Already a member?
Sign in
| Version | User | Scope of changes |
|---|---|---|
| May 15 2008, 7:33 AM EDT | MsSquirrly | 11 words added |
| May 6 2008, 6:01 PM EDT | MsSquirrly | 1 photo added |
Changes
Key: Additions Deletions
Sir Thomas Wyatt (the Elder) as played by James King AKA Jamie Thomas King
Poet
born 1503 (?) - died 1542
| | |
| Character's backstory:During an official trip to Italy in 1527, he became acquainted with the work of the Italian love poets. Later, his translations of Petrarch introduced the sonnet into England. He was a friend of the earl of Surrey and had a strong influence on the writing of the younger man; together Wyatt and Surrey are credited with being the founders of the school of English lyric poetry that flourished during the remainder of the 16th and continued into the 17th century. Gentility:He was the elder son of Henry Wyatt, afterward knighted. Position:held a number of official positions under Henry VIII, including those of Member of the Privy Council, Ambassador to Spain, Member of Parliament, and Commander of the Fleet. Knighted in 1535. Personality type: Sensitive & Brilliant, he was the Quintessential Incurable Romantic. Popular and handsome, he was much admired for his skill in music, languages, and arms. He was highly intelligent, witty, fearless of speech to the point of indiscretion, impulsive and unsteady, spoilt by an admiring father and friends. Roger Ascham declares that ‘he was one of the best translators of the Latin poets of the age in which he lived’. his fame rests chiefly on his poetry and diplomacy. Signature look: the beard. Leland described him as "tall in stature, with powerful muscles and sinews. His abundant hair was golden in youth, which he lost by degrees, and became bald, but there grew up instead a thick growth of his long beard". Endearing trait(s):He was the fulfillment of the Renaissance ideal - soldier, statesman, diplomat, courtier, lover, scholar, and poet. Annoying trait(s): Too sensitive & he could get a bit monotonous about how he was treated by the women he loved. |  Want to add to this profile? Click EasyEdit to update this page!  |
CHARACTER CONNECTIONSFamily members: Father - Henry Wyatt ( Privy Councillor to Henry VII) Sister - Margaret Wyatt, Lady Lee Romance(s): Anne Boleyn - early to mid 1520's ( no evidence that Wyatt's love was reciprocated) Mary Shelton - 1530's *Elizabeth Darrell - 1536/7 - his last and most stable relationship Married : Elizabeth Brooke (1521) - sister of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham - separated c. 1524 when Thomas charged his wife with adultery Children: by Elizabeth Brooke : Thomas Wyatt, the younger Anne Wyatt by Elizabeth Darrell : Henry Wyatt Francis Wyatt Edward Wyatt Friends: Thomas Cromwell Enemies: | *Elizabeth Darrell (sometimes spelt Darrall) was the daughter of Sir Edward Darrell of Littlecote (Wilts), Chamberlain to Queen Katherine of Aragon, by his first wife, Anne. Elizabeth was 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 Katherine died in 1536 she left Mrs Darrell with £200 for her marriage, though none was in prospect. After 1537 she became the mistress of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the elder. She bore 3 sons of Sir Thomas: Henry, who died in infancy, Francis, born in 1540, who took the name of Darrell, and Edward, whose date of birth has not been traced and who was executed among the rebels after the Wyatt's rebellion of 1554. Sir Thomas left Elizabeth properties in Dorset with the right of reversion to her son Francis. In 1543 properties were confirmed as being held, by Elizabeth. She also received the estate at Tarrant given to her in 1544 by Sir Thomas Wyatt the younger. Elizabeth Darrell eventually married Robert Strowde in 1554, shortly after receiving a legacy from Queen Katherine of Aragon. *In the series Elizabeth Darrell hangs herself directly after Katherine's death* |
|
DEFINING EPISODES | MEMORABLE SCENES
| |
PHOTOS
 |  Holbein Portraits of Thomas Wyatt |
 |  |
  |  |
 |  |
 Wyatt intimate with Anne Boleyn (Either a memory or a dream) |  Thomas Wyatt introduces Mark Smeaton to Anne |
 Thomas with his new lady love, Lady Elizabeth |  |
 |  |
 |  |
 | |
 |  Allington Castle, Kent -The Wyatt Family home just 20 miles from the Boleyn Home of Hever Castle in Kent. |
