ST THOMAS MORE

the birth of saint thomas more

Feb 7, 1478

i Thomas More was born on 7 February 1478, Milk Street, London to a lawyer called John More and his wife Agnes Graunge i was the fourth child of six children.

saint thomas

Period: Feb 17, 1478 to Jul 6, 1535

Early education

Mar 16, 1482

i attend St Anthony's School in Threadneedle Street in London to study it was an expensive school but my father could afford it because he was a lawyer.

Thomas More

Feb 23, 1492

in 1492 i was still contining my studies at Oxford University studing law.

Oxford

Apr 9, 1492

in 1492 i Enter Oxford for two years of study. i wrote comedies and studied Greek and Latin literature.

studies

May 10, 1499

i start work as a barrister after completing many years of law studies.

parliament

Jun 4, 1504

thomas becomes a member of parliament.

priest or husband

Jun 20, 1505

After considering priesthood he then decides to go against it and marries Jane Colt saying he would rather become a good
husband than a bad priest.

law

Apr 8, 1510

in 1510 i was Appointed under-sheriff of London i was proud.

wife died

May 30, 1511

Jane dies leaving me four children. i marrird Alice Middleton, a widow, a month later.
[web site i used for most of my timeline
http://www.americancatholiclawyers.org/more_life.htm]

mission

Dec 8, 1515

Sent on a diplomatic mission to Antwerp where he begin writing Utopia.

parliament speaker

Jul 22, 1523

Elected speaker of parliament also elected speaker of the House of Commons.
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Made Lord Chancellor.

Sep 18, 1529

in 1529 i Made Lord Chancellor. witch was every exiting.

Resigns

Mar 7, 1532

Resigns chancellorship because he cannot support Henry's attempts to divorce .

convicted

Jul 1, 1535

i Thomas More was tried and convicted for treason for refusing to take the oath of the Act of Succession.

st thomas died

Jul 6, 1535

i ST Thomas More was beheaded on the tower of london alongside Bishop Fisher on July 6, 1535. my final words were: "The King's good servant, but God's First,

extra infomation

Mar 22, 1935

"Even had he not been martyred, he still should have been canonized." Tthis qote was written by one of St. Thomas hagiographers.

CANONIZED

May 1, 1935

Four hundred years after my death, i Thomas More was canonized in the Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI and i was later declared the patron saint of politicians and statesmen by Pope John Paul II.