1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia 1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen 1580 Drake completes voyage around world 1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada | 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 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico | 1440 Gutenberg, printing w/type 1453 End of Hundred Years War 1479 Formation of kingdom of Spain 1488 Diaz rounds Cape of Good Hope 1492 Columbus discovers West Indies |
Sir-William Courtenay b.1451 Powderham Castle, Devon d.1512 | ||||||||
Sir-William Courtenay b.1485 Powderham Castle, Devon d.1535 Powderham Castle, Devon | 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. | |||||||
Anne Courtenay b.1550 of Ugbrooke Hse, Devon d.1605 Chudleigh, Devon | ||||||||
Robert Shilston b.1483 of Bridestowe, Devon d. | ||||||||
Elizabeth Shilston b.1509 of Bridestowe, Devon d.1605 Chudleigh, Devon | ||||||||
Unknown b. d. | ||||||||