Henry died at Whitehall and was to be buried at Windsor. The journey was broken so that the coffin lay at Syon overnight. In the morning attendants found that it had burst and dogs were licking at the remains. This fulfilled a prophecy made by one of the clerics evicted from Syon when the monastery was closed by Henry's reformation.

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Syon House - A seat of the Duke of Northumberland

Amy was the first wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who was the favourite at the time of Queen Elizabeth I who had granted him his father's and other estates at Syon and in Kew. He was suspected of killing Amy and ordered by the queen to stay in Kew until the scandal died down but it didn't. He lost his influence at court and sold the Kew estates.

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Kew Past