Lord-Thomas Stanley, b: 1435 - Created Earl of Derby,

^{1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel}
^{1534 Henry VIII controls English church}
^{1538 Cortes conquers Mexico}
^{1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia}
^{1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen}

^{1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain}
^{1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope}
^{1492 Columbus discovers West Indies}
^{1498 Vasco da Gama sails to India}
^{1503 Leonard da Vinci paints Mona Lisa}

^{1415 Battle of Agincourt}
^{1427 Portuguese reach the Azores}
^{1434 Medici rules in Florence}
^{1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type}
^{1453 End of Hundred Years War}


		^{Sir-John Stanley}^{b. Lord Deputy of Ireland d.}

	^{Lord-Thomas Stanley}^{b.1419 1st Baron d.1458}	^{Isabel Lathom}^{b. d.}

^{Lord-Thomas Stanley}^{b.1435 Created Earl of Derby d.1504}		^{Sir-Robert Gonshill}^{b. of Gonshill d.}

	^{Joane Gonshill}^{b. d.}	^{Elizabeth FitzAlan}^{b.1374 d.1425}



	^{John Beaufort}^{b. Duke of Somerset d.}

^{Margaret Beaufort}^{b.1443 Bletsoe Castle, Beds. d.1509}

	^{Margaret de Beauchamp}^{b. d.}