Sir Thomas More was born in London, England, on February 7, 1478, but some educated people believe the year of his birth to be 1477. He attended St. Anthony's School in London, one of the best schools that day, and he was a servant of John Morton, who is a High-ranking Church official. More went to study at Oxford University and he spends two years learning Latin and formal logic. Also he was studying Greek and Latin literature and he was good at writing comedies.
In 1504, he became a member of Parliament and he married Jane Colt, with whom he had four children. From 1510, More served as one of the two under sheriffs of the City of London. More soon gained a reputation as an efficient and honest public servant, at a time when corruption was common. His growing reputation made King Henry VIII notice and in 1518, he became a counsellor of the King.
Sir Thomas More has many achievements, but one of his greatest achievement is in 1516, he published a book
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In 1529, More succeeded Wolsey to the Lord Chancellor. Henry VIII chose him for his honesty and loyalty to the royal right. However, as Henry VIII tried to distance himself from the Pope, More faced a serious problem of sense of right and wrong. Though he wished to be loyal to the King, he could not bring himself to accept separation from the Catholic church which he had for so long defended.
In 1531, he tried to resign to prevent himself having to take an oath of declaring the King the Supreme Head of the English Church. In 1532, the King allowed More to resign under the pretence of ill health. However, More ignored the marriage of Anne Boleyn, so the King got extremely angry and tried to have More framed for criminal offenses. The first attempt was to frame More for accepting payments of money to get favors, but, the evidence was so poor that it had to be