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St Thomas More

By elie.n
  • Birth of St Thomas More/ education
    Feb 7, 1478

    Birth of St Thomas More/ education

    St Thomas More was born on February 7th 1478, in Milk street London, England to a Lawyer named John more and his wife Agnes Graunger. He was educated early at the Saint Anthony’s school in Threadneedle Street in London
  • Archbishop
    Jan 1, 1491

    Archbishop

    St Thomas More worked in the home of John Morton Lord chancellor to King Henry the VII and the Archbishop of Canterbury, who predicted that Thomas More would become a miraculous man.
  • law studies
    Jan 1, 1492

    law studies

    St Thomas More Studied law at Canterbury Hall of Oxford
  • Inn and Lincoln's
    Jan 1, 1496

    Inn and Lincoln's

    St Thomas More left Oxford to study at the Inn and Lincon’s
  • Parliament
    Jan 1, 1504

    Parliament

    St Thomas More became a member of the Parliament
  • Priesthood
    Jan 1, 1505

    Priesthood

    St Thomas More considered becoming a priest but rejected and married Jane Colt instead and said “I’d rather become a good husband than a bad priest”
  • Sheriff of London
    Jan 1, 1510

    Sheriff of London

    St Thomas More was appointed under-sheriff of London and gained a reputation as a honest man
  • Marriages
    Jan 1, 1511

    Marriages

    St Thomas More wife Jane Colt died leaving him with four children. A couple of months later he married a widow named Alice Middleto to ensure his kids had a mother. Thomas More adopted a young girl named Alice daughter of his wife Alice Middleto
  • Utopia
    Jan 1, 1515

    Utopia

    St Thomas More was sent on a diplomatic/Political mission to Antwerp where he began to write Utopia
  • Utopia
    Jan 1, 1516

    Utopia

    St Thomas More published his book Utopia
  • personal servant
    Jan 1, 1517

    personal servant

    St Thomas more served King Henry VIII as a personal servant
  • Privacy Council
    Jan 1, 1518

    Privacy Council

    St Thomas More became a member of the privacy council of King Henry the VIII
  • achivments
    Jan 1, 1521

    achivments

    St Thomas More became Treasurer
  • Achivments
    Jan 1, 1523

    Achivments

    St Thomas More became speaker of the House of Commons
  • Achivments
    Jan 1, 1525

    Achivments

    St Thomas More had gained control of much of England
  • Family
    Jan 1, 1526

    Family

    St Thomas More had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn
  • King Henry VII and family
    Jan 1, 1530

    King Henry VII and family

    St Thomas More had refused to sign an annulment of King Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon
  • The Tower
    Apr 1, 1534

    The Tower

    St Thomas More had been sent to the tower because he had refused of the Act of succession to take the Oath
  • Death
    Jul 1, 1535

    Death

    St Thomas More was tried and convicted for treason
  • Death
    Jul 6, 1535

    Death

    St Thomas More was beheaded on tower hill because of his treason against King Henry VIII
  • Canonized

    Canonized

    St ThomasMore was Canonized in the Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI