John Spelman, b: -

^{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-John Spelman}^{b. d.1545}

		^{John Spelman}^{b. Narburgh, Nfk. d.}	^{Elizabeth Frowick}^{b. Middx. d.1556}

	^{John Spelman}^{b. d.1581}		^{Sir-Thomas Blennerhassett}^{b.1449 Frenze, Nfk. d.1531 Frenze, Nfk.}

^{Robert Spelman}^{b. d.}		^{Margaret Blennerhassett}^{b.1493 Frenze, Nfk. d.1558}	^{Margaret Braham}^{b.1472 Wetheringsett, Suff. d.1561}

^{Francis Spelman}^{b. d.}

^{Bryget Spelman}^{b. d.}		^{William Saunders}^{b. d.}

	^{Katherine Saunders}^{b. d.}