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D6 (239). Sir Thomas Wiat, the elder.
Portrait, in black coat with ermine collar, lined red, black cap.
Date: Unknown. (16" X 12 1/2".) Artist: Unknown.
For notes on life, see D7.
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D7 (240). Sir Thomas Wiat, Knight—the
elder. 1503-1542.
Portrait, in white shirt with turned-down collar, red robe embroidered
with gold, lined with white fur, black cloak with gold ornaments.
Date: Unknown. (16" X 13" on wood.) Modern copy by Herbert
L. Smith.
Son of Sir Henry Wiat of Allington, scholar, linguist, minor poet and
introducer of sonnets and blank verse, with Surrey and others. Friend of
Thomas Cromwell. Was visited at Allington by Kings Henry VII and VIII,
Anne Boleyn, Catherine Parr and Cardinal Wolsey. Father of Sir T. Wiat,
the younger.
He was the Sheriff of Kent and Ambassador to Emperor Charles V, 1538-40.
Imprisoned and tried but acquitted and retired to Allington.
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D8 (242). Sir Thomas Wiat, Knight, the younger. 1521-1554. Plate
IV.
Portrait in red robe edged with fur and white open shirt.
Date: Unknown. (15 1/2" X 13".) Modern copy by Herbert L.
Smith.
Son of Sir Thomas Wiat, the elder, and Elizabeth, daughter of Lord
Cobham.
He was the unwilling leader of the abortive Kent rebellion to dethrone
Queen Mary and to marry her sister Elizabeth to Courtenay.
He marched to Ludgate but his followers deserted and he was captured and
beheaded 1554, and his estates confiscated.
He was the father of Ann Wiat, wife of Roger Twysden.
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D9 (245). Ann Twysden. 1542-1592.
Portrait, in low dress with dark brown cloak, white ruff and cuffs, with
jewel hanging from black ribbon. Cap edged with pearls and hood.
Miniature water-colour (7 1/2" X 6".) Modern copy by W. E.
Brennand.
Daughter of Sir Thomas Wiat, the younger.
Married: Roger Twysden of Roydon, 1562.
Mother of Sir William Twysden, 1st Baronet of Roydon. |