article_snippet.sent: A four-poster bed which was dumped in a hotel car park and sold for £2,200 has been verified as once belonging to King Henry VII – and
article_snippet.sent: A four-poster bed which was dumped in a hotel car park and sold for £2,200Chester , has now been confirmed by DNA as once belonging to Henry VII .
article_snippet.sent: However, he was shocked when he new 'Victorian' purchase arrived and approached TV historian Jonathan Foyle with a suspicion that A four-poster bed which was dumped in a hotel car park and sold for £2,200 was, in fact, the only surviving Tudor bed.
article_snippet.sent: Since then, TV historian Jonathan Foyle has spent years trying to prove the artefact's historical roots and has now revealed that DNA testing on A four-poster bed which was dumped in a hotel car park and sold for £2,200's timber proved it once belonged to Henry VII.
article_snippet.sent: TV historian Jonathan Foyle said DNA from the bed's timber proved DNA from the bed's timber once belonged to King Henry VII (pictured) and King Henry VII (pictured) traced DNA from the bed's timber back to 1495,
article_snippet.sent: Henry VIII may have been conceived in A four-poster bed which was dumped in a hotel car park and sold for £2,200 .
article_snippet.sent: TV historian Jonathan Foyle has spent years trying to prove the artefact's historical roots and has now revealed that DNA testing on the bed's timber proved the medieval furniture once belonged to King Henry VII (pictured) .
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, scribblings in a Victorian furniture restorer's diary suggested that the bed was at Lathom when the bed was damaged during a siege in 1644.
article_snippet.sent: Henry VIII may have been conceived in bed .
article_snippet.sent: The carved four-poster bed, which has been revealed as Henry VIIs, was reportedly created for the marriage of the first Tudor King and Henry wife, Elizabeth of York, on January 18, 1486.
article_snippet.sent: It is highly likely that the couple's son, Henry, was conceived in the bed - meaning the item may have a physical link to the beginning of the Tudor dynasty.
article_snippet.sent: Jonathan Foyle, chief executive of World Monuments Fund Britain, said: 'This bed belonged to Henry VIII.
article_snippet.sent: This bed has to be the most important piece of furniture [in England' - and arguably, royal artefact.'
article_snippet.sent: Experts believe Henry VII may have taken This bed north while on a royal tour following the birth of Henry VII son. '
article_snippet.sent: Dr Foyle added: 'Evidence suggests This bed was made for the Painted Chamber of Westminster Palace for the marriage ceremony at Westminster Abbey on January 18, 1486.'
article_snippet.sent: This bed is part of the 'A Bed of Roses' exhibition at the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII second wife, at Hever Castle in Kent which also features a portrait of Henry VIII as a young man.
article_snippet.sent: This bed is not the only historical royal artefact to have been discovered abandoned or hidden in England.
article_snippet.sent: Henry VII's four-poster bed will remain on display in the Long Gallery at Hever Castle in Kent until November 22.
highlights_snippet.sent: Historian now claims DNA from the timber proves Owner belonged to Henry VII .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Ornate bed, now on display, was made for King and wife Elizabeth of York .