Wyatt, Sir Thomas
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Wyatt, Sir Thomas (
c.1521–54). Wyatt's father was a poet, courtier, and diplomat, with extensive estates in Kent. Wyatt inherited in 1542 and was attached to Lord
Surrey, who fell into disfavour in 1547 and was executed. Wyatt was outraged in 1554 at Mary's decision to marry Philip of Spain, on national and religious grounds, and joined in what was intended as a national rising but finished up confined to Kent. He led his motley troops with some dash. The rebels suffered a set-back at
Wrotham Heath but recovered the initiative when the duke of
Norfolk led an ill-judged advance. Wyatt moved towards London but Mary refused to flee. Repulsed at London bridge and the Tower, he crossed the Thames at Kingston, but found Ludgate closed and his forces deserting. He was executed on Tower Hill on 11 April. The attempt was badly co-ordinated and unclear in its objectives and served to send Lady Jane
Grey, still confined to the Tower, to her death and place Princess Elizabeth in much peril.
J. A. Cannon
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In search of Holbein's Thomas Wyatt the younger: Holbein's portrait of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger--who was beheaded for treason in 1554--was thought to be known only from copies. Roy Strong reveals that this innovatory masterpiece survives.
Magazine article from: Apollo; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...42), the major poet at the Henrician court...drape, reflecting the poet's taste for the...lt;pre> Sir Thomas Wyatt's favourite...on the reverse the Wyatt family arms as a woman...the daughter of Sir William Hawte of Bishopsbourne...married the younger Sir ...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/10/1998; 653 words
; ...Niccolo) Foscolo, poet, 1827; Katherine...and actor, 1964; Sir Ralph David Richardson...independent, 1970; Sir John Betjeman became...TOMORROW Births: Sir George Williams...1925. Deaths: Sir Thomas Wyatt, poet and diplomat...
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Sonnets as autobiography
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 2/16/2000; 700+ words
; ...if he is a politician. Poets get no special dispensation...That is the story of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel...heated imagination. Take Sir Thomas Wyatt, poet and courtier in Henry...the sonnet in which the poet bewails the fact that...
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Love, death, and the changing of the seasons.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 11/1/1986; ; 700+ words
; ...s love poems is the poet's skill, his art and...Renaissance. Starting with Sir Thomas Wyatt, many poets attempted the sonnet...social realities, as in Wyatt's, Who list her hunt...from the nobility, the poet mature and lowly, a...
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The Tudor Dynasty.(what one book)
Magazine article from: Bookmarks; 3/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...the tragic story of Anne Boleyn through the eyes of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder. THE SECRET LION The Spymaster Chronicles...poetry comes this evocative novel woven around the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt's love for Anne Boleyn. What makes Dunn's portrait...
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Two faced courtiers of crooks like Conrad
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 11/14/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...biography of the disgraced media tycoon Conrad Black. But Sir Peregrine Worsthorne was less jubilant. "Many of the...They flee from me that sometime did me seek," the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt lamented, almost 500 years ago. "I have seen them...
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Earl of Romney, a silent Lord, dead at 93
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/10/2004; 398 words
; ...Norfolk, he was the second son of the 4th earl whose family were prominent merchants. A descendant of the Tudor poet Sir Thomas Wyatt, he was distantly related to the Duchess of York, the former Sarah Ferguson. Educated at the elite Sherborne...
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Obituaries in the News
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/11/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Norfolk, he was the second son of the 4th earl whose family were prominent merchants. A descendant of the Tudor poet Sir Thomas Wyatt, he was distantly related to the Duchess of York, the former Sarah Ferguson. ___ George Mauner STATE COLLEGE...
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A Hoopster's Dream // Ex-Bull Walker Releases `Shield'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/31/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Walker to adjust to the fast life of Hollywood. In his book, Walker writes of living by the creed of English poet Sir Thomas Wyatt: "If you stop and listen, you can hear everything." "It was difficult for me because I've always been a...
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Earl of Romney, a Silent Lord, Dies at 93
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/10/2004; 412 words
; ...Norfolk, he was the second son of the 4th earl whose family were prominent merchants. A descendant of the Tudor poet Sir Thomas Wyatt, he was distantly related to the Duchess of York, the former Sarah Ferguson. Educated at the elite Sherborne...
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Sir Thomas Wyatt
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Thomas Wyatt The English poet and diplomat Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) is chiefly remembered for his 200 songs, many of them intended for lute accompaniment. He also introduced the sonnet and terza rima into English poetry. Thomas Wyatt...
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Wyatt, Sir Thomas
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Wyatt, Sir Thomas ( c. 1521–54). Wyatt's father was a poet, courtier, and diplomat, with extensive estates in Kent. Wyatt inherited in 1542 and was attached to Lord Surrey...
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English literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Purchas , and Sir Walter Raleigh...poets. Sir Thomas Wyatt was the most...this group were Thomas Churchyard...narrative by several poets that updated...from it. The poet who best synthesized...were skilled poets. Important...Raleigh—poet, ...
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Holbein, Hans, the Younger (1497/98–1543)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...by letter to his friend Sir Thomas More in London, and the...finished portraits of Sir Thomas More (1527; Frick Collection...privy councillor Sir Henry Wyatt (1527/ 28; Louvre...drawing of his son, the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt (undated). Before...
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...English playwright, poet, and actor. Shakespeare...ACTOR, PLAYWRIGHT, AND POET Whether Shakespeare had...Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Nashe, and George Peele...poet-courtiers such as Sir Thomas Wyatt and the earl of Surrey...
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