The 16th-century historian John Leland called the Henry VII Lady Chapel ‘the wonder of the world’ and it continues to inspire wonder amongst those who visit it today. It’s a glorious example of late ...
Henry VII was the only child of Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond (son of Henry V's widow Catherine de Valois and Owen Tudor) and his 13-year old wife Lady Margaret Beaufort (who died in the Abbot of ...
Henry VII's reign was a prosperous one, meaning there were funds to build the 'wonder of the world' Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey. It is there that the monarch lies alongside his wife ...