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Sir Thomas Wyatt

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The Wyatt Rebellion against Queen MarySir Thomas Wyatt , the elder was a poet.

His son - Thomas Wyatt the Younger was a leader who lead a revolt against Queen Mary and laid siege onLondon to prevent the Catholic church from regaining control.

Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth) and Queen Mary were both the daughters of Henry VIII.Mary's mother was Catholic, Elizabeth's was not.

When Henry VIII removed the Catholic church from England over the issue of divorce, Mary attempted tore-instate the Catholic faith as the State religion after her fathers death.

Princess Elizabeth was supposed to be behind the Wyatt rebellion but when it failed Thomas Wyatt theyounger was beheaded but said that Elizabeth was not involved in the plot to overthrow the crown of

England, thereby sparing her life.

The photo below is of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the younger at the Tower of London prior to his beheading.

For plotting to overthrow the crown of England the Wyatt's lost their title and property including thecastle of Allington in Maidestone (Kent).



A sketch of Sir Thomas Wyatt.by Hans Holbein the YoungerThe Royal Library, Windsor Castle ©Her Majesty the Queen

Source: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wyatt (J.A.H "Jack" Wyatt)

Sir Thomas WYATT, "TheYounger"Born: 1521

Died: 11 Apr 1554, London, England

Father: Thomas "The Elder" WYATT (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth BROOKE

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Married: Jane HAWTE (b. 1522, Bishopsbourne and Wavering, England) (dau. of Sir William Hawte and MariaGuildford) 1537

Children:

1. George WYATT (Sir)

2. Anne WYATT

3. Frances WYATT

4. Jane WYATT

5. Richard WYATT

6. Carolus WYATT

7. Arthur WYATT

8. Henry WYATT

9. Joyce WYATT

10. Ursula WYATT

The Wyatt Family History

Born at Allington Castle in 1521; only son of Sir Thomas, the Elder, by his wife, ElizabethBrooke, daughter of Thomas Brooke, third Lord Cobham; the Duke of Norfolk was oneof his godfathers. His parents were already estranged, his father rarely at home, being eitherabroad on the King’s business or at Court. In boyhood he is said to have accompanied his fatheron an embassy to Spain, where the elder Sir Thomas Wyatt was threatened by the Inquisition.To this episode has been traced an irremovable detestation of the Spanish government, but theanecdote is probably apocryphal. All that is positively known of his relations with his father while thelatter was in Spain is found in two letters which the elder Wyatt addressed from Spain to theyounger, then fifteen years old. The letters give much sound moral advice.

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At 15 he was appointed Esquire of the Body, to Henry VIII, and Joint Constable of ConysboroughCastle (Yorkshire) post previously held by father and grandfather.

Barely 16 he married Jane Hawte, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Hawte ofBishopsbourne, and Maria Guildford. She bore him 10 children, of whom 3 married and leftissue.

He was brought up as a catholic. He is described as 'twenty-one years and upwards' in the'inquisition post mortem' of his father, which was dated 8 Jan 1542/43. He succeeded on hisfather's death in 1542 to Allington Castle and Boxley Abbey in Kent, with much other property. Butthe estate was embarrassed, and he parted with some outlying lands on 30 Nov 1543 to the King,receiving for them 3,669l.8s. 2d. In 1542 he alienated, too, the estate of Tarrant in Dorset in favourof Francis Wyatt, whose mother was Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Edward Darrel of Littlecote.Various authors and authorities give conflicting accounts of Elizabeth Darrell’s connection withthe Wyatts. Fore some authors, she was the mistress of the elder Sir Thomas, for others, shebore her sons to the younger Wyatt.

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Thomas Wyatt served as volunteer in wars against France BET 1543-50 and given command oftroops. He was Knighted in 1547. During this period Henry VIII died, succeeded by his sonEdward VI. When Wyatt returned to England he took no part in public affairs.

Wyatt was of somewhat wild and impulsive temperament. At an early age he had made theacquaintance of his father's disciple, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. In 1545 he was inLondon, with Surrey and a band of boon companions, and went roistering noisily along narrow,dark, stinking unlit streets of the city, breaking expensive precious glass windows of citizenshouses and damaging ecclesiastical glass windows. They were arrested and brought to trial beforethe dreaded Privy Council on 1 Apr, charging with acts of violence and in addition to "eating meat inLent". Surrey explained that his efforts were directed to awakening the citizens of London to asense of sin. Wyatt was inclined to deny the charges. But there seems little doubt that they werenot altogether sober when the offences were committed. It was known that they were in the habit offrequenting a "house" kept by Mistress Arundel, and she came to their aid at the trial. The threeyoung men were sent to prison in the Poultry but was later removed to the Tower. He remained inthe Tower till 3 May. When released he volunteered to join the English contingent fighting inalliance with Carlos V of Spain in Flanders. It was there that he came to dislike the Spaniards.He was a most successful soldier, showing courage, initiative and ability to command. He waswounded on one occasion; was given command of 1000 footmen; and later made Commander ofthe fortress of Boulogne; serving seven years abroad.

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In the autumn of 1543 Wyatt joined a regiment of volunteers which Surrey raised at his ownexpense to take part in the siege of Landrecies. Wyatt distinguished himself in the militaryoperations, and was highly commended by Thomas Churchyard, who was present.(Churchyard, Pleasant Discourse of Court and of Wars, 1596). In 1544 Wyatt took part in the siegeof Boulogne and was given responsible command next year. When Surrey became governor hejoined the English council there (14 Jun 1545). Surrey, writing to Henry VIII, highly praisedWyatt's "hardiness, painfulness, circumspection, and naturaldisposition to the war". He seems tohave remained abroad until the surrender of Boulogne in 1550. In Nov 1550 he was namedacommissioner to delimit the English frontier in France, but owing toill-health was unable to act.

After his war service he retired to Allington as a country gentleman. Earlier he took part in theearlier uprising by the Duke of Northumberland, to put Lady Jane Grey, a Protestant anddescendent of Henry VIII, on the throne. Subsequently he claimed to have served QueenMary. But he took no well defined part in public affairs at home until he learned of Queen Mary'sresolve to marry Felipe of Spain.

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Wyatt regarded the step as an outrage on the nation's honour. This marriage would bring Englandunder Roman Catholic and Spanish influence. But, according to his own account, never thought ofpublicly protesting against it until he received an invitation from Edward Courtenay, Earl ofDevon, to join in a general insurrection throughout the country for the purpose of preventing theaccomplishment of the Queen 's plan. He cheerfully undertook to raise Kent. Help was vaguelypromised him by Noailles, the French Ambassador. Wyatt invited friends to Allington Castle, gottheir support, raised 4000 men in Maidstone, and marched on London in a rebellion after called"Wyatt's rebellion". Wyatt taken to the Tower as a traitor. Attained, beheaded 11 Apr 1554 age 33.After he was beheaded, his body was subjected to all the barbarities that formed part of punishmentfor treason. Next day his head was hung to a gallows on 'Hay Hill beside Hyde Park', andsubsequently his limbs were distributed among gibbets in various quarters of the town (MACHIN,Diary, p 60). His head was stolen on 17 Apr.

His execution was largely due to pressure by Bishop Gardiner and Simon Renard, SpanishAmbassador. His posthumous reputation was that of a martyr to the national cause.

The Twysden Roll contained the pedigrees and the arms of Twysden, Wyatt, Scott (a member ofwhich family had married a sister Anne Wyatt) as well as the Pedigree and arms of the family ofElizabeth Woodville, the Queen of Edward IV, whose aunt (also named Elizabeth

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Woodville) had married in about 1430, William Hawte, an ancestor of the wife of SirThomas Wyatt, the younger. The Hawtes of Bishopsbourne and Wavering Manor in Kent, whowere neighbours of the Wyatts of Allington, were an important local family. When the Hawte maleline became extinct in 1530, Jane Hawte, one of her father’s co-heiresses, took the Waveringmanor to the Wyatts. 1530 Visitation makes no mention of pedigree. At the "Visitation" in 1619 thepedigree presented was that of Roger Twysden, as presented in 1578, who had married Anne,a daughter of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the younger, and included in the "Twysden Roll".

George was the youngest son, born only a few days before the Rebellion, (others say he was 4years at the time). According to the Patent Rolls the others were: Henry, Charles, Arthur,Jane, Anne, Mary.

In 1571 Queen Elizabeth restored family in blood and arms through influence of distantkinswoman. Properties of Boxley Abbey and Wavering Manor (but not Allington Castle, alreadygiven to John Ashley), thus relieving Jane’s poverty which had made her and her familydependent on the Hawte relatives and friends for 17 years. 1638 Appeared in the ArchdeaconsCourt of Canterbury, 26 Oct 1638 and petitioned for the administration of the estate of her sonHawte Wyatt, later vicar of Boxley, Kent.

Sir Thomas WYATT, "TheElder"Born: 1503 Allington Castle, Kent, England

Died: 11 Oct 1542, Sherborne, Dorset, England

Buried: 11 Oct 1542, the great church of Sherborne

Father: Henry WYATT (Sir)

Mother: Anne SKINNER

Married: Elizabeth BROOKE 1520

Children:

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1. Thomas "The Younger" WYATT (Sir)

2. Anne WYATT

Associated with: Elizabeth DARRELL

Children:

3. Henry WYATT

4. Francis WYATT

5. Edward WYATT

For More Information see:

The Wyatt Family History

Son of Sir Henry Wyatt and Anne, daughter of John Skinner of Reigate, Surrey, was bornabout 1503 at his father's residence, Allington Castle, Kent. The 'inquisition post mortem' of hisfather, dated 1537, inaccurately describes him as then aged 'twenty-eight years and upwards'.

At twelve years of age Thomas was admitted of St. John's College, Cambridge. He graduatedthere B.A. in 1518, and M.A. in 1520. There is a vague tradition that he also studied at Oxford.Playmate and friend of Anne Boleyn, had an early love affair with her. He married early in 1520to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Brooke, Lord Cobham. Marriage arranged by parentsand was unhappy. Separated soon after birth of a son, Thomas, the younger. Presumed thatThomas still retained affection for Anne Boleyn, and long after the date of his marriage Wyattwas regarded as her lover. Seventeen years after his marriage, the then Lord Cobham,Elizabeth’s brother wrote complaining that Thomas Wyatt still refused to make any financialprovision for his wife.

He soon sought official employment, and became Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII. In 1524 hewas appointed clerk of the King's jewels, but the statement that he succeeded his father astreasurer to the King's chamber is an invention of J.P.Collier, who forged entries in official papersin support of it (Trevelyan Papers, Camd. Soc.; SIMONDS, Sir Thomas Wyatt and his Poems).

At Christmas 1525 he distinguished himself at a court tournament. Next year he accompanied SirThomas Cheney on a diplomatic mission to France and to the Flemish Court.

In Jan 1526-7 he accompanied Sir John Russell, the ambassador, to the papal court. The storyis told that Russell in his journey down the Thames encountered Wyatt, and, 'after salutations,was demanded of him whither he went, and had answer, "To Italy, sent by the King". "And I", saidWyatt, "will, if you please, ask leave, get money, and go with you". "No man more welcome",answered the ambassador. So, this accordingly done they passed in post together (Wyatt MSS.).While abroad at this time, Wyatt visited Venice, Ferrera, Bologna, Florence, and Rome. Russellbroke his leg at Rome, and Wyatt undertook to negotiate on his behalf with the Venetian republic.On his return journey towards Rome he was taken captive by the imperial forces under theconstable Bourbon, and a ransom of three thousand ducats was demanded. Wyatt, however,escaped to Bologna.

On settling again in England Wyatt rejoined the court, but in 1529 and 1530 he chiefly spent his

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time at Calais, where he accepted the post of high-marshall. His relations with Anne Boleyncontinued close until her favours were sought by Henry VIII. Sir Thomas wrote her a sonnetcomplaining of the broken affair. Then it is said that he frankly confessed to Henry the character ofhis intimacy with her, and warned him against marrying a woman of blemished character. In 1533he was sworn of the privy council, and at Anne's coronation on White Sunday of that year he actedas chief 'ewerer' in place of his father, and poured scented water over the Queen 's hands. Thestory of the Spanish chronicler that Henry afterwards banished Wyatt from court for two years inuncorroborated.

Wyatt had been to see Elizabeth Darrell on his visit to England from Spain, the previous Jun.We know this from the evidence of Jerome Ragland, given on 28 Oct (State Papers no 70). In1534, on his return to England he reported to the King, and afterwards spent some time atAllington Castle, re-united with Elizabeth Darrell, and made some attempt to put his finances inorder.

In this year Wyatt was involved in an affray with the sergeant of London one of whom killed.Wyatt was imprisoned in Fleet prison but released after one month. In the spring of 1535 he wasengaged in a heated controversy with Elizabeth Rede, Abbess of West Malling, whodeclined to obey the orders of the government to admit Wyatt to confiscated property of theabbey. He was in attendance on the King early in 1536, but soon afterwards the discovery ofAnne's post-nuptial infidelities created at court an atmosphere of suspicion, which threatened tooverwhelm Wyatt. Cromwell had her spied upon and a secret commission was set up. She wassuddenly accused of treason, adultery and incest. The indictment - or frame up - alleged, withdates, that over the past three years she has procured five men to "violate her". The accusedincluded her brother George Rochford; Sir Francis Weston, of the King’s privy Chamber;and Mark Smeaton, a musician; Sir Henry Norreys, Squire of Kings Bodyguard; WilliamBrereton, of Cheshire. Though all denied the charges they were found guilty and executed, muchof the evidence being secured under torture. On 5 May 1536 Wyatt was committed to the Tower.He was bound and fettered and marched to the Tower, by Archers of the King’s Bodyguard, "Noone dare say a word for him". When arrested Wyatt replied "the King well knows what I told himbefore he was married". Cromwell wrote to Wyatt's father on 11 May that his life was to bespared. No legal proceedings were taken against him, and he was released on 14 Jun. His sisterMary attended Queen Anne on the scaffold. Wyatt made allusion to the fatal month of May inone of his sonnets; but he had not forfeited the king's favour, and the minister Cromwellthenceforth treated him with marked confidence. In Oct 1536 he was given a command against therebels in Lincolnshire in the Pilgrimage of Grace, and he was knighted on 18 Mar 1536/7. In 1537he became sheriff of Kent.

He was embarrassed financially, in spite of inheriting father’s large fortune, due to his ownextravagant expenditure.

In Apr of the same year he was appointed ambassador to the emperor, in succession to RichardPate, and he remained abroad, mostly in Spain, till Apr 1539. The negotiations in which he wasengaged were aimed at securing friendly relations between the emperor and Henry VIII. Thediplomacy proved intricate, and although Wyatt displayed in its conduct sagacity and foresight, heachieved no substantial success. He found time in 1537 to send interesting letters of moral adviceto his son (printed by Nott). In May 1538 Bishop Edmund Bonner and Simon Heynes wereordered under a special commission to Nice, where the Emperor was staying, to join Wyatt indisuading him from taking part in a general counsel convened by the pope at Vicensa. Wyattentertained Bonner and his companion at Villa Franca, where the English embassy had securedapartments remote from the heat and crowd of Nice; but Wyatt resented the presence of

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coadjutors and treated them with apparent contempt. Bonner retaliated by writing to Cromwell(from Blois, 2 Sep 1538) that Wyatt was engaged in traitorous correspondence with ReginaldPole, lived loosely, and used disrespectful language to the King (cf. Inner Temple Petyt MS. No.47, f. 9; printed in Gent. Mag. 1850, i. 563-70). Cromwell, a staunch friend of Wyatt ignored theaccusation, and on 27 Nov 1538 wrote to him in terms of confidence. At Cromwell’s suggestion,Sir Thomas Wriothesley wrote to Wyatt, informing him of the arrest of the Marquis ofExeter and Lord Montague on a charge of treason. Cromwell knew that Wyatt wasacquainted with at least one member of the Marquis of Exeter’s household, ElizabethDarrell, who had already been forced to give evidence, and who had mentioned Wyatt’s visit toher when he was last in England. It is probable that she was already his mistress, and that he wasnaturally disturbed at Exeter’s alleged treason (State Papers). Wyatt was recalled to England inApr 1539.

In the following Dec he was dispatched to Flanders to interview the Emperor, who was on the pointof paying a visit to the King of France in Paris. Thither Wyatt followed the emperor. In Jan 1540Wyatt was especially requested to procure from the French court the arrest of a Welshman namedBrancetor, an ally of Cardinal Pole, who had taken service in the household of the Emperor,and was with him in Paris. Wyatt failed to secure the arrest of the man, who appealed to theEmperor and to the French government for protection. Wyatt pressed the matter in an audencewith the Emperor, but he proved unconciliatory. Henry VIII on hearing from Wyatt of hisdifficulties instructed him to remain firm. Wyatt followed the Emperor to Brussells and boldlyrenewed his entreaties without result. Wyatt's inablity to improve the relations between HenryVIII and the Emperor were in part responsible for Cromwell's fall. In 1540 he returned to the LowCountries.

After Cromwell's execution Bonner and Heynes renewed their old attack upon Wyatt. Theopposing faction renewed attacks on Thomas Wyatt: he was charged with disrespectfulreferences to the King when ambassador to Spain; with relations with the traitor Cardinal Pole;with living a wild and extravagant life. Their charges were now treated seriously, and Wyatt wassent to the Tower at the same time as another innocent ally of Cromwell, Sir John Wallop.When Wyatt was a arrested the Privy Council instructed Sir Richard Southwell to proceed toAllington Castle and confiscate, for the King, all the plate, household stuff, armoury, guns andhorses, and also to "discharge from thens, the Lady Poynings and yong Wyattes wief". He was alsoinstructed to ask Elizabeth Darrell "Wither she intended to go to any such place wheras sheshuld be ordered... untill the King’s highnes further pleasur we knowen therin". Wyatt wasprivately informed of the accusation, and sent an elaborate paper of explanations, denying withmuch spirit that any treasonable intent could be deduced from any reports of his conversation (cf.Harl. MS. 78, arts. 6, 7; first printed by Horace Walpole in Miscellaneous Antiquities, 1772, ii. 21-54,from a transcript made by the poet Gray). But according to a letter sent by the lords of the council toSir William Howard on 26 Mar 1541, Wyatt 'confessed upon his examination, all the thingsobjected unto him, in a like lamentable and pitifull sorte as Wallop did, whiche surely were grevous,delyvering his submission in writing, declaring thole history of his offences, but with a likeprotestation, that the same proceeded from him in his rage and folishe vaynglorios fantazie withoutspott of malice; yelding himself only to his majesties mercy, without whiche he sawe he might andmust needes be justely condemned. And the contemplation of which submission, and at the greateand contynual sute of the Quenes Majestie, His Highnes, being of his owne most godly natureenclyned to pitie and mercy, hathe given him his pardon in as large and ample sorte as his gracegave thother to Sir John Wallop, whiche pardons be delyvered, and they sent for to come hither toHighnes at Dover'. He was later released at the request of Queen Catherine Howard, whosemother was a Culpepper , friend and neighbour of Wyatt’s of Kent; "on condition that he take backhis wife from whom he had been separated fifteen years". He had been separated from his wife for

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upwards of fifteen years. Wyatt had cast her away on account of adultery, and had not seen herfor many years; he will now be obliged to receive her, and should he not do so, and not lead aconjugal life with her, or should he be found to keep up adulterous relations with one or two otherladies that he has since lived with, he is to suffer pain of death and confiscation of property. It isassumed that Elizabeth Darrell was his mistress when she was a member of theMarchioness of Exeter household, and who was afterwards alleged a traitor. In 1540 Followingthe execution of Cromwell, Wyatt retired to Allington; Elizabeth Darrell, Lady Poynings,Wyatt’s son and daughter-in-law; were also there.

Thenceforth the King's favour was secure. He had added the estate of Boxley to his large Kentishproperty, and now received grants of land at Lambeth and elsewhere, exchanging some of his landin Kent for other estates in Dorset and Somerset.

On 27 Mar Wyatt was again with the King at Dover and by 10 Apr was employed again beingmade captain of 300 light cavalry who were to protect Calais until the new fortifications were built,and there were soon proofs of the King’s complete trust in him. At this time Wyatt was describedby Marillac, the Spanish Ambassador as ‘one of the richest gentleman in England, having anincome from his patrimony of six to seven thousand ducats a year’. Leland described him as "tallin stature, with powerful muscles and sinews. His abundant hair was golden in youth, which he lostby degrees, and became bald, but there grew up instead a thick growth of his long beard". He washighly intelligent, witty, fearless of speech to the point of indiscretion, impulsive and unsteady, spoiltby an admiring father and friends. Roger Ascham declares that ‘he was one of the besttranslators of the Latin poets of the age in which he lived’. his fame rests chiefly on his poetry anddiplomacy; his early friendship with the accomplished Earl of Surrey, doubtless helping him tostimulate his poetic tastes and give him a status in the literary world. Henry’s court was asophisticated centre of music, literature and learning. By far the best poet was Wyatt, with theEarl of Surrey, both of whom had travelled in Italy and there heard the stately measures ofDante, Aristo and Petrach.

He was made high steward of the manor of Maidstone, and early in 1542 he was sent to Falmouthto conduct the imperial Ambassador to London. The heat of the weather and the fatigue of thejourney brought on a violent fever, which compelled him to halt at Sherborne in Dorset.

There Wyatt died, and on 11 Oct 1542 he was buried in the great church of Sherborne. Theregister describes him as 'vir venerabilis'. The 'inquisitio post mortem', dated 8 Jan 1542-3,enumerates vast estates in Kent (34 Hen. VIII, Kent, m. 90).

Various authors and authorities give conflicting accounts of Elizabeth Darrell’s connection with theWyatts.

Elizabeth Darrell (sometimes spelt Darrall) was the daughter of Sir Edward Darrell ofLittlecote (Wilts), Chamberlain to Catalina of Aragon, by his first wife, Anne. Elizabethwas a servant of the Marchioness of Exeter and after became Maid of Honour to the Queen,and like her, refused to take the Oath of Supremacy. When Catalina died in 1536 she left MrsDarrell with £200 for her marriage, though none was in prospect. After 1538 she became themistress of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the elder. She bore 3 sons of Sir Thomas: Henry, whodied in infancy, Francis, born in 1540, who took the name of Darrell, and Edward, whose dateof birth has not been traced and who was executed among the rebels after the Wyatt's rebellion of1554. Sir Thomas left Elizabeth properties in Dorset with the right of reversion to her sonFrancis. In 1543 properties were confirmed as being held, by Elizabeth. She also received theestate at Tarrant given to her in 1544 by Sir Thomas, the younger. ElizabethDarrell eventually married Robert Strowde in 1554, shortly after receiving a legacy from

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Queen Catalina.

Stanley Wyatt, in "Cheneys and Wyatts" Page 111, definitely states that she became themistress of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the younger, by whom she had a son Francis, with apassing reference to "another little Wyatt" who may be Edward.

According to A. R. Simons in "The Queen and the Rebel", Edward was the natural son of SirThomas, the younger, and he gives a full description of the boy’s attendance at the earlymeetings of the main conspirators, his torture in the Tower and his execution, probably atMaidstone, on the 17th, with Thomas Cobham.

Muir, in his book "Life and Letters of Sir Thomas Wyatt", (the elder) 1503-1542, states she was themistress of Sir Thomas, the elder, quoting Letters and Papers of Henry VII, Henry VIII, No674. Thomas the Elder visited Elizabeth in 1538, but the date could fit either father, aged 35,or the son aged 17, who had been ever persuaded by his parents into marriage with Jane Hawtewhen he was 16, and form whom he later became estranged.

Dr William Hawte Wyatt, (Indiana University), states she had three children by Sir Thomas(the elder or younger is not given) Henry, Francis and Edward. He states that Edward was aboy of 13 or 14 when he was caught up in Thomas the younger’s rebellion, an age whichmakes either man the possible father.

Edward Wyatt was living at Allington with Sir Thomas, the younger, at the time of theRebellion, and followed him in the march, was finally captured and tortured (to see what he knew ofthe suspected connection between Sir Thomas and the future Queen Elizabeth) andexecuted, which seems to suggest he was the son of Sir Thomas the younger.

Edward Wyatt is mentioned by Loades in his edited version of George Wyatt’s papers as "thesuppositious son of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the elder".

Link to the Sir Thomas Wyatt, the elder web site

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