Sir Thomas Wyatt is usually best known as the son of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder and Poet. Today, we look at the event that caused his death – Wyatt’s Rebellion. You see, Wyatt thought having the Protestant Lady Jane Grey on the throne was best for England, but when that didn’t last more than…
Romance Between Anne Boleyn and Thomas Wyatt? Thomas Wyatt and Anne Boleyn had been neighbors and friends since they were children. Even though there were rumors of Thomas and Anne having a love affair there is no evidence to prove it occurred. With that being said, it seems evident that Thomas Wyatt had fallen in…
Guest article by Alan Freer It was mid-morning on Palm Sunday in the year of Our Lord 1554. A young woman of 20 sat in a barge at the Watergate of the Tower of London. Under this dark, forbidding, stone portal so many had passed to end their lives on Tower Green at the executioner’s…
From the online Luminarium Anthology of English Literature) V. InnocentiaVeritas Viat FidesCircumdederuntme inimici mei 1 by Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder Who list his wealth and ease retain,Himself let him unknown contain.Press not too fast in at that gateWhere the return stands by disdain,For sure, circa Regna tonat.2 The high mountains are blasted oftWhen the low valley is mild…
