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| 1114 |
| | | A 'chapelry' exists by now in Petersham, probably occupying the same site as a Saxon church mentioned in the Domesday Book | |
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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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| 1610 |
| | | Sir Thomas Vavasour builds Ham House | |
|  | Ham House
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| 1626 |
| | | Ham House is expanded by William Murray, former ‘whipping boy’ to Charles I, and later created Earl of Dysart | |
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| 1649 |
| | | Ham House is inherited by William Murray’s daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, Sir Lyonel (later Earl) Tollemache | |
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| 1671 |
| | | Elizabeth Tollemache, now a widow and owner of Ham House, marries the Earl (later Duke) of Lauderdale, member of the Cabal that ruled England under Charles II | |
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| 1698 |
| | | On the death of Elizabeth, Duchess of Lauderdale, Ham House is inherited by her Tollemache descendants who manage the estate for the next 250 years | |
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| 1715 |
| | | John Campbell, Duke of Argyll, defeats the Old Pretender’s troops at the battle of Sherrifmuir, for which he is rewarded with an estate in Petersham, carved out of Richmond Park | |
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| 1720s |
| | | In the Duke of Argyll's Petersham estate James Gibbs builds the Palladian villa of Sudbrook Park, with a famous cube room | |
|  | Sudbrook House
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| 1742 |
| | | Grove House is built in Ham Street, Ham | |
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