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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
1327
The fishery at ‘Kaiho-juxta-Braynford’, which may be the origin of Kew Pond, first appears in the accounts of St Swithin’s Priory at Winchester
1358
Edward III begins to transform a royal manor by the Thames at Richmond into a building that can for the first time be called a palace
1394
Anne of Bohemia, the wife of Richard II, dies of plague at Richmond and in his distress the king orders the palace to be demolished
1413
Soon after his accession Henry V begins construction of a new royal palace at Richmond
1487
When Henry VII is in Richmond for Christmas, fire breaks out in his lodging and destroys much of the palace
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
1500-1650
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
1501
The rebuilding of Henry VII's palace is largely completed, after an impressively short time
1505
St Peter’s is rebuilt, retaining some Norman work in the chancel from the original ‘chapelry’
