A 19thC Cornish ghost of Leedstown woman who was tricked from her deeds by her husband–to–be and went mad.

Inland from Breage is the small hamlet of Leed's–town (called after the Duke of Leeds, who has property in Cornwall). It is the seat of the following short story:—"The Leed's–town ghost runs up and down stairs in a house during the night, and then sits in a corner of the room weeping and sleeking her hair. It is the ghost of a young woman who was engaged to be married to a man who refused to become her husband until she gave him certain deeds– kept in a box in the above room. As soon as the deeds were in his possession, he realised the property and escaped to America, leaving the luckless girl to bemoan her loss. She went mad: night and day she was searching for her deeds; sometimes she would sit and wail in the spot where the box had been. At length she died: her spirit, however, had no rest, and still constantly returns to keep alive the memory of man's perfidy." — Through Rev. S. Rundle.

Which was worse for the young woman: the loss of the deeds or the loss of the promise of a husband? I believe the loss of love to be the stronger, and the loss of the deeds to be just a reminder.