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 |
Thomas Clifton b. of Toftrees. d. | ||||||||
John Walpole b.1525 Houghton, Nfk. d.1588 | ||||||||
Calybut Walpole b.1561 Houghton, Nfk. d.1646 | Catherine Calybut b.1530 Coxford, Nfk. d.1612 Houghton, Nfk. | |||||||
Elizabeth Walpole b.1594 Houghton, Nfk. d.1663 | Edmund Bacon b. of Hesset. d. | |||||||
Elizabeth Bacon b.1575 Hessett Hall, Hessett, Sfk. d. | Elizabeth Cornwallis b. d. | |||||||