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Feb 7, 1478
Date and place of birth
I was born in Milk Street,London. I was son of lawyer and judge John More and my mother Agnes. -
Jan 1, 1491
University Study
Catholic OnlineWhen i was 13 I was placed in the household of Cardinal Morten, Archbishop of Canterbury. -
Jan 1, 1492
University Study
I was sent to Oxford by the Archbishop who thought i was very interligent and a happy character.He i studied French,history,mathermatics, and learned to play the flute and viol. He i also wrote comedies and also studied Greek and Latin literature. -
Jan 1, 1494
University Study
I returned to London to study law -
Jan 1, 1501
University Study
I became a Barrister. -
Jan 1, 1504
Work achievments
I was elected to Parliament. -
Jan 1, 1505
Family Life
[Catholic new agency](www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/st.thomas-more-martyr-of-the-english-reformation-remembered-june-22/)I married Jane Colte we had three daughters, Margaret,Elisebeth and Cecilia, and a son,John. I made sure to provide a happy home a Holy and well educated one.My faith was very important to me so i made sure to pass this down to my children. -
Jan 1, 1510
Work Achievements
I was becoming the most famouse laywer and was made Under-Sheriff. -
Jan 1, 1511
Family Life
my beloved wife Jane died tragically during childbirth.Shortly after her death I remarried a widow,Alice Middleton who was very much devoted to caring for my children. -
Jan 1, 1514
Work Achievements
I was chosen by Cardinal Wolsey as one of an embassy to Flanders to protect the interests of English merchants. -
Jan 1, 1516
Work Achievements
I published my most famous work, "Utopia" -
Jun 1, 1521
Work Achievements
[New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia](www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689c.htm)I was knighted and made sub-treasurer to King Henry VIII. -
Jan 1, 1529
Work Achievements
[Catholic Education resource Center](www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0559.html)King Henry VIII appointed me as Lord Chancellor of England. -
Jan 1, 1530
Controversies he was involved in
King Henry VIII filed a petition for an annulment from his marriage to his first wife Queen Catherine of Aragon, as their marriage only bore female children and no male heirs.He asked all the bishops of England and all the High authorities of England, including my self to sign the petition, I refused to sign as I didnt agree with what he was doing. -
Jan 1, 1531
Controversies he was involved in
I fought hard to guard the Catholic Church agianst the Protestant Reformation that was occuring in England. -
Jan 1, 1532
Controversies he was involved in
[New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia ](www.newadvent.org/cathern/14689c.htm)I resigned as Lord Chancellor as I refused to support King Henry VIII and his efforts to defy the pope and control the Church, as he wanted to break away from the Catholic Church to divorce his first wife. -
Jan 1, 1534
Controversies he was involved in
[Saints who guarded the deposit during the reformation](www.catecheticsonline.com/saints/more.php)I was summoned and forced to take an oath to affirm the King's new marriage as valid and therefore affirm the succession of his new wife as the Queen of England.I refused to take the oath as I could not accept the King's defiance of papal authority on the new marriage. -
Jan 1, 1535
Controversies he was involved in
Catholic OnlineI was convicted of Treason in Westminister Hall. I was charged with opposing the King's "Act of Supremacy". -
Jul 7, 1535
Date and Cause of Death
Catholic Education Resource CenterI was beheaded as a result of been convicted of treason. To the onlookers I declared;"I die the King's good servant, but God's first". -
CANONIZATION
I was canonized by Pope Piux XI.
