Richard Wyatt (abt. 1438)

Born about 1438 in South Haigh, Yorkshire, England

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Died [date unknown] in England

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Biography

Richard Wyatt (aka Wiat) was the son of Geoffrey Wyatt (or Wiat) and Anna, daughter of Robert Wiat and and Jane Skipwith.^[1] His date and place of birth is unknown and are estimates.

Richard married Margaret Bailiffe, daughter of William Bailiffe alias Clarke, of Southange, and they had at least one child.^[1]

• Sir Henry Wyatt, who married Anne Skinner^[1][2]
• possibly a Joan (aka Jone), sister of Sir Henry Wyat, married Robert Drakes^[3]

The following information, taken from TudorPlace.com (unsourced online tree), has been copied to many online sources but remains unverified:

"A summary of fines included in the past Court Rolls was made in 1640. Unfortunately all are now lost except one covering the period 1440-1441 which remained the property of the Earl of Shrewsbury. There are three documents referring to Richard Wyot:

1. Feudal aids for the Earl of Shrewsbury, referred to as ‘tenure in socage’. Assessment 2/- in £ or 10%
2. In 1441 book: 'Beatrice, Wife of Richard Cutbushe, to Richard Wyot and Margaret his wife, third part of a bovet(?) of land in Hallam. Fine 2s.'
3. The same Beatrice gave the aforesaid Richard Wiat and his wife Margaret the third part of a Bovet of Land in Hallam. Fine 18d."

Research Notes

No mention of Richard Wyatt/Wyat/Wiat/Wiot is found in the Complete Peerage, History of Parliament Online or the 1563/4 Visitation of Yorkshire.

Very little is known about Richard except that he is the father of Henry Wyatt. Any sourced additions to this biography would be appreciated.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Cave-Brown, John. The History of Boxley Parish (E. J. Dickinson, Maidstone, 1892). Online at GoogleBooks, page 133.
2. ↑ Burrow, Colin. "Wyatt, Sir Thomas (c. 1503–1542), poet and ambassador" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. May 28, 2015. Oxford University Press. Accessed online 21 Nov 2019 at OxfordDNB.com with subsc.
3. ↑ Harleian Society:Visitation Series. The Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564, The Publications of The Harleian Society (London: The Society, 1869-). Online at Archive.org, vol. 16, page 104.

• Marlyn Lewis. Richard Wyatt, entry in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins database (accessed 23 Nov 2019).