trip to jerusalem

One of the legends associated with the Inn relates to the downfall of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March and paramour of the then Queen mother, Isabella. Visitors to the Castle will doubtless have seen the railed-off entrance, south of the palace that leads down into the network of caves that honeycombs the Castle rock. This is where, in the year 1330AD, King Edward the Third entered the Castle to arrest his mother’s lover, Roger Mortimer, who had treasonously murdered his father, King Edward the Second. Mortimer was captured in the royal apartment and subsequently hanged. It is said that Mortimer and Isabella used to meet in secret in Mortimer’s Room, a small room, cut out of the rock at the back of the Inn. This was connected to the Castle grounds by a small passage, known as Mortimer’s Hole, through the interconnected network of caves. This hole was situated just to the left of the bar and now is covered over. The spirit of two people arguing have been sensed within this room. Also the running of a tap in this disused bar has been heard one an investigation that took place here in October 2005.

	The Legend of Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem Much of the history of the Inn is very poorly recorded. An archaeological dig in 1974 proved conclusively that the location of the original Brewhouse could only be that of the caves of Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem. This established that the Castle Brewhouse existed prior to 1189AD but the first dated reference is to be found is in the records of the City Council for the year 1618. The parochial rights to the area now known as the Brewhouse Yard did not in fact belong to the Castle but passed backwards and forward over time between the Priory of Lenton, The Knights Templar and the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem.
	One of the legends associated with the Inn relates to the downfall of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March and paramour of the then Queen mother, Isabella. Visitors to the Castle will doubtless have seen the railed-off entrance, south of the palace that leads down into the network of caves that honeycombs the Castle rock. This is where, in the year 1330AD, King Edward the Third entered the Castle to arrest his mother’s lover, Roger Mortimer, who had treasonously murdered his father, King Edward the Second. Mortimer was captured in the royal apartment and subsequently hanged. It is said that Mortimer and Isabella used to meet in secret in Mortimer’s Room, a small room, cut out of the rock at the back of the Inn. This was connected to the Castle grounds by a small passage, known as Mortimer’s Hole, through the interconnected network of caves. This hole was situated just to the left of the bar and now is covered over. The spirit of two people arguing have been sensed within this room. Also the running of a tap in this disused bar has been heard one an investigation that took place here in October 2005.
	The Rock Lounge & The Museum Room The famous Rock Lounge is accessed via a short stairway. Once the malting room of the old Brewhouse, a major feature of this room is the massive chimney that extends some sixty feet or so up through the Castle rock. This shaft, believed also to have been used as a hoist to and from the Castle for the ale that was brewed, is reputed to link into the extensive network of caves that honeycombs the rock.
	This Room is located underneath the snug with a spiral staircase that leads into it. It is a small room once used for the storing of Ale. The landlord now refuses to use this room as he saw the apparition of a small girl here. On an investigation in October 2005 two investigators decided to hold a vigil within this room with the trap door shut. They became aware of a spirit in the form of a shadow circulating around them.