WYATT, SIR THOMAS

(1503-42), Eng. poet and diplomatist; held court appointments under Henry VIII.; P.C., 1533; lover of Anne Boleyn; amba ador to Charles V., 1537-39; imprisoned in Tower, but released, 1541. Author of Certain Psalmes done into English meter, 1549, and many ronde a us and lyrics, pub. as Songes and Sonettes, 1557. W (3/3) w (3/3)