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Sir Thomas More  ©More was an English lawyer, scholar, writer, member of parliament and chancellor in the reign of Henry VIII.

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He was executed for refusing to recognise Henry VIII's divorce and the English church's break with Rome.

Thomas More was born on 7 February in London, the son of a successful lawyer. As a boy, More spent some time in the household of John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury.

He later studied at Oxford, and qualified as a lawyer, although he did contemplate becoming a monk. From to he was one of the two under-sheriffs of London and in entered the king's service, becoming one of Henry VIII's most effective and trusted civil servants and acting as his secretary, interpreter, speech-writer, chief diplomat, advisor and confidant.

In he was knighted, in , he became the speaker of the House of Commons and in chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

At the same time More was building a reputation as a scholar. He was close to the radical cathol