The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
from IS. a. WI" Richmond. va.:

"l;ditor Of rho Times. Dispatch:
,'Dcnr Slr,-I observe that In the arti-
clio on tho Wyatt family IN your last
Sundays issue, the claim is made that
I5thcy nre dcscendantsio OF Sir Henry WY.
ats first Earl OF Norfolk; born 1903; died
15l. and OF sir Thomas wyatt; secon y,
|SIIurl OF Norfolk;, born about 1870 and
| executed on Tower Hill 1864. All readers
| o. English history will be able to recall
1.-The following facts:
..Jol1 Howard CJacls, of Norfok). first
| Duke &c Norfolk, Of that name. married
Ann Ilantagent, sister Of ISdW M.
land lived through tho brief reign :
Richard III. into that tof Henry ~. Ie
was succeeded BY his son, Thomas FLOW
ard, Duke Of Norfolk. and Lord IIlgh Adj
| 3m.ral, Of England who died some years
after Henry VIII. Mean time, Sir Henry
| Wyatt, AN honest and loyal country
J gentleman, had been chosen one OF the
i Tiivy Council, OF tho young King, Henry
V[II.eg whom lie: served faithfully until
| his DEATH some years pre- vious TO that
| Of Harry. His son. Sir. Thomas Wyatt
(thespocp,t was behended by. Queen !. MARY ~.
| In tho first year OF her rel GIL 1904 tor
! having sepolia,d the cause Of Lady Jane
Grey, and his family Herewith attanted.'
1 LIT will be seen from this account That
| 1t is Impossible that these Wyatts, father
or son. could have been Dukes of n or
1 folk (thero were no f'ealls OF Norlolk),
nor was there ever q; Duke Of Norfolk
OF tho nane8of Wyatt They We're sim
| Splo sknights; not ranking as mobiles.
II observe also that III describing no
4 WYATT coat-of-arms, ,55t Is said thut tho
i shiolds Is surrounded by ncorns..# and
/ tDatithe crest AN arm bearing an oak
4 branch. u t tho illustration given is cor
| rect. both the 'acorns' and the branch
are, sprigs Of Scotch heather as as! m,
ono vii. recognize who has ever seen that hat,
plant.
4 tho family So well,Sdid not doubt in the
4 least tic authenticity of the Wyatt srac-3
ord as sen t him, did he have time
3 to verify t lleS ssta tements! there made;
but plt4$them RI n as given to him by
! prominent descendan 81 ssof the family
Il While ous4sc 6rrespop aent is right III say.
a ing was ut so SorfolEs
By the name Of Wyatt, which cannot
BID found SanlonEssth he peers Of Ell Gland'
yet she is in error lin saying there We're,
] mo Earls Of Norfolk e as tho first Earl
lof Norfolk was Thomas Plantagenet,
|surnamed De Brotherton, tho eldest son
1 Of Edward II bysS his second wife, lie
i was also created Earl rshall. 18th Feb.
1 ruary, 1850 being first SO designated!
his predecessors having been simply styled
4 Marshals. Our correspondent, A..
j w. makes error In stating that ohm;
4 1ioward. first Duke OF N rfolk, married
Ann Plantagenet. sister sof Edward W.
Int was John, Lord Mowbray, by Eliza.
4 beth, daughter and heir OF John. Lord
Scagrave, who married Margaret Plan,
1 tagenct, daughter and heir. Ct Thomas
4 plantagenct, surnamed De Brotherton,
Earl Or Norfolk. y In this way Sir Robert
4 Howard and his descendants attained
4 to the rank Of Dukes of Norfolk. John
4 Howard, the bold adherent OF Richard.
fell at yBoswortll Fields, though he was
warned the night before i he battle by
4 these lines on his front gate:
Jockey of Norfolk, DO not too bold,
For Dickon, thy master, is bought and
sold AL.
John married, first. Catherine, daugh-.
ter Of William, Lord. Molines; second.
| Margaret, daughter of John chedworth,
knight: issue by both wives. Though the
4 family honors We're forfeited under Queen
Mary yet they We're fully restored BY
act or5 Parliament first year If James, l..
1C03, Thomas Howard being created; Earl
Il Mnrshal, 1921, and Earl ott n orfolll ll4i
!. 4, IT is now .'up, To- the Wyatt family
to show their claim to the "lc rldon1. Of
Norfolk" With their authority there
for. %. e. NJ,
i From Mrs. &C. NJ b. Goshen, Va,
l Editor Of The Times Dispatch;
Sir ask for myself, as well as oth-
crs.}tneh service of.tracing the genoa logy
Of my family. am the don 81 TER Of. lIof
! race Marshall. Of Fredaricks hurg, Va
& IIe had two brothers. BENJAMIN and