17 January – Poet Thomas Wyatt is arrested and Leicestershire woman gives birth to a cat
Joel | January 17, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 17th January 1541, courtier, diplomat and poet, Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder, was arrested and sent to the Tower of London after being accused of corresponding with Cardinal Reginald Pole, and referring to the prospect of Henry VIII’s death. Wyatt was taken to the Tower and it looked like […]
