First, the context: Wyatt’s Rebellion was an attempt to overthrow Queen Mary I of England and replace her with either her half-sister Elizabeth or her…
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There is so much to unpack here… Elizabeth had been brought to the Tower in March, accused of participating in Thomas Wyatt’s treasonous rebellion. Confined…
The only thing Ralph Sadler and Thomas Wyatt did to incur arrest was to be close friends with Thomas Cromwell. But that was enough for…
Let me start by saying that the man had a rebellion named after him, so this outcome was kind of inevitable! I’ve already written a…
Thomas Wyatt the Younger (son of the poet who grew up with, and adored, Anne Boleyn), was one of the leaders of an uprising in…
Sir Thomas Wyatt was one of the bright poetic lights at the court of Henry VIII, often credited along with Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey…
May 8, 1536 – Sir Thomas Wyatt arrested. Read about it – and the compelling poem he wrote – on www.janetwertman.com
March 16, 1554 – Elizabeth’s letter to Mary I (the “Tide Letter” – so named because Elizabeth wrote it right after being informed she would be taken to the Tower, and by the time she finished, the tide on the Thames had turned and they could no longer leave that day. Read more on www.janetwertman.com
