More, Sir Thomas, (1478-1535), Knight Lord Chancellor Author

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Surname:	More
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Thomas
Gender:	Male
Date:	1478-1535
History:	Published 'Utopia' in 1516. Succeeded Wolsey as Lord Chancellor of England in 1529. Vexed King Henry VIII by his opposition to the relaxation of the heresy laws, and resigned the chancellorship in 1532. Refused to take an oath that should impugn the pope's authority, or assume the justice of the king's divorce from Catherine of Aragon, and was committed to the Tower of London. Found guilty of high treason and executed. Canonized 1935.
Biography:	ODNB link for More, Sir Thomas (1478-1535) Knight Lord Chancellor Author
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P275638 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P165994 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Thomas More

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	letters and literary MSS	See information in published source		See Index of English literary MSS vol 1 1450-1625
2	misc letters and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Cotton MSS
3	misc letters and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Royal MSS; King's MSS
4	letters written in the Tower and papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Ballard 72