Following the establishment of Richmond Palace as his favoured residence by Henry VII, Henry Courtney, Earl of Devon (succeeded by his son Edward) who was a close relative to the king settled in this area on the riverside upstream of the ferry. Edward was thought to be a possible husband for Queen Mary who had spent much of her youth in Kew as he did.

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Kew Past