Wyatt, Sir Henry of Allington Castle

1460 - 1537  (77 years)

• Name	Wyatt, Henry  [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	of Allington Castle
  Birth	1460
  Gender	Male
  Will	1537	Allingham, Kent, England   [2]
  Death	10 Nov 1537
  Person ID	I3547	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Wyatt, Richard   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Skinner, Anne   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Wyatt, Sir Thomas,   b. 1503   d. 11 Oct 1542, Sherborne, Dorset, England (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F1447	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Henry Wyatt resisted Richard III's pretensions to the English throne and in consequence was arrested, spending two years in the Tower of London. He was said to have been put on the rack in the presence of Richard III, and forced to eat mustard and vinegar. A painting - and his well-known love of cats in later life - suggest an unconfirmed myth - that a cat visited him daily in his cell, bringing a pigeon from a nearby dovecote and thus saving him from starvation. When Henry VII acceded the throne in 1485, Sir Henry was appointed to the Privy Council and became a guardian to the future Henry VIII. He was also appointed a Privy Councillor to Henry VIII, and a Knight of the Bath. Sources 1. [S00506] Henry VIII and his Court London, 1971. , Williams, Neville, Reference: Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wyatt_(courtier)

  
  

• Sources

  [S387] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1999.), 88. (Reliability: 3). [S389] Leland Lewis Duncan, Kent Wills, ((kentarchaeology.org)), accessed 23 Jun 2013), Transcription of will of Henry Wyatt, 1537. (Reliability: 3). Sir Henry Wyatte of Alington (Allington) in Kent Knight. To be buryed in the churche of Mylton (Milton) besyds Gravesende nere unto Dame Anne my wyfe. I will that ther be no pompe nor vagne glorye hadd in or aboute my saide buriall. Also I will that my channtry at Mylton do contynew stande and abyde according to suche estatuts ordyn- anncs and rules the whiche I have ordeyned and made conteyned and specified in the boke of the Fundacon of the same channtry. I will that Thomas my sonne do by his deade sufficiannt in the lawe ensure and make ever unto the same channtry preests and to their successours all suche landes and tenements lying in the Counties of Kent and Essex of the whiche the same Channtry prestes now perceyve and take the profutes. Also I will and charge Thomas my sonne that he by his severall dedys sufficent in the lawe do grannte unto every of my servunts whose names nearafter so followe for the good and faythfull servuce the whiche they heretofore have done unto me and also for the good and faythfull servuce the whiche they shall hereafter do unto the saide Thomas my sonne duringe his lyfe suche severall Fees as hereafter do ensue To be hadd unto every of them for terme of their lyves that is to saye unto Gervace Franke onne yerely annutie or fee of tenne markes, George Multon foure marks, to Cristofer Dyconson 40s, Edward Westbye 20s, John Gavell 20s, Edward Tatersall 20s, Arthur Loffekyne 40s, John Mors the baillyewike the whiche he now occupiethe for terme of his lyfe yeldinge unto the same Thomas a trewe accompte yerely of the same. I will the same Thomas that he content and paie unto Henry Gayvell during the lyfe of ----- mother of the saide Henry fyve markes towardes the findinge of the same Henry. Also that he paie unto Henry Lee yerely duringe his nonage £10 and in lykewyse unto Robert Lee his brother duringe his nonage yerely 10 marks towards and for to fynde them to scole. Also that he by his lyke dede do grannte unto Walter Hendley gent for his good counsell to me gevyn and for his counsell unto the same Thomas to be geven one yerely annuytie or fee of fyve marks duringe his lyf. I make the right honorable Thomas lorde Crumwell, Thos Wyatt my sonne and heire and Walter Hendley gent my extours and I geve and bequeth unto the same Lorde Crumwell one cupp with myn armes uppon yt humbly beseching the said lorde Cromwell to accepte the same for a smale and apoure remembrannce and that it will please hym to see this my present testament executed and performed. Also unto the saide Walter Hendley one cuppe with myn armes on yt for a lyke remembrannce. Probate 21 Feb 1537 by Thome Wyatt exor resd power to others. In Feb 1559 adm. to Edward Warner Knt. and Dame Elizabeth his wife de bonis non. Deinde 17 Julii 1576 com funt consimiles ad. Georgio Wyat px. consans dict def de bonis non. p. Edwardum Warner and Elizabeth ux enis and am def. Book 15, page 457 - transcription L.L. Duncan