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Saint Thomas More, son of Sir John More was born in milk street, London on February 7.
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This was an auto biography of Saint Thomas More's Life. This auto biography shows us how Saint Thomas More was a patron of all seasons and was a man of many achievements. He was an amazing man and made history in religion!
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My parents enrolled me and i was educated at Saint Anthony’s school in London, to be completing my school years.
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During this time, I wrote comedies and studied Greek and Latin literature and entered oxford university for two years of study.
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Around this period of time I returned to London to study law and worked as hard as i can to acheive what i wanted.
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I was admitted to Lincoln’s inn. While I was at Lincoln’s inn, I determined to become a monk and subjected myself to the discipline of Carthusians.
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I became and bonded a strong relationship with my close friend Desiderius Erasmus.
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After I declared Lincolns inn in 1496 I became a barrister following my father’s footsteps in 1501. I was torn between a uncomplicated calling and a life of civil service. I had to consider the priesthood decisions.
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I finally entered and became a member in the parliament.
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After a year I got married for the first time to my beautiful wife Jane colt, I would have rather became a good husband than a bad priest. It was the beginning of our lifelong friendship and communication.
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Desiderius my freind and i produced a Latin translations of Lucian’s works and was printed in Paris.
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One of my first acts in the parliament had been to reduce in a proposed fraud for King Henry VII. In revenge, the king had prisoned my father and didn’t release him until a fine was paid from myself.
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After king Henry VII died, I became more active once more and was aware of what is happening around me.
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I was selected one of the two under sheriffs of London. In this ability, I gained a positive reputation for being impartial and a patron to the poor.
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My beautiful wife Jane died due to child birth for her third child, after a month I eventually got married to my lovely new wife Alice Middleton who cared for my four small children.
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I started to attract the attention of king henry VIII and I attended a allocation to help clear arguments about the wool trades.
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I portrayed in one of Shakespeare’s plays as sir Thomas more and I was also made master of requests and a member of the privy council of Henry VIII.
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I became a member of the privy council, and was knighted.
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I helped king Henry VIII in writing his defence of the seven sacraments, a repudiation of martin Luther, and wrote an answer to martin’s reply.
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I had garnered king Henry’s favour, and I was made a speaker of the house of commons.
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As I was a speaker, I helped establish the parliamentary privilege of free speech and was confident and proud from my self i many ways.
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Yet, after 1527 I became Lord Chancellor, the first layman yet to hold the post. While my work in the law courts was ideal my fall came quickly.
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I resigned law in 1532 from being ill which made a huge impact on me and the second main reason was getting closer towards the Catholic Church.
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I refused to attend the coronation of Anne Boleyn in June and it was a matter which did not escape the king’s notice. This had a huge impact on me and effected me in many ways.
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I was one of those people accused of involving with Elizabeth Barton the nun who opposed king Henry’s break with Rome but I was not attained due to the protection from the lords and I refused to pass the bill until my name was of the name list. In April I also refused to swear to the act of succession and the oath of supremacy and I was committed to the tower of London on April 17.
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My feast day is celebrated on the 22nd of june and many people pray and celebrate this day with harmony and peace!
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I was found guilty of betrayal and was beheaded next to bishop fisher on July 6 1535. my final words before I died were ‘The kings good servant, but God’s First’.Saint Thomas more was canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint by Pope Pius XI in 1935.
