| 1618 Beginning of 30 Years War 1628 English curtail King's powers 1640 Portugal gains independence/Spain 1642 Civil war England/Scotland/Ireland 1660 Restoration of monarchy, Britain  | 1580 Drake completes voyage around world 1582 New Gregorian calendar introduced 1588 English defeat the Spanish Armada 1611 Authorized English Bible published 1613 Romanov dynasty begins in Russia  | 1512 Michelangelo paints Sistine Chapel 1534 Henry VIII controls English church 1538 Cortes conquers Mexico 1547 Ivan the Terrible rules Russia 1558 Elizabeth I is England's queen  | 
|  Walter Griffith b. d.  |  Henry Griffith b. Coughton Court, England. d.  | |||||||
|  Ralph Griffith b. d.  | ||||||||
|  Catherine Griffith b. d.  | ![]()  | ![]()  |  Robert Throckmorton b.1510 Weston Underw, England. d.1581  | |||||
|  Frances Griffith b.1599 d.1634  | ![]()  |  Thomas Throckmorton b.1533 Coughton Court, England. d.1614 Weston Underw, England.  |  Muriel Berkeley b. d.  | |||||
|  Henry Griffith b.1602 d.1654  |  Elizabeth Throckmorton b.1565 Coughton Court, England. d.1647  | |||||||
![]()  | ![]()  |  Mary Whorwood b.1535 d.1607  | ||||||
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