1541; the charges were again lifted, but only thanks to the intervention of Queen Catherine Howard and on the condition of reconciling with his wife. He was granted a full pardon and restored once again to his duties as ambassador. After the execution of Catherine Howard, there were rumours that Wyatt's wife Elizabeth was a possibility to become Henry VIII's next wife, despite the fact that she was still married to Wyatt. He became ill not long after and died on 11 October 1542 around age 39. He is buried in Sherborne Abbey. Descendants and relatives Long after Wyatt's death, his only legitimate son Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger led a thwarted rebellion against Henry's daughter Mary I, for which he was executed. The rebellion's aim was to set on the throne the Protestant-minded Elizabeth, the daughter of Anne Boleyn. Wyatt was an ancestor of Wallis Simpson, wife of the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII. Thomas Wyatt's great-grandson was Virginia Colony governor Sir Francis Wyatt. Notes References External links Life and works Modern English translation of "Whoso List to Hunt" WYATT, Sir Thomas I (by 1504–42), of Allington Castle, Kent. History of Parliament Online 1503 births 1542 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 16th-century English poets English MPs 1542–1544 High Sheriffs of Kent Sonneteers Burials at Sherborne Abbey Prisoners in the Tower of London 16th-century English diplomats Latin–English translators English male poets