Bill and Julie James

1507 Applied for a new Coat of Arms. In the Rolls of Roger Twysden the pedigree shows five generations back to an Adam Wyot, who lived in the middle of the 14 Century in Yorkshire. Henry moved to London.

1483 Imprisoned in the Tower and tortured by Richard III for supporting unsuccessful revolt in favour of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond.Released after Battle of Bosworth, when Richmond became Henry VII.

1485 Rewarded by grant of “Keeper”, later to “Constable” for life of Norwich Castle.

1490 Master of the King’s Jewels for 34 years.

1488 Controller of the Mint, assisted with the reorganisation of the Mint and Coinage.

1492 Esquire-of-the-Body, King’s select Bodyguard, He sold Hall in the village Solhange (South Haigh or Upper Haigh) which he had acquired through his marriage to Margaret, daughter and heiress of Richard Bailiff of Barnsley andpurchased Allington Castle and restored it.Henry VIII visited him there, as did Cardinal Wolsey.

1491 Joint Executor of Henry VIII’s will.

1494 Governor of the Castle of Carlisle to hold the border against the Scots 1513 -1515, then ransomed.

1500 Commissioner of the Peace for South East England.

1504 Was one of four who formed committee of the Privy Council to raise money for the King by the sale of offices, privileges and pardons.

1513 Conducted Suffolk from France to the Tower where he was executed by Henry VIII.

1509 Henry VII had died at the age of 52.He was succeeded by Prince Henry (VIII) to who Henry Wyatt had been guardian for some years.Henry Wyatt createdKnight-of-the-Bath.Was one of the signatories for England of the Treaty of Scotland.

1512 Appointed joint constable of Norwich Castle with Sir Thomas Boleyn, (father of Ann Boleyn)

1522 As Treasurer of the King’s Chamber raised and sent £20,000 to King’s Army on the Scottish Border.

1526 Had official lodgings in the Royal Palace as member of the Select Body of the Privy Council to hear complaints of the King’s subjects.

1524 When lesser monasteries were dissolved Wyatt obtained lands and tenements in Essex and land in Milton (near Faversham in Kent) where he established the “Henry Wyatt Chantry”

1527 Henry VIII visited Allington Castle where he was joined by Wolsey.

1528 Resigned posts of Treasurer of the King’s Chamber and the Royal Mint.

1536 November, Henry Wyatt died at Allington Castle nearly 80 years old and was buried at Milton, Gravesend.

*Wyatt Family Lineage* *from John Wiot (circa 1340 to 1550's)* Click here to see a separate page on Sir Thomas Wyatt and the Wyatt Rebellion Click here to see a separate page on Wyatt's in England from 1930 (1660 to 1750) Click here to see a separate page on the Wyatt's in America (by JBN Wyatt from 1920)
The central issue regarding the Wyatt line what branch my wife's family came from. The generations from Adam Wiot in 1340 to Thomas Wyatt in 1550 are documented in English History. The Generations from about 1660 to their travel to America are Documented as the "Wyatt's of Priston". The Generations in America are also documented fairly well by James Bosley Noel Wyatt in 1920. See above links for details. The first recorded Wyatt in America for my wife's family is James Wyatt around the early 1700's. His ancestry was traced back to the 1600's to a John Wyatt from Priston (e.g. Bristol) in Somersetshire. So, what leads this branch of the American Wyatt's to think they are related? In part, it is family stories. In part it is a Signet Ring whose crest is mentioned in some heraldry articles and referred to as the Wyatt's of Cissbury or of Allington Castle (the Wyatt ancestral home). The ring has some of the characteristics of the Wyatt's of Somerset (three standing Eagles) and a reference to a wooden fort (presumably the Iron age fort at Cissbury England). The ring also has the motto mentioned in various heraldry stories about the Wyatt branch from Cissbury. There is a legend about an Admiral Gyot who was French and lead the Norman Invasion under William the Conqueror. This story, while unproved indicated that Admiral Gyot came with the Duke of Normandy (later William the Conqueror). Once here he married and the King gave him large land grants in the area surrounding Kent. "Gyot" became "Wiot" which later became "Wiat" and "Wyatt". Another story says that "Gy" is old English for "wood" which would tie into the Cissbury Iron Age fort and Wyatt shield. The Wyatt's in America and those in Priston (Somerset) are documented to 1660. The English Wyatt's are documented from 1340 to about 1600. There is a gap that many beleive is due to the turmoil surronding the beheading of Thomas Wyatt, the lesser and his attempt to overthrow Queen (Bloody) Mary. See separate web page on that.
	Allington Castle At the time of the Doomsday survey, the manor of Allington formed a part of the extensive possessions of Odo, Bishop of Baieux. After his downfall it was granted to William de Warenne, who was probably the builder of a normal type 'mount & Bailey' castle here. The position at the time must have been a strong one and of great importance being close to the river Medway, of which it commanded the passage and fords and overawe the town of Maidstone, which is about 2 miles distance. This Castle was slighted in 21 Henry II. (or 1175), when an entry in the pipe roll records a payment of 60 shillings to the Sheriff of Kent, 'in prosternendo castelli de Alintone' which can only refer to the overthrowing of the great mound of William de Warenne's castle. Towards the close of the reign of Henry III, the manor had passed into the hands of Sir Stephen de Penchester, Constable of Dover Castle and warden of the Cinque Ports. To whom, and his wife Margaret. Edward 1. In 1281 granted a licence to crenellate their 'house' of Alintone in Kent. The Term 'licence to crenellate' is somewhat obscure. The ordinary manor house of the early Middle ages was not furnished with any means of defence. Before it could be fortified, or turned into a castle, or a new castle be erected on its site, the royal permission to do so had to be obtained, and from the expression used therein it is known as a licence to crenelate, and runs generally as follows; 'Rex omnibus balliivis, et fidelibus suis ad quos, etc., ----- Say in commitatu Salop muro de petra, et calce, Firmare et Kernellare, et illud sic firmatum et kernell atum tenere possit sibi et heredibus suis imper etuum----'. To crenelate means to crown the summit of both walls and towers with battlements having alternate solid portions (called merlons) having spaces or intervals between them called embrasures or crenelles. Of the castle, as then reconstructed, there remain the enceinte wall of an enclosure of an irregular parallelogram form, having four D towers; a gatehouse with a segmental pointed arch, and a chase for a portcullis, opening between two solid towers of a D shape; a part of its covering barbican, a range of lodgings along the west side, and on the east side some remains of the great hall, with the triple doorways in the screens leading from the buttery, kitchen, and pantry. The castle was surrounded by a ditch about 65 feet wide, fed with water from the adjacent river; that on the west side may be all that remains of William de Warennes' castle, the great mound of earth which was on the south side. When it was levelled the great ditches would be filled up, and the banks thrown into them, as the readiest way of disposing of the material. All that now remains of the great mound is a low grassy hummock, part of which has been levelled and converted into a croquet lawn. From de Penchester the manor passed to the de Cobhams, Brents and Wyatts, the second of whom, the celebrated Sir Thomas, the elder who died in 1542, was the author of the famous anagram, "Wyatt of Wit", a courtier, and favourite of Henry VIII; he was a poet and a statesman. His son, the second Sir Thomas, having headed a rebellion in 1554 against the marriage of Queen Mary with that other gloomy bigot, Philip of Spain, was after its failure tried and executed for high treason, and his estates were forfeited to the crown. In 1569 Queen Elizabeth granted them to John Astley, Master of the Jewel House, in whose family they remained until, in 1720 they were alienated to the family of Marsham, the head of which, Lord Romney, finally passed the property to the Best family. ADDITIONAL NOTES BY J H WYATT Dec 1966 Additional information and description of the Castle will be found in the "Guide to Allington Castle" issued by the present owners. Hasted states that the castle was originally a Saxon Stronghold against the Danes; and afterwards passed to Odo Bishop of Bayeux, half brother of William the Conqueror, at the Norman invasion in 1066, and it is under his title that it is described in Doomsday. "The Best family neglected the castle, so that it became a miserable ruin covered with ivy" Ibid Allington Castle was purchased by Sir Henry Wyatt in 1492 and restored it. Henry VIII and Wolsey visited him there. It remained in the family for 62 years, till 1554 when, as the property of Sir Thomas Wyatt (the younger 1503-1554) it was confiscated by the Crown for treason. To Sir Henry Wyatt, or his son, the first Sir Thomas, are probably due the porch of the great hall, and several large windows inserted in various parts which have probably replaced small and inconvenient loopholes of the earlier period. A notable feature about the thirteenth century buildings is the original brickwork forming part of the windows and doorways; the bricks which are of a light colour, having been made to fit the jams in many places. The castle underwent further alterations towards the close of the sixteenth century, to which period may be assigned the drum tower at the outer extremity of an enclosure on the north front, between the caste and the river, of which only this tower and portions of two thin wall now remain. Allington was one of the seven "Chief castles of Kent": these are Allington, Canterbury, Dover, Leeds, Rochester, Saltwood and Tonbridge. - Ditchfield and Clinch, 1907 In 1905 the Castle was acquired by Martin Conway, (Lord Conway), and the work of restoration was his life's work for 25 years. He spent £70,000 on its restoration. He made the castle "akind of casket" to contain works of art and objects of archaeological interest which he had collected on his many travels. "Many of these were built into the walls" (Castle Guide). Unfortunately in the process of "restoring" the castle to make room for the installation of his own possessions, practically all traces of the Wyatt family were removed. ......... J H Wyatt Dec, 1966 Source: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wyatt (J.A.H "Jack" Wyatt) and book "Memorials of Old Kent", Ditchfield & Clinch, 1907 Location of Allington Castle in Maidstone



Map of South England Devonshire on the bottom left. Map of Cissbury Iron Age Fort (Sussex) Note fort construction with "wood pegeons" compared to Wyatt shield which also contains them	Map of Somerset, England area (Briston and Bath) where the Wyatt's left England
Original Wyatt Coat of Arms (1460 and forward)	Allington Castle Coat of Arms (Wyatt)
Source: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wyatt (J.A.H "Jack" Wyatt)	Used by my wife's branch of the Wyatt's in America (see Wyatt's of Cissbury below)	Used in 1691 for Allington Castle Source: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wyatt (J.A.H "Jack" Wyatt)
	The Confusion of my wife's Wyatt family shield The description of the shield of the The Wyatts of Cissbury, (formally Allington Castle) says the following: 2nd & 3rd az on a chev or surmounted by another couped sa between 3 wood pegeons each charged on the breast with a pellet sa. Motto; "Durior virtus" (not shown) The description of the shield of the "Wyatts of Somerset" i(See left) ndicate the following: Sa on a fess dancerre ar. Between 3 eagles disp. Or as many fleur-delis of the first. My wife's Wyatt's use the general style of the Wyatt's of Somerset ("between 3 eagles") but also contain the motto "Durior Virtus" (American version says Duriora) as the Wyatt's of Cissbury at Allington Castle.. The JAH Wyatt web site lists the Wyatt's as coming from Allington Castle while listing that the "Hugh Wiats went from Devonshire (southwest England) to Staffordshire." Information from my wife's family shows that they were last (before heading to America) in Somerset which is the Bristol-Bath area. Source: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wyatt (J.A.H "Jack" Wyatt)
Source: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wyatt (J.A.H "Jack" Wyatt) THE FIRST NAME OF WYATT The name Wyatt appears in the History of Wales as far back as 912 when there were two clans by that name; one know as the Black Wyatts and the other as the Red Wyatts The name first appears in English History in 1273 when the Red Wyatts under a fealty grant from the English Crown built what was known as "Wyatt Hall" in Devonshire. The first Wyatt record in Scotland was Malcolm Wyatt at Anegos, who rendered homage to the King in 1296. A James Wyatt was Burgess of Arbroath in 1464. ( Reference: "By the name of Wyatt, Wyatt Laws 1968) The dissolution of the monasteries caused the destruction or loss of all their main records in 1530. They had been the accepted record keepers so we get a gap until the Parish Churches started keeping their records in about 1520, under Elizabeth’s Government instructions. EARLY ORIGINS OF THE WYATTS Surnames are of late origin, there being hardly any in England of the pre-Norman Conquest days. The usual practice was to use the "son of " method. Most surnames in England date only from the thirteenth-fourteenth century, and were derived from place names. The name Guyot, derived from the old German "wido", meaning wood, came to England in Norman times, where it flourished greatly and was the point of departure of many surnames such as Wyatt, Wyon, Guyon, Guise and Guy. This became anglicised into Wiot, Wyot and finally Wyatt and first appears in the Pipe Rolls at the end of the 12th century. The earliest record is to a Wiotus de Colnbrook, alive in 1315 who held land at Langley Marish, (just east of Windsor and Eton) Adelle Bartlett-Harper, in her work on the origins of the Wyatt family says that "Ancient English manuscripts state that the first Wyatt to come to England is said to have been Admiral Wyatt, or Guyot as the name was spelt in Normandy. Guyot had charge of the Norman fleet when William the Conqueror landed in 1066. He married one of the Conquerors daughters and along with others was awarded large estates, which were located in Yorkshire, near the ancient town of Southange. In time the name Guyot was anglicised to Wiot, then Wiat and finally to Wyatt, by Sir Francis Wyatt, while Governor of Virginia; this being one of the five spellings he used during his term of office 1621-29, when signing official documents. There is definite evidence that the Wyatts owned land at Southange, (South Haigh, or Upper Haigh) in the township of Kexburgh, near Darton, "a trifle north-east of the town of Barnsley in Yorkshire". Haigh still exists and is shortly (1967) to become important as a motorway junction on the new length of the M1. This junction, fortunately, will not effect the Hall which is off the main road to the sound of the present hamlet of Haigh. EARLY REFERENCES TO WYATTS Wiotus de Colnbrook Mentioned as holding land in 1315 in Langley Marish, Horton and Colnbrook. John Wyot 1340 - 1410 Contemporary and friend of Geoffrey Chaucer, father of English poetry. In 1366 he married Phillipa Roet, sister of Catherine Swinford (born Roet). The latter married John of Gaunt, from whom Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VIII are descended. In 1377 he was commissioned to collect Poll tax for Richard II. 1383-88 he was the tax Commissioner for Buckingham . He spent the last years of his life as secular cleric of Horton rectory, (Bucks) 1410 was buried at Langley Marish. William Wyot 1360 - 1427 Presumed son of William or John Wyot. (by Julian NO Brother see page 7) 1406 Empowered to raise a Levy of £600 in Kent. 1420 Commissioned by Henry IV to raise a loan in Buckinghamshire towards the cost of the war in France. 1427 Buried in Langley Marish Church. Thomas Wyot 1403 Parson at Horton, Bucks. 1421 Rector of Eaton, exchanged for Dimchurch. His family arms: "Per fesse Azure and Gules, a horse barnacle, closed, in pale Argent."
Source: Sir George Wiatt 1554-1623 wrote a history of the Wiatt (Wyatt) family from Adam Wiot to his time. It is as follows: `Adam WIOT` `Born: 1320, Southange, Yorkshire, England` `Died: 1385` `Married:``Agnes WIGTON (WIGGON)` `Children:` `1.``William WIOT` Of Yorkshire, the first mentioned Wyatt in the Roger Twysden Roll. This is borne out by references in the pipe rolls, the assize Rolls and other ancient records of the 14th & 15th centuries. Roger Twysden, ancestor of the present Earl of Romney and present Sir William Twysden. The pedigree of Henry Wyatt shows 5 generations back to Adam Wyot, who lived in the middle of the 14th Century (See Page 12). The early Wyots were settled near Tickhill in the West Riding of Yorkshire and in Beighton, Southwest of Sheffield but just over the border in Derbyshire. His maternal forbears, the Bayliffes, of whom two generations married Yorkshire Wyots, hailed from Barnsley, north of Sheffield, where they were small squires entitled to bear arms, as were the Wyots. The Twysden Roll contained the pedigrees and the arms of Twysden, Wyatt, Scott (a member of which family had married a sister Anne Wyatt) as well as the Pedigree and arms of the family of Elizabeth Woodville, the Queen of Edward IV, whose Aunt (also named Elizabeth Woodville) had married in about 1430, William Haute, an ancestor of the wife of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the younger. The Hautes of Bishopsbourne and Wavering Manor in Kent, who were neighbours of the Wyatts of Allington, were an important local family. When the Haute male line became extinct in 1530, Jane Haute, one of her father's co-heiresses, took the Wavering manor to the Wyatts. 1530 Visitation makes no mention of pedigree. At the "Visitation" in 1619 the pedigree presented was that of Roger Twysden, as presented in 1578, who had married Ann, a daughter of Sir Thomas Wyatt, the younger, and included in the "Twysden Roll" `William WIOT` `Born: 1350, Southange, Yorkshire, England` `Died: 1388` `Father:``Adam WIOT` `Mother:``Agnes WIGTON (WIGGON)` `Married 1:``Agnes De COBHAM` `Married 2:``Jane BAILIFFE` `Children:` `1.``Robert WIOT` Of Colnbrook, married Lady Agnes de Norwood. She was the 5th wife and widow of Sir Roger de Norwood, and her maiden name was Lady Agnes de Cobham, 3rd daughter of Lord Cobham of Kent. 1359 was charged with transferring Sir John de Moyens (a prisoner) from Nottingham Castle to Cambridge Castle. Served under the Black Prince. 1368 Had a house at Charing, Westminster. Buried at Langley Marish, Near Windsor. 1371 & 1377 was witness to two deeds relates to Jewerby?, Nr Bradlington, Yorkshire. `Of Colnbrook.` `Agnes de Norwood``was the 5th wife and widow of``Sir Roger de Norwood``, and her maiden name was``Agnes de Cobham``, 3rd daughter of``Lord Cobham of Kent``. 1359 was charged with transferring``Sir John de Moyens``(a prisoner) from Nottingham Castle to Cambridge Castle. Served under the``Black Prince``. 1368 Had a house at Charing, Westminster. Buried at Langley Marish, Near Windsor. 1371 & 1377 was witness to two deeds relates to Jewerby?, Nr Bradlington, Yorkshire.` `Robert WIOT` `Born: 1385, Southange, Yorkshire, England` `Died: 1440` `Father:``William WIOT` `Mother:``Jane BAILIFFE` `Married:``Jane SKIPWITH` `Children:` `1.``John WIATT` `2.``Geoffrey WIATT` `3.``Anne WIATT` `Geoffrey WIATT` `Born: 1410, Southange, Yorkshire, England` `Died: 1460` `Father:``Robert WIOT` `Mother:``Jane SKIPWITH` `Married:``Anne WIOT``(a cousin)` `Children:` `1.``Richard WYATT` `Richard WYATT` `Born: 1428, South Haigh Mexborough, Yorkshire, England` `Died: 1478, Kent, England` `Owned land at Westminster and at Buscot in Berkshire. 1403 Member of Commission for Defence of the Realm in the Reign of``Henry IV``. 1406 Appointed to be the Seneschal and Controller of Winchester. 1410 - 26 Represented Buckinghamshire in Parliament at the time of Agincourt. 1410 - 24 High Sheriff of London. 1431 Buried at Langley Marish Church.` `A summary of fines included in the past Court Rolls was made in 1640. Unfortunately all are now lost except one covering the period 1440 - 1441 which remained the property of the``Earl of Shrewsbury``.` `There are three documents referring to Richard Wyot:` `Feudal aids for the Earl of Shrewsbury, referred to as ‘tenure in socage’. Assessment 2/- in £ or 10% in 1441 book: "``Beatrice``, Wife of``Richard Cutbushe``, to``Richard Wyot``and``Margaret` `his wife, third part of a bovet(?) of land in Hallam. Fine 2s.". The same Beatrice gave the aforesaid Richard Wiat and his wife Margaret the third part of a Bovet of Land in Hallam. Fine 18d.` `Father:``Geoffrey WIATT` `Mother:``Anne WIOT` `Married: Margaret (Jane) CLARKE 1457, Allington Castle, Kent, England` `Children:` `1.``John WYATT` `2.` `Henry WYATT (Sir)` `3.``Richard WYATT` `4.``William WYATT of Essex` `5.``Joan WYATT` `6.``Thomas WYATT``of Kent` `7.``Anne WYATT` `8. Francis WYATT (b. 1465, Boxley Abbey, Kent)` `John WYATT` `Born: 1458, Allington, Haigh Mexborough, Yorkshire, England` `Died: 1525` `Father:``Richard WYATT` `Mother:``Margaret (Jane) CLARKE` `Married: ¿?` `Children:` `1. Phillip WYATT` `Phillip WYATT` `Born: 1500, Braunton, Devon, England` `Died: 1591/1592, Braunton, Devon, England` `Father:``John WYATT` `Mother: ¿?` `Married: Jane PATTY BEF 1526, Devon, England` `Children:` `1. Agnes WYATT` `2. Sedwell WYATT` `3. Margaret WYATT` `4. George WYATT` `5. Hugh WYATT` `6. William WYATT` `7. Nicholas WYATT` `8. Thomas WYATT` `9. Adam WYATT` `10. Phillip WYATT` `11. John WYATT` `Agnes WYATT` `Born: ABT 1526, Braunton, Devon, England` `Father: Phillip WYATT` `Mother: Jane PATTY` `Married: John SHEPPARD 26 Jan 1555/6` `Margaret WYATT` `Born: ABT 1530, Braunton, Devon, England` `Father: Phillip WYATT` `Mother: Jane PATTY` `Married: John POYNTZ` `George WYATT` `Born: ABT 1532, Braunton, Devon, England` `Died: 15 Sep 1594` `Father: Phillip WYATT` `Mother: Jane PATTY` `Hugh WYATT` `Born: ABT 1534, Shillinsford, Berkshire, England` `Father: Phillip WYATT` `Mother: Jane PATTY` `Married 1: Mary (Maria) BOURCHIER 28 Nov 1566` `Married 2: Mary HILL` `William WYATT` `Born: 14 Dec 1539, Braunton, Devon, England` `Father: Phillip WYATT` `Mother: Jane PATTY` `Married: Elizabeth SHEPPARD 19 Oct 1560, Braunton, Devon, England` `Nicholas WYATT` `Born: 1540, Brauton, Devon, England` `Died: 1596` `Father: Phillip WYATT` `Mother: Jane PATTY` `Thomas WYATT` `Born: 27 Feb 1544, Brauton, Devon, England` `Father: Phillip WYATT` `Mother: Jane PATTY` `Married: Margaret RISDON 3 Oct 1569` `Adam WYATT` `Born: ABT 1548, Barnstaple, Devon, England` `Died: 10 Oct 1611` `Father: Phillip WYATT` `Mother: Jane PATTY` `Married: Elizabeth HARRIS 23 Sep 1576` `Phillip WYATT` `Born: 3 Aug 1550, Braunton, Devon, England` `Died: 22 Aug 1608` `Father: Phillip WYATT` `Mother: Jane PATTY` `Married: Alice BROOKE 25 Oct 1579` `John WYATT` `Born: 27 Nov 1558, Braunton, Devon, England` `Christened: 27 Nov 1558, Braunton, Devon, England` `Died: 22 Dec 1598` `Father: Phillip WYATT` `Mother: Jane PATTY` `Married: Frances CHICHESTER BEF 19 Oct 1584 / ABT 1604, Braunton, Devon, England` `Children:` `1. Anne WYATT` `2. Agnes WYATT` `3. Joan WYATT` `4. Phillip WYATT` `5. Hugh WYATT` `6. Margaret WYATT` `Richard WYATT` `Born: ABT 1461` `Died: 1522` `1494 Took his degree at Christ’s College, Oxford and received living of Headingham from brother``Francis``. 1495 Also received Livings of Romney (Kent), Wisbech (Cambridgeshire) and Bishop’s Wearmouth in Durham. 1501 Senior Proctor at Cambridge, Master of his College. Later became Precentor of York Cathedral. Although a priest, he bore the arms "Per fesse Azure and Gules, a barnacle Argent." From whom the``Wyatts of Hurst Barton``are descended.` `Father:``Richard WYATT` `Mother:``Margaret (Jane) CLARKE` `Married: ¿?` `Children:` `1.``John WYATT``(a priest appointed to a living at Feltwell in Norfolk and later to Livings at Cressingham and Cley-by-the-Sea. As a result of Henry’s influence, he became a wealthy man)` `William WYATT of Essex` `Born: ABT 1463, Barking, Essex, England` `Died: 1532` `Came South from Yorkshire towards end of reign of` `Edward IV``, as did Henry. In early days know as "of Barking", leased Manor of Bradwell-on-Sea. Also held benefactions of Felsted School and Manor of Sutton (Essex), which remained in the family until 1660. Of some local note in County for in 1525 he was collector of taxes for the King’s war against France.` `Father:``Richard WYATT` `Mother:``Margaret (Jane) CLARKE` `Thomas WYATT of Kent` `Born: ABT 1467` `Notes: the``Wyatts of Crosbury``are descended from him.` `Father:``Richard WYATT` `Mother:``Margaret (Jane) CLARKE` `Married:``¿?` `Children:` `1.``Richard``WYATT (Rector of Slindon)` `2.``Robert WYATT of Slindon` `3.``John WYATT of Flansham` `John WYATT of Flansham` `Notes: From whom are descended,``William``, who had a son``Richard``(b. 1726), who married Mary Greenfield. They had a son``Richard``, High Sheriff of Sussex in 1810, and``Miriam``who married``Hugh Penfold, of Cissbury``. From Richard, are descended the``Wyatt’s of Cissbury``.` `Hugh Wyatt``, formerly Penfold, assumed the surname, and arms by Royal Licence 14 Nov 1839` `Father:``Thomas WYATT``of Kent` `Mother:``¿?` Children: 1. William Son of John of Flansham (49) From whom the Wyatts of Cissbury are descended. `Robert WYATT of Slindon` `Father:``Thomas WYATT``of Kent` `Mother:``¿?` `Married:``¿?` `Children:` `1.``Richard WYATT` `Richard WYATT` `Born: 1554` `Died: 1619` `Buried: Isleworth Church` `Notes: was apprenticed to a``Roger Shears``, the then Master of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters in London. Richard married his master’s daughter``Margaret``and in due course became himself Master of the Carpenters Company and a wealthy man. He was buried in Isleworth Church where there is a monument to his memory, showing a coat of arms "Gules on a fesse Or, between three boars heads couped Argent a lion passant between two pheons Sable" This similar but not identical with the arms of``Sir Henry Wyatt of Kent` `Father:``Robert WYATT of Slindon` `Mother:``¿?` `Married:``Margaret SHEARS` `Henry WYATT (Sir)` `Born: 1460` `Died: 10 Nov 1536/7, Allington Castle, Kent, England` `Buried: Milton, near Gravesend` `Notes: See his Biography` `Father:``Richard WYATT` `Mother:``Margaret (Jane) CLARKE` `Married:``Anne SKINNER``(dau. of``John Skinner``) 1485, Ardleigh, Essex, England` `Children:` `1.``Thomas "The Elder" WYATT (Sir)` `2.``Anne WYATT` `3.``Margaret WYATT` `4.``Francis WYATT` `5.``Henry WYATT` Henry Wyatt was a young cadet of the Lancastrian house, the youngest son of a Yorkshire squire of Southange in Yorkshire. He sided with Henry Richmond and for his loyalty to Richmond was imprisoned and tortured. Thus he became the 'Hero of the cat'. 'Had kept him in stocks and irons'. The incident is recorded in the 'Wiat MSS' which is still in the possession of Lord Romney (1967). It says, (from Sir Henry's son Thomas,) 'He was imprisoned often; once in a cold narrow tower, where he had neither a bed to lie on, nor cloaths sufficient to warm him, nor meat for his mouth; he starved there had not God, who sent a Crow to feed his prophet; sent this his country's master, a Cat, both to feed him and to warm him ----------- it was his own relation from whom I had it -------- A cat came one day down into the dungeon unto him, and, as it were, offered herself unto him, he was glad of her, laid her in his bosome to warm him, and making much of her, won her love. After this she would come every day unto him in diverse times, and when she could get him one, bring him a pigeon; he complained to the keeper of his cold and short fare; the answer was, he durst not better it; but said Sir Henry, 'If I can provide any, will you promise to dress it for me?'. 'I may well enough' said the Keeper, 'are you safe for that matter' and for him from time to time such pigeons as his Acater (caterer) the cat, provided for him. Sir Henry in his prosperity would never make much of a cat, and perhaps you will never find a picture of him anywhere, but with a cat beside him. 'When the Usurper had fallen on Bosworth field, one of the first acts of Henry VII was to liberate Henry and raise him from the private gentleman to the highest honours at Court. He made him a Knight at his Coronation July 23rd 1509' Sir Henry Wyatt was imprisoned in Scotland for two years or more by Richard III.: ' on one occasion after Sir Henry had submitted to his torture (i.e. the barnacle) his descendants inform us that he was 'examined' by Richard III. 'Wyatt' said the Tyrant, 'Why art thou such a fool? Thou servest for moonshine in the water. Thy master is a beggarly fugitive. Forsake him and become mine, I can reward thee, and I swear unto thee I will.' 'Sire' was the answer, 'If I had first chosen you for my master, thus faithful would I have been to you, if you should have needed it; but the Earl, poor and unhappy though he be, is my master, and no discouragement or allurement shall ever drive mee from him by God's grace'. When the Standard of the fugitive Earl floated on the field of Bosworth, Wyatt found means to join it. Sir Henry was made Knight Banneret for his services at the Battle of Spurs in 1515; and was present at the Field of Cloth of Gold' . He married Ann Skinner, late in life, in 1502. He bought Allington Castle from the trustees of Robert Gainsford in 1292. The castle was in bad repair, and Henry Wyatt and his son made extensive alterations. They put in large Tudor windows, erected a fine porch, a ladies bower, a new fire place , a long gallery, a new kitchen and a new staircase. Camden ascribes the credit of these alterations to Thomas Wyatt, but most of them seem to have been carried out by his father. Henry applied for a new grant of Arms in January 1507/8. The grant by Garter was made on the grounds simply that he was descended form the House of Blood and name of the Wyatts' He was a privy councillor and may not have been called upon by Garter to produce a pedigree any more than his acquaintances Cardinal Wolsey or Thomas Cromwell when they applied for Armorial Bearings which they had not inherited. In 1283 he became involved, as a stout Lancastrian in the Duke of Buckingham's unsuccessful revolt in the West Country in favour of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, who was then in Brittany awaiting possible developments. In consequence Henry Wyatt was imprisoned in the Tower during the two years of the reign of Richard III, on whose orders he is said to have been tortured. He was only released on the death of King Richard and the accession of Henry VII. "Procured his possessions to be changed from the nature of Gavelkind" " Sir Henry Wyatt, of Haigh" During the century there lived at South Haigh a Richard Wyatt, who married Margaret, the daughter of William Bailiff of Barnsley, by whom he had a son, Sir Henry Wyatt, of Allington in Kent, who seems to have succeeded John Woodruff, for he was seneschal of the lordship of 1507 Applied for a new Coat of Arms. In the Rolls of Roger Twysden the pedigree shows five generations back to an Adam Wyot, who lived in the middle of the 14 Century in Yorkshire. Henry moved to London. 1483 Imprisoned in the Tower and tortured by Richard III for supporting unsuccessful revolt in favour of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond.Released after Battle of Bosworth, when Richmond became Henry VII. 1485 Rewarded by grant of “Keeper”, later to “Constable” for life of Norwich Castle. 1490 Master of the King’s Jewels for 34 years. 1488 Controller of the Mint, assisted with the reorganisation of the Mint and Coinage. 1492 Esquire-of-the-Body, King’s select Bodyguard, He sold Hall in the village Solhange (South Haigh or Upper Haigh) which he had acquired through his marriage to Margaret, daughter and heiress of Richard Bailiff of Barnsley andpurchased Allington Castle and restored it.Henry VIII visited him there, as did Cardinal Wolsey. 1491 Joint Executor of Henry VIII’s will. 1494 Governor of the Castle of Carlisle to hold the border against the Scots 1513 -1515, then ransomed. 1500 Commissioner of the Peace for South East England. 1504 Was one of four who formed committee of the Privy Council to raise money for the King by the sale of offices, privileges and pardons. 1513 Conducted Suffolk from France to the Tower where he was executed by Henry VIII. 1509 Henry VII had died at the age of 52.He was succeeded by Prince Henry (VIII) to who Henry Wyatt had been guardian for some years.Henry Wyatt createdKnight-of-the-Bath.Was one of the signatories for England of the Treaty of Scotland. 1512 Appointed joint constable of Norwich Castle with Sir Thomas Boleyn, (father of Ann Boleyn) 1522 As Treasurer of the King’s Chamber raised and sent £20,000 to King’s Army on the Scottish Border. 1526 Had official lodgings in the Royal Palace as member of the Select Body of the Privy Council to hear complaints of the King’s subjects. 1524 When lesser monasteries were dissolved Wyatt obtained lands and tenements in Essex and land in Milton (near Faversham in Kent) where he established the “Henry Wyatt Chantry” 1527 Henry VIII visited Allington Castle where he was joined by Wolsey. 1528 Resigned posts of Treasurer of the King’s Chamber and the Royal Mint. 1536 November, Henry Wyatt died at Allington Castle nearly 80 years old and was buried at Milton, Gravesend. `Anne WYATT` `1536 Accompanied``Anne Boleyn``to the scaffold on May 9th, and received from her "her little prayer book, set in gold enamelled black which she long preserved as a precious relic". (Ireland History). At her execution Anne Boleyn went to the block dressed in black damask and was said never to have looked more beautiful. One of her attendants was Anne Wyatt, to who she was seen to whisper something as she knelt. A message she sent earlier on her execution day no one dared to mention to the King. Anne’s message to``Henry VIII``through Anne Wyatt was "Commend me to his Majesty, and tell him he has ever been constant in his career of advancing me. From a private gentlewoman he made me a marchioness, from a marchioness a Queen. And now he has left me no higher degree of honour, he gives me my innocence the crown of martyrdom". (N B Morrison)` `Father:``Henry WYATT (Sir)` `Mother:``Anne SKINNER` `Margaret WYATT` `Born: ABT 1490, Allington Castle, Allington, Kent` `Died: 10 Mar 1536/37` `Father:``Henry WYATT (Sir)` `Mother:``Anne SKINNER` `Married 1:``Thomas (John) ROGERS``1505, Deritend, Warwickshire, England` `Children:` `1.``John ROGERS (Reverend)` `2.``William ROGERS` `3.``Edward ROGERS` `4.``Eleanor ROGERS` `5.``Joan ROGERS` `Married 2:``Anthony LEE (Sir)``Quarendon, England` `Children:` `6. Henry LEE (Sir Knight)` `7. Robert LEE` `8. Cromwell LEE` `Henry WYATT` `Born: 1500, Allington Castle, Boxley , Kent, England` `Died: 1544` `Father:``Henry WYATT (Sir)` `Mother:``Anne SKINNER` `Married:``¿?` `Children:` `1.``Edward WYATT``(who lived in Essex and married a``Miss Browne``of Essex County. He died in 1544 and was buried at Tillingham where there is a monument brass to his memory)` `Thomas "The Elder" WYATT (Sir)` `Born: 1503 Allington Castle, Kent, England` `Died: 11 Oct 1542, Sherborne, Dorset` `Buried: 11 Oct 1542, the great church of Sherborne` `Notes: See his Biography` `Father:``Henry WYATT (Sir)` `Mother:``Anne SKINNER` `Married:` `Elizabeth BROOKE``1520` `Children:` `1.``Thomas "The Younger" WYATT (Sir)` `2.``Anne WYATT` `Associated with:``Elizabeth DARRELL` `Children:` `3.``Henry WYATT` `4.``Francis WYATT` `5.``Edward WYATT` 1503 Born at Allington Castle. Playmate and friend of Anne Boleyn. At her coronation acted for his father as Chief Ewerer, pouring scented water over her hands. Had an early love affair with Ann Boleyn, but had to make way for Henry VIII. When Anne Boleyn was sent to the scaffold in 1536, Thomas Wyatt was also sent there in case he might be wanted as a witness at her trial; released a month later. Accompanied Thomas Cromwell to the scaffold as they were great friends. 1515. Matriculated at St Johns College, Cambridge when only 12, graduated B.A. 3 years later. 1516. Received his first Court appointment, Sewer extraordinary to the Royal Household of Henry VIII. 1520. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Brook, (Lord Cobham). Marriage arranged by parents and was unhappy. Separated soon after birth of a son, Thomas, the younger. Presumed that Thomas (the elder) still retained affection for Anne Boleyn. Seventeen years after his marriage, the then Lord Cobham, (Elizabeth’s brother) wrote complaining that Thomas Wyatt still refused to make any financial provision for his wife. He was highly intelligent, witty , fearless of speech to the point of indiscretion, impulsive and unsteady, spoilt by an admiring father and friends. 1521. Made Esquire of the Body (Kings personal Bodyguard) 1524. Appointed Clerk of the Jewel Office, (senior post relinquished by his father in favour of Thomas Cromwell) When Wyatt embarked on his diplomatic career he was a young man of 23. He died when he was 40. 1526. Formed part of a mission under Sir Thomas Cheney, to the Flemish Court. 1527. Attached to staff of the Ambassador (Earl of Bedford) to the French Court. Visited Rome, Venice, Ferrara, Bologna, Florence and studied Italian literature. This influenced his writing of English and he became the ‘pioneer of the English sonnet’ 1529 - 30. High Marshall of Calais. 1536. Commanded troops to suppress Catholic revolt in Lincolnshire, known as the ‘Pilgrimage of Grace’ 1537. Appointed by the King to be the Sheriff of Kent. Was embarrassed financially, in spite of inheriting father’s large fortune, due to his own extravagant expenditure. Was sent as Ambassador to various European courts to help Henry VIII’s causes. 1540. After execution of Cromwell, (Thomas’ friend), the opposing faction renewed attacks on Thomas Wyatt: he was charged with disrespectful references to the King when ambassador to Spain; with relations with the "traitor Cardinal De La Pole"; with living a wild and extravagant life. 1541. Arrested, taken bound and manacled to the Tower. Very unusual for a man of his position. Allington Castle seized, together with his plate, armour and horses and other valuables. saved from execution by intervention and interest of Catherine Howard, Henry’s new Queen, whose mother was a Culpepper , friend and neighbour of Wyatt’s of Kent; on the condition that 1. he confessed his guilt. 2. he took back his wife Elizabeth. Catherine and Culpepper (her lover) were both executed in 1542. 1542. Restored to favour. Appointed Knight of the Shire of Kent. High Steward of Maidstone. Sent to greet the Emperor’s Ambassador at Falmouth but caught a chill on the way and died (in October) at Sherborne, buried in the Minster, aged just under 40. After 3 days illness he died and died of pneumonia and was buried in the great Church at Sherborne, exact whereabouts unknown, but it has been surmised that it was in the Horsey Tomb as he died in the house of his great friend Sir John Horsey, whom he had known through having extensive estates in Dorset and Somerset. A brilliant proud, impetuous man, who made enemies as easily as he made friends. INSCRIPTION ON THE TOMB OF SIR JOHN HORSEY, SHERBORNE ABBEY, DORSET ‘In memory of SIR THOMAS WIATT, poet and statesman, who died at Clifton, Maybank, the house of a friend, Sir John Horsey, 11 Oct 1542, and is buried in the vault of this chapel. ‘Wiat resteth here; that quick would never rest.’ `Francis WYATT` `Born: 1540` `Notes: Francis took the name of Darrell and seems to have been taken into the Darrell family and from there disappears, no further references have been found to date.` `Father:``Thomas "The Elder" WYATT (Sir)` `Mother:``Elizabeth DARRELL` `Edward WYATT` Date of birth untraced. On 21 Jan 1554 he was present among relatives, friends and neighbours called to a meeting at Allington Castle to discuss the date for the insurrection. On 24 Jan he is listed among the principal leaders and gentry of the neighbourhood who slept on the floor of the hall of Allington Castle, ready for the assembly at Penenden Heath, Boxley the next day. At 25 Jan accompanied Sir Thomas on the march to London, and surrendered at Ludgate Hill with about 60 other rebels and was taken to the Tower.`Bishop Gardinerreferred to him as "one little Wyatt" who might be usefully interrogated, (presumably on the rack), to see if he knew anything of Sir Thomas’ relations with``Princess Elizabeth``. Gardiner’s exact words to``Sir William Petre``, Governor of the Tower, were: "Whether ye press him to say the truth by sharp punishment or promise of life". On 19 Feb` `Thomas Cobham``and little``Edward Wyatt``were sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered.` `Father:``Thomas "The Elder" WYATT (Sir)` `Mother:``Elizabeth DARRELL` `Thomas "The Younger"``WYATT (Sir)` `Born: 1521` `Died: 11 Apr 1554, London, England` `Notes: See his Biography` `Father:``Thomas "The Elder" WYATT (Sir)` `Mother:` `Elizabeth BROOKE` `Married:``Jane HAWTE``(b. 1522, Bishopsbourne and Wavering, England) (dau. of` `Sir William Hawte``and``Maria Guildford``) 1537` `Children:` `1.``George WYATT (Sir)` `2.``Anne WYATT` `3.``Frances WYATT` `4.``Jane WYATT` `5.``Richard WYATT` `6.``Carolus WYATT` `7.``Arthur WYATT` `8.``Henry WYATT` `9.``Joyce WYATT` `10.``Ursula WYATT` Son of Sir Thomas the Elder Married at 16 1521 Born Allington Castle, was a devout Catholic all his life. His parents were already estranged, his father rarely at home, being either abroad on the King’s business or at Court. 1536 At 15 appointed Esquire of the Body, to Henry VIII and Joint Constable of Conysborough Castle (Yorkshire) post previously held by father and grandfather. 1537 Barely 16 married Jane Haute, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Haute of Bishopsbourne, Kent. She bore him 10 children, of whom 3 married and left issue. Of these, Anna, married Roger Twysden. 1538 Elizabeth Darral, became Thomas’ mistress and bore him a son, Francis Darral Wyatt, in 1540. 1542 On death of his father succeeded to vast estates, titles and father’s debts to the King, which he redeemed by sale of property for £3,700. 1543 Inherited his father’s estates, which were heavily encumbered with debts, so that he was obliged to sell part of the estates to pay them. He then settled the estate of Tarrant, in Dorset on Francis Darrell. His portrait shows him age 32. 1543-50 Served as volunteer in wars against France and given command of troops. During this period Henry VIII died, succeeded by his son Edward VI. When Wyatt returned to England he took no part in public affairs. 1545 Was in London with Surrey and a band of boon companions and went roistering noisily along narrow, dark, stinking unlit streets of the city, breaking expensive precious glass windows of citizens houses and damaging ecclesiastical glass windows. They were brought to trial before the dreaded Privy Council, charging with acts of violence and in addition to "eating meat in Lent". There seems little doubt that they were not altogether sober when the offences were committed. It was known that they were in the habit of frequenting a "house" kept by Mistress Arundel, and she came to their aid at the trial. The three young men were sent to prison in the Poultry but was later removed to the Tower. When released he volunteered to join the English contingent fighting in alliance with Charles V of Spain in Flanders. It was there that he came to dislike the Spaniards. He was a most successful soldier, showing courage, initiative and ability to command. He was wounded on one occasion; was given command of 1000 footmen; and later made Commander of the fortress of Boulogne; serving seven years abroad. Earlier he took part in the earlier uprising by the Duke of Northumberland, to put Lady Jane Grey on the throne. After his war service he retired to Allington as a country gentleman. 1547 Knighted 1553 He received an invitation from Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon to a secret meeting in London, following rumours that Mary intended to marry Philip of Spain.

Wyatt Family Lineage

from John Wiot (circa 1340 to 1550's)