Christopher Playters, b: 1492 - Sotterley, England

^{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}


			^{Thomas Playters}^{b.1443 d.1479 Sotterley, England}

		^{William Playters}^{b.1469 Sotterley, England d.1512 Sotterley, England}	^Anne Denys^{b.1447 Tatington, England d.1479 Sotterley, England}

	^{Christopher Playters}^{b.1492 Sotterley, England d.1547 Sotterley, England}

		^Jane Jenny^{b.1475 Knotishall, England d.1539}

^{Thomas Playters}^{b.1516 Sotterley, England d.1572 Sotterley, England}



	^{Dorothy Aslake}^{b.1500 Carrow, Norfolk, England d.1600}