Sir-William Courtenay, b: 1485 - Powderham Castle, Devon

^{1534 Henry VIII controls English church}
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^{1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia}
^{1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen}
^{1580 Drake completes voyage around world}

^{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}
^{1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel}

^{1427 Portuguese reach the Azores}
^{1434 Medici rules in Florence}
^{1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type}
^{1453 End of Hundred Years War}
^{1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain}


			^{Sir-William Courtenay}^{b.1428 Powderham Castle, Devon d.1485 Powderham, Exeter, Devon}

		^{Sir-William Courtenay}^{b.1451 Powderham Castle, Devon d.1512}	^{Margaret Bonville}^{b.1432 Powderham, Exeter, Devon d.1487}

	^{Sir-William Courtenay}^{b.1485 Powderham Castle, Devon d.1535 Powderham Castle, Devon}		^{Sir-John Cheyney}^{b. d.}

		^{Cicely Cheyney}^{b.1455 of Pinhoe, Devon d.}

^{Sir-Peter Courtenay}^{b.1507 Powderham Castle, Devon d.1552 Chudleigh, Devon}

		^{Sir-Richard Edgecombe}^{b.1455 Powderham, Exeter, Devon d.}

	^{Margaret Edgecombe}^{b.1481 Powderham, Exeter, Devon d.1520}

		^{Joan Tremayne}^{b.1449 Powderham, Exeter, Devon d.}