Bailiffs and constables of Conisborough Castle
Sir Henry Wyatt (c.1460–1536), a politician and courtier, the younger son of Richard Wyatt, of Yorkshire, and Margaret, the daughter and heir of William Bailif, of Reigate. In March 1487 he became joint bailiff and constable of Conisborough Castle.
Sir Thomas Wyatt, was born about 1503 - Sir Henry's elder son, who was the foremost poet of the court of Henry VIII. It is written that he was one of the new breed of young, plain-speaking, and exuberant courtiers who populated the court of the new king, and who contrasted with the bureaucrats and money men who flourished under Henry VII. Although his reputation for evangelical religious views and for loose sexual mores distinguishes him from Sir Henry, he retained and built on his father's family and regional loyalties. His fate was closely associated with those of the Boleyns and of Thomas Cromwell, and his career as an ambassador reflected the growing international ambition of his king rather than marking a temperamental difference from his father.
He was made steward of Conisborough Castle, during the northern rising, and in October 1536 he was charged to provide 200 men to resist the rebels. He also became sheriff of Kent.
Wyatt married about 1520 Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Brooke,Lord Cobham, and had by her an only surviving son, Sir Thomas Wyatt
©