Laurence Saunders, b: 1490 - Harringworth, Co Northants

^{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}


			^{Robert Saunders}^{b.1445 Shankton, Leics. d.}

		^{Edward Saunders}^{b.1469 Harrington, Northants. d.}	^Agricola^{b.1449 Shankton, Leics. d.}

	^{Laurence Saunders}^{b.1490 Harringwor, Co Northants d.}

		^Joan^{b.1463 Harrington, Northants. d.}

^{Alice or Avice Saunders}^{b.1515 of Harrington, Northants. d.}			^{William Brokesby}^{b.1432 Shoby, Leics. d.1523 Saxelby, Leics.}

		^{Robert Brokesby}^{b.1439 Shoby, Leics. d.1531 Saxelby, Leics.}	^Emma Myles^{b.1432 Derbyshire. d.1505 Saxelby Chuch, Leics.}

	^{Alice Brokesby}^{b.1490 Shoby, Leics. d.}

		^{Alice Shirley}^{b.1442 Staunton Harold, Leics. d.1500}