Ralph Shelton, b: 1520 - Brome, Suffolk.

^{1538 Cortes conquers Mexico}
^{1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia}
^{1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen}
^{1580 Drake completes voyage around world}
^{1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced}

^{1492 Columbus discovers West Indies}
^{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}

^{1434 Medici rules in Florence}
^{1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type}
^{1453 End of Hundred Years War}
^{1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain}
^{1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope}


			^{Sir-Ralph Shelton}^{b.1430 19th Lord of Shelton Ma d.1497}

		^{Ralph Shelton}^{b.1478 Shelton, Norfolk. d.1538 Brome, Suffolk.}	^{Margaret Clere}^{b.1438 Ormseby, Norfolk. d.1501}

	^{Ralph Shelton}^{b.1520 Brome, Suffolk. d.1592}		^{Gilbert Brome}^{b. d.}

		^Mary Brome^{b.1490 Brome, Suffolk. d.1540}

^{Mary Shelton}^{b.1568 Broome, Suffolk. d.1646}



	^{Mary Steward}^{b. d.}