heads bowed. These are the men who disapproved of King Henry V as monarch and plotted to replace him with the Earl of March, Richard II's nephew. The conspirators were convicted of treason and sentenced to death in the courtroom, which is now the Red Lion inn (however, a local historian says that "in reality they would have been tried where they were imprisoned at Southampton Castle, where Henry was staying at the time.") A lady in her sixties (some stories claiming that she is only visible from the knees up) is also seen in the bar area, while in the cellar, the door has been heard to open and footsteps, sounding like someone in a suit of armour has descended the stairs. Some claims exist that 21 ghost haunt this building.
Ruth Roper Wydle provides a few more tales relating to the ghosts of this pub; it is said that the lady who is seen from the knees up died by falling down the stairs; there is also said to be the ghost of a man who committed suicide in 1932, four ghosts who are sometimes seen seated around the fire, as well a young stable boy and a "washer woman" who walk along the corridor to the toilets. A witness stepped out of the way to let them pass, and they drifted by and disappeared into the wall next to where he was; the landlord at the time said that they were often seen. Other than these apparitions, there are a few other incidents; a group of customers were playing cards when one of the cards floated up into the rafters where it became lodged and where it remains. Loud bangs and something heavy rolling were heard coming from downstairs after hours; when the witness investigated he saw an object like a cannon ball fall off the window ledge, roll across the floor and disappear into the wall. According to staff, this wasn't a "new" story and had been seen when the bar was busy.

Update 15/4/22: I visited the pub and spoke to the landlady, Trish, who is said to have worked at the pub for 21 years. When I asked her if anything had been experienced recently, she said that her pub's CCTV caught footage of a glass exploding in June 2021 which is on the pub's Facebook page. She also said that a mysterious face had been caught in a photo taken upstairs and that on "medium's nights", there was consistent talk of a little boy. I showed her my write-up (above, pre Ruth Roper Wylde) and she said a few times, "Yes, I've heard of that" - but at no point did she say that anything had actually been experienced during her time at the pub.

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