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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 -
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. -
Jan 1, 1492
law studies
St Thomas More Studied law at Canterbury Hall of Oxford -
Jan 1, 1496
Inn and Lincoln's
St Thomas More left Oxford to study at the Inn and Lincon’s -
Jan 1, 1504
Parliament
St Thomas More became a member of the Parliament -
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” -
Jan 1, 1510
Sheriff of London
St Thomas More was appointed under-sheriff of London and gained a reputation as a honest man -
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 -
Jan 1, 1515
Utopia
St Thomas More was sent on a diplomatic/Political mission to Antwerp where he began to write Utopia -
Jan 1, 1516
Utopia
St Thomas More published his book Utopia -
Jan 1, 1517
personal servant
St Thomas more served King Henry VIII as a personal servant -
Jan 1, 1518
Privacy Council
St Thomas More became a member of the privacy council of King Henry the VIII -
Jan 1, 1521
achivments
St Thomas More became Treasurer -
Jan 1, 1523
Achivments
St Thomas More became speaker of the House of Commons -
Jan 1, 1525
Achivments
St Thomas More had gained control of much of England -
Jan 1, 1526
Family
St Thomas More had fallen in love with Anne Boleyn -
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 -
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 -
Jul 1, 1535
Death
St Thomas More was tried and convicted for treason -
Jul 6, 1535
Death
St Thomas More was beheaded on tower hill because of his treason against King Henry VIII -
Canonized
St ThomasMore was Canonized in the Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI
