He had married, on 16 July 1565, Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir Ambrose Cave, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. On the death of Sir Ambrose in 1568 he and his wife had inherited estates at Kingsbury, Warwickshire where they lived when in the Midlands. They had two daughters: Elizabeth, who married Sir Henry Willoghby of Risley, Derbyshire and Lettice, who married William Paget, 4th Baron Paget

He had married, on 16 July 1565, Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir Ambrose Cave, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. On the death of Sir Ambrose in 1568 he and his wife had inherited estates at Kingsbury, Warwickshire where they lived when in the Midlands. They had two daughters: Elizabeth, who married Sir Henry Willoghby of Risley, Derbyshire and Lettice, who married William Paget, 4th Baron Paget

(March) The Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship Duyfken, under Captain Willem Janszoon, explores the western coast of Cape York Peninsula. This was the first recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil.

Dutch captain Dirk Hartog in the Eendracht makes the second recorded landfall by a European, at Dirk Hartog Island on the western coast of Australia. Leaves behind the Hartog Plate.

Dutch captain Jan Carstensz navigates the Gulf of Carpentaria aboard the Pera and Arnhem. The Arnhem crosses the Gulf to reach and name Groote Eylandt.