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| 1415 |
| | | Sir William de Milbourne, the first known resident of Milbourne House, dies and is buried in the Barnes parish church of St Mary’s | |
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| 1467 |
| | | Sir John Saye, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Edward IV, becomes the first recorded resident of Barn Elms, the manor house of Barnes | |
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| c. 1485 |
| | | A tower is added to St Mary's in Barnes | |
|  | St Mary's Church, in Barnes
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| 1487 |
| | | When Henry VII is in Richmond for Christmas, fire breaks out in his lodging and destroys much of the palace | |
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| 1493 |
| | | John Williams, a brewer, acquires half an acre of land beside the Thames in Mortlake and builds on it a house subsequently known as Cromwell House | |
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| c. 1500 |
| | | The manor of East Sheen and West Hall is carved out of the manor of Mortlake, including all that part of Kew that now lies between the river, the A316 and the District railway | |
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| 15001650 |
| | | A number of noblemen and wealthy merchants build their villas around Kew Green, including Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, closely associated with Queen Elizabeth I. The only villa to survive from this period is the present Kew Palace built in the Dutch style
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| 1501 |
| | | The rebuilding of Henry VII's palace is largely completed, after an impressively short time | |
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| 1505 |
| | | St Peter’s is rebuilt, retaining some Norman work in the chancel from the original ‘chapelry’ | |
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| 1509 December 25 |
| | | The newly crowned and recently married king, Henry VIII, spends his first Christmas with his wife, Catherine of Aragon, at Richmond | |
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