Sir Thomas Wyatt

Born in 1503 from Henry and Anne Wyatt at Allington Castle

1516 he entered St. John's University of Cambridge

Married at age 17 to Elizabeth Brooke; she bore him Thomas Wyatt, the Younger (far right)

Held court popularly; worked under King Henry VIII closely

claimed his wife committed adultry and separated from her

presumed to have an interest in Anne Boleyn at the same time of his separation

1535 he was knighted, yet imprisoned in the Bell Tower which is where he witnessed Anne Boleyn's execution

1539 he was an ambassador to court the Holy Roman Emperor to Charles V of Spain in which he wrote this satires

had close relations to King Henry VII's relationship affairs in which his various wives oftenly openly liked him or disliked him at please

Catherine Howard gave him a royal pardon after being sentenced to the Bell Tower because of Katherine of Aragon.

October 11 1542, he fell ill and died at Shelborne

Majority of his major works were not published until after his death

Certain Pslams (1594)

One of the first to introduce sonnets into English literature; known as the Father of English Sonnets

also immitated Petrarch's Italian sonnets seen in Whoso List Hunt