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| 1535 |
| | | Henry modernises the Chapel at Hampton Court and adds the magnificent ceiling | |
|  | Interior of the Chapel Royal, c.1905
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| 1536 |
| | | A Water Gallery, over 170ft long, is constructed and incorporates a landing stage for the King's Barge at Hampton Court with a Pleasure Gallery above | |
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| 1536 |
| | | Henry VIII encloses land to the north of Hampton Court Palace as a deer park, and plants it with acorns to provide oak for the navy | |
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| 1540 |
| | | Nicolas Oursian creates an astronomical clock for Henry VIII at Hampton Court | |
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| 1566 |
| | | The mathematician, astrologer and alchemist John Dee moves to a house in Mortlake on the site of the building now known as the Queen’s Head | |
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| 1571 |
| | | John Dee brings back from Lorraine a cartload of special instruments for alchemy, to be installed in his laboratory at Mortlake | |
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| 1579 |
| | | Queen Elizabeth buys the lease of Barn Elms for her spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham | |
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| 1583 |
| | | John Dee sets off for six years of travel in Europe, during which his laboratory and library in Mortlake is plundered by former associates and rivals | |
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| c. 1590 |
| | | Queen Elizabeth I instals in Richmond Palace a flushing water closet (or toilet) recently invented by Sir John Harington | |
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| 1603 March 23 |
| | | Queen Elizabeth I dies at the age of 69 in Richmond Palace | |
|  | The last known letter of Elizabeth I, 1603
National Archives, Kew
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