The Green Lady, affectionately nicknamed “Ivy” by staff, is believed to be the spirit of a 17th-century nursemaid to Oliver Cromwell's children. Legend says she became Cromwell's mistress. Despairing that she could never be an open part of his family, she tragically hanged herself in what is now Room 13 of the Golden Lion Hotel. Her shimmering green-clad apparition (hence her name) is particularly active in this room. She is known to open and slam doors, flicker lights, and is notorious for yanking bedcovers off sleeping guests in the dead of night. Witnesses have also heard a choking sob or gasp attributed to her final moments. She sometimes appears as a translucent female figure in old-fashioned green garments, though often her presence is felt through unexplained movements and sounds rather than a full apparition.