Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
In 1541, Wyatt was accused of treason. Instead of being put to death, Wyatt was ordered to separate from his mistress and return to the wife he had separated from many years earlier (um, yay?). (Source.)
Just like Elton John and Paul McCartney, Wyatt too was knighted (in 1535). (Source.)
You know, they say Thomas Wyatt witnessed the execution of Anne Boleyn while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London (bad times). He may even have written a poem about it, which can be read here. (Source.)
Wyatt and his fellow sonneteer Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, are often referred to as the "father[s] of the English sonnet." (Cool, daddios.) (Source.)