Tudor Property, Land and Possessions Chronology – Henry VII

Stockport Grammar School was founded in the north east of England.

Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford, took possession of Cardiff Castle.

A complex of recreational buildings was added to Greenwich Palace. It included facilities for chess, tables (backgammon and draughts), dice, cards, bils (billiards), bowls, archery and tennis as well as spectators galleries.

Catherine of Aragon and her Spanish courtiers were given accommodation in Durham House.

Construction began on Henry VII’s Chapel at Westminster Abbey.

The Boleyn family moved to Hever Castle which Thomas Boleyn had inherited from his father.

Sebastian Cabot, son of John Cabot, returned from a voyage to the New Found Land and brought back a quantity of fish.

John Cabot’s son, Sebastian, was given financial backing by the Bristol Merchants for an expedition to try and find a north-west passage that would make an easy route around the New Found Land to the shores of Cathay (China). The expedition was abandoned after they encountered ice and the crew refused to continue the journey.