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== Imprisonment on charges of adultery == In May 1536, Wyatt was imprisoned in the [[Tower of London]] for allegedly committing adultery with Anne Boleyn.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Warnicke|first1=Retha M.|author-link=Retha Warnicke|title=The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn|date=1989|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521370004|pages=[https://archive.org/details/risefallofannebo00reth/page/64 64β65]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/risefallofannebo00reth/page/64}}</ref> He was released later that year thanks to his friendship or his father's friendship with [[Thomas Cromwell]], and he returned to his duties. During his stay in the Tower, he may have witnessed Anne Boleyn's execution (which took place on 19 May 1536) from his cell window, as well as the executions of the five men with whom she was accused of adultery; he wrote a poem which might have been inspired by that experience.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/innocent.htm |title=Wyatt: V. Innocentia Veritas Viat Fides |publisher=Luminarium.org |access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> Around 1537, Thomas had an affair with [[Elizabeth Darrell (maid-of-honour)|Elizabeth Darrell]], a former maid of honour to [[Catherine of Aragon]]. She bore Wyatt three sons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenD.htm |title=A Who'S Who of Tudor Women (D) |publisher=Kateemersonhistoricals.com |access-date=6 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602194809/http://www.kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenD.htm |archive-date=2 June 2012 }}</ref> [[File:Memorial to Sir Thomas Wyat in Sherborne Abbey.jpg|thumb|Memorial in [[Sherborne Abbey]]]] By 1540, he was again in the king's favour, as he was granted the site and many of the manorial estates of the dissolved [[Boxley Abbey]]. However, he was charged once more with treason in 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.{{sfn|Hart|2009|p=197}} He became ill not long after and died on 11 October 1542 around age 39. He is buried in [[Sherborne Abbey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/sherbornehorsey.htm |title=Sherborne Abbey: The Horsey Tomb |access-date=13 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108073254/http://www.dorsethistoricchurchestrust.co.uk/sherbornehorsey.htm |archive-date=8 November 2007 }}</ref>
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