William Stanley, b: 1470

^{1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel}
^{1534 Henry VIII controls English church}
^{1538 Cortes conquers Mexico}
^{1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia}
^{1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen}

^{1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain}
^{1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope}
^{1492 Columbus discovers West Indies}
^{1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India}
^{1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa}

^{1415 Battle of Agincourt}
^{1427 Portuguese reach the Azores}
^{1434 Medici rules in Florence}
^{1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type}
^{1453 End of Hundred Years War}


		^{Lord-Thomas Stanley}^{b.1419 1st Baron d.1458}

	^{Lord-Sir-William Stanley}^{b.1437 Lathom, Lancs. d.1494}	^{Joane Gonshill}^{b. d.}

^{William Stanley}^{b.1470 Holt, Ches d.1498}		^{Thomas Hopton}^{b. d.}

	^{Elizabeth Hopton}^{b.1427 Hopton Castle, Salop d.1498}	^{Eleanor Lucy}^{b. d.}





^{Joyce Charlton}^{b. d.}