Ghost
The Black Friar of Newstead
He comes before sorrow.
See it clearly
- What's there
- Abbey ruins and Byron's house
- Legend from
- Newstead
- Tone
- Spooky
A friar before misfortune.
The Black or Goblin Friar is said to appear to the head of the Byron family before a misfortune. Byron said he saw it shortly before his unhappy marriage and wrote it into Don Juan. In the Rook Cell he described a black shape with glowing red eyes.