John Blennerhassett, b: 1493

^{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}

^{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}


			^{John Blennerhassett}^{b.1424 Lowdham&Frenze, Suff. d.1510}

		^{Sir-Thomas Blennerhassett}^{b.1449 Frenze, Nfk. d.1531 Frenze, Nfk.}	^{Margaret Higham}^{b.1425 Gazeley Parish, Suff. d.1473 Gazeley Parish, Suff.}

	^{John Blennerhassett}^{b.1493 Frenze, Nfk. d.1573 Berkhamstead, Herts}		^John Braham^{b.1450 Wetheringsett, Suff. d.1561}

		^{Margaret Braham}^{b.1472 Wetheringsett, Suff. d.1561}

^{Elizabeth Blennerhassett}^{b.1530 Broome, Nfk. d.1608}

		^{Sir-John Cornwallis}^{b.1487 Broome, Suff. d.1544 Ashridge, Bucks.}

	^{Elizabeth Cornwallis}^{b.1522 Broome Hall, Eye, Suff. d.1571 Barsham, Suff.}