Anne Wyatt (abt. 1518)

Born about 1518 in England

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Biography

Anne Wyatt and Anne Boleyn:

Anne Wyatt accompanied Anne Boleyn to the scaffold in 1536 and received from her "her little prayer book, set in gold enamelled black, which she long preserved as a precious relic." Anne Boleyn had sent a message to the King via Anne Wyatt prior to that fateful journey:

"Command me to his Majesty and tell him he has ever been constant in his career of advancing me. From a private gentlewoman he made me a marchioness, from a marchioness a Queen. And now he has left me no higher degree of honor. He gives to me my innocence the crown of martyrdom."

She went to the block dressed in black damask and was said never to have looked more beautiful.

The Wyatt and Boleyn familes were close. Their fathers had been apppointed joint constables of Norwich castle in 1512. A later Wyatt, Sir George Wyatt, wrote and published his Life of Anne Boleyn.

Research Note

The Anne Wyatt that accompanied Anne Boleyn was not the daughter of George Wyatt (born 1550, many years after Anne Boleyn died) and Jane Finch. No daughter Anne is named in the 2011 2nd edition (vol. 4, page 383) of Magna Carta Ancestry. George and Jane were detached from this profile 4 Nov 2019.

Sources

• Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived