| 1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia 1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen 1580 Drake completes voyage around world 1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada  | 1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India  1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa 1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel 1534 Henry VIII controls English church 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico  | 1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type 1453 End of Hundred Years War 1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain 1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope 1492 Columbus discovers West Indies  | 
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![]()  |  Richard Cornwallis b. Otley Hall, Badingham d.  | |||||||
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|  John Cornwallis b.1555 Tannington, Suff. d.1615 Suff.  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Mr. Lowthe b. d.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Lyonell Lowthe b.1495 Castle Hedingham, Essex. d.1532  |   | |||||
![]()  |  Margaret Lowthe b. d.  | ![]()  |  Sir-Thomas Blennerhassett b.1449 Frenze, Nfk. d.1531 Frenze, Nfk.  | |||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Elizabeth Blennerhassett b.1500 Frenze, Nfk. d.1559  |  Margaret Braham b.1472 Wetheringsett, Suff. d.1561  | |||||
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