By the numbers

Courtier poet

1503: Year English poet Thomas Wyatt was born

1522: Year he fell violently in love with Anne Boleyn, who chose King Henry VIII over Wyatt

1535: Year he was knighted

1536: Year he was imprisoned in the Tower of London under suspicion of being one of Anne Boleyn’s lovers

39: Age at which he died

Source: Wikipedia.org


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