And that around the edge of the tomb: Here is situated Henry VII, the glory of all the kings ... E.W. Brayley History & Antiquities of...St Peter Westminster vol. 1, 1818 The Funeral Effigies of ...

Westminster Abbey is the final resting place of 30 kings and queens ... continue to inspire awe and wonder 500 years on. James I is buried in Henry VII's vault (under the tomb) but has no monument and ...

So when Henry VII died in 1509 after suffering from gout and asthma, he was fittingly buried in Westminster ... in the Abbey ...

After the English monasteries were dissolved by Henry VIII in the 1530s a small Benedictine community was re-established two decades later in Westminster Abbey.

At three years of age Catherine was betrothed to King Henry VII's oldest son Arthur ... an extravagant joint coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. For the first few years accounts suggest ...

More than 900 years ago Westminster ... Edward V and Edward VIII, has been crowned here. In 1965-6, the Abbey celebrated its 900th anniversary. The image above shows the tomb of Edward the Confessor.