Helen [Ellen] Blennerhassett, b: 1529 -

^{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}




^{Henry Gurney}^{b.1546 Great Ellingham, Nfk. d.1614}



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

	^{John Blennerhassett}^{b.1493 Frenze, Nfk. d.1573 Berkhamstead, Herts}	^{Margaret Braham}^{b.1472 Wetheringsett, Suff. d.1561}

^{Helen [Ellen] Blennerhassett}^b.1529 d.		^{Sir-Edward Echingham}^{b. d.}

	^{Mary Echingham}^{b.1496 Barsham, Suff. d.1571}	^{Anne Everard}^{b. d.}