Lady-Elizabeth Cecil, b: 1574 - Burghley, Stanford

^{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}