Sir Henry Chauncy, Lombard House, Hertford - Ghosts and Hauntings on Waymarking.com

Lombard House, now a private members club, is a 15th century building where Sir Henry Chauncy a noted barrister and historian of Hertford, once lived.

In 1712 when he presided over the last ever witch trial to be held in England. Jane Wenham was sentenced to be hanged but received a Royal Pardon and lived out her life in Weston, Hertfordshire dying in 1730. Her trial helped get the Witchcraft act repealed in 1736.

Sir Henry is thought to still haunt the first floor. In the Hertford Club creaking floorboards and footsteps have been heard but there is never any one there to cause them. One day at 18:00 the barman returned to the club to open up for the evening and was surprised to hear the sounds of laughter and voices coming from the snooker room. He thought that he may have locked someone in when he closed up in the afternoon but when he went into the snooker room there was no one there. Instead the snooker cues were shaking in their rack as if they had just been replaced and the snooker balls were scattered about the table as if a game was in progress.

Because of Sir Henry’s association with the house staff call the ghost ‘old Henry’ though there is no evidence that it is Sir Henry’s spirit.

Public access?: A private members club, who openly seek new members Visting hours: Not listed Website about the location and/or story: Not listed

Visit Instructions:

• Please submit a photo(s) taken by you of your visit to the location (non-copyrighted photos only). GPS photos are also accepted with the location in the background, and old vacation photos are accepted. Photos you took of paranormal activity are great. If you are not able to provide a photo, then please describe your visit or give a story about the visit
• Tell your story if you saw, felt, or smelled anything unusual. Post pictures of what you saw.
• Add any information you may have about the location. If your information is important about the location, please contact the waymark owner to see if it can be added to the description.
• Be careful and do not enter areas which are off limits or look dangerous. No waymark is worth harm. Use your 6th sense, because sometimes there are unseen things which are telling you to stay out.
• Use care when using your camera flash so you do not disrupt any possible nearby residents. Time lapse can be the best tool on your camera in many circumstances.

 

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log User Rating   07/16/2021 mikeD visited it 06/27/2021 Master Mariner visited it

View all visits/logs