Four Poster

Your Room, named after a popular and hard working Mayor of Rye who did a great deal to further the promotion of the Cinque Ports. A historic series of coastal towns in Kent and Sussex. It was originally formed for military and trade purposes, but is now entirely ceremonial. It lies at the eastern end…

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Your room, ‘Rye Royal’, derives its name from a visit by Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1573 to Rye. The Queen declared Rye ‘Royal’ in return for her loyalty in sea defence and fishing and the presentation of 100 Gold Angel coins. – A Four Poster Bed – Antique furniture – Beamed ceiling – Wattle and…

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Your room, ‘The Kingsmill’, is named after Thomas Kingsmill who was second in command in 1747 to George Gray leader of the ‘Hawkhurst Gang’. A native of Goudhurst, he was ‘an active man in a policy to murder Customs men’. Hanged in chains at Goudhurst. The room has sealed up passages to the Inn’s south…

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Your Room The Fleur de Lys , is a reminder of the links the town of Rye and The Mermaid Inn has in history with France. Calais was an English possession for some 200 years (until 1600), and that Rye in 1377 was attacked by French raiders and destroyed by fire most of Rye, including…

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Your Room, is named after Charles James, Mayor of Rye 1996-1998. Previously the room was known as ‘Cadmans’ after a landlord of the Inn who issued his own trade tokens in 1665. The tokens are on display in Rye museum. The chest of drawers and four poster bed are very old. The bed with its…

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