 Kenneth Muir in " 'The Life and Letters of Sir Thomas Wyatt' ", asserts that Elizabeth Darrell was the mistress of Sir Thomas Wyatt the elder and quotes various state papers to support this view.Only Francis is mentioned in Thomas Wyatt the elder's will, although it is possible that Edward may have been born after his father's death.Sir Thomas Wyatt the elder is known to have had an illegitimate daughter, however, the identity of the mother is unknown.