Sir Thomas More

Date and place of Birth

Feb 7, 1478

I Sir Thomas More, was born in Milk Street, London

School

Jan 1, 1480

During the 1480s i was educated in the leading school, Saint Anthonys in London.

Where and what i studied at University

Mar 17, 1488

Around the late 1480s, i entered the university of Oxford. I studeied French, history, law and mathematics and also learned how to play the viol and flute.

Family Life

Mar 22, 1505

My first marriage was when i was 27 years of age, i married Jan Colt a young 17 year old. We had four children. Margaret was born in the same year, Elizabeth in 1506, Cecily in 1507 and lastly John in 1509. I had three daughters and one son. We were living a beautiful life with lots of love.

Family Life

Mar 22, 1511

Sadly my wife passed away at such a young age. My wife died in 1511. Though i got remarried to a widow named Alice Middleton and we coninued to take good care of my children.

Service to the government

Apr 24, 1515

During a large time of this year i was abroad and was pressed with one question. This was whether or not to give myself to full-time service to the Court of Henry VIII. Though i denied.
The king and fundamental Wolsey, chief and papal legate in England, had made efforts to persuade me to enter the royal court and its politics. Though this didnt last to long.

Work achievement

Mar 22, 1516

One of my work achievements numbered me bishops and scholars among my friends and by 1516 wrote my world wild famous book Utopia.

Important time

May 2, 1521

One of the most certain indications of lifes ascendency in the royal favor was my appointment to the Office of Under- This was considered to be an office for the administration of economic concern.

Reformation Martyr

Mar 22, 1523

I am commemorated by the Church of England as a Reformation martyr. This is because i was an opponent of the Protestant Reformation and mainly of Martin Luther and William Tyndale.

Being accused

Jan 1, 1529

I was accused of torturing people that were going against the church

Controversies

Oct 1, 1529

It was said in October 1529, I, a layman, was soon to be the church's most keen agent. With the assistance of John Stokesley, the Bishop of London i personally broke into the houses of suspected heretics, arresting them on the spot and sometimes questioning them in my own home.

Restricted to the Tower by the king

Jan 1, 1534

During 1534, with my close friend, St. John Fisher, i refused to make duty to the King as the Head of the Church of England and was then restricted to the Tower.

The cause of my death

Mar 1, 1534

During this month, The Act of Succession was passed. This entailed an oath accepting the children of Henry and Anne. As for the people that don’t, depart to the throne. I then refused. For the following year i was jailed and pressured to give in. Though i never did.

Court case

Jul 1, 1535

At this time i had i court case and was accused by false witnesses of treachery and i was then found guilty,

The hour of my death

Jul 6, 1536

Finally i removed my beard, pushing it aside of me, and said my final words "It at least had committed no treason". I was then beheaded and killed to death.

The day of my Death

Jul 6, 1536

During this day i was delieved a message saying i should prepare myself for my death before nine oclock that day. When the time came i said to all the people that were gathered around me these following words. "I call you to witness brothers, that i die in and doe the faith of the Catholic Church, the kings loyal servant, but God comes first".
I then knelt down onto my knees and repeated loudly the Fifty-first Psalm.

Canonized

May 1, 1935

I was canonized on the 1st of May 1935