Several servants of Mary Delarosa survive in King’s Head. Anne Darby (83) and Thomas Darby (88) are the only surviving servants who were still employed at the house when Mary died.
Henry Farnshaw (75) quit in 945 after his wife Joan Farnshaw died in the marsh. Her hands and face were blistered, he says, and she died drowning in the murky water of Crane Marsh.
Matthew “Matty” Briskit (59) was fifteen when Mary died. He was never employed but he did odd work around the house from the time he was twelve. His father Matthew Briskit Sr. stayed on for Mary till the end. Matthew Sr. died three years ago at 79.
The Darbys and Matthew know about the chapel and the locked room, keys lost, downstairs.
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