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From Henry VII to Henry VIII in Richmond   31 January to 29 August 2009 500 years ago, on 21 April 1509, King Henry VII died in his palace at Richmond. He was succeeded by his second and only surviving son, who became King Henry VIII.  Both monarchs had remarkable lives and reigns. Henry VII founded the Tudor dynasty and brought peace and relative stability following the Wars of the Roses. He modernised England’s government and legal systems and curbed the power of the nobility. Henry VIII’s lasting legacy was to lay the foundations for the establishment of the Protestant Church of England by taking control of the Church away from the Pope and passing it to the Crown. In local terms, both kings spent much time in Richmond, though it was Henry VII who built a splendid palace here and gave Richmond its name. This exhibition looks at both kings’ links with Richmond and what the local area was like in 1509.    Events page      Trading in Human Lives