1628 English curtail King's powers 1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain 1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland 1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain 1665 Great plague of London | 1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada 1611 Authorized English Bible published 1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia 1618 Beginning of 30 Years War | 1534 Henry VIII controls English church 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico 1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia 1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen 1580 Drake completes voyage around world |
Sir-Edward Coke b.1550 Mileham, Norfolk d.1633 Stoke Pogis, Bucks. | ||||||||
William Cecil b.1520 Lord Burghley d.1598 Burghley, London Mddsx. | ||||||||
Sir-Thomas Cecil b.1542 lst Earl of Exeter d.1622 London, Mddsx. | Mary Cheeke b.1522 St. Mary the , Cambridge. d.1544 Cambridge. | |||||||
Lady-Elizabeth Cecil b.1574 Burghley, Stanford d. | John Neville b.1520 Snape Hall, Yorkshire. d.1577 | |||||||
Dorothy Neville (Coe) b.1548 Countess of Exeter - of Y d.1609 London, Mddsx. | Lucy Somerset b.1523 Chepsto, Monmouthshire. d.1582 | |||||||