Sir Thomas More |

L´eloge de la Folie - Desiderius Erasmus

Boston College - St. T.More Collection - Fall 2007

Thomas More's actual writing preserved in the

Museum of London.

Clip from "A Man for All Seasons", 1966 adaptation of the
play by Robert Bolt. More is played here by Paul Scofield in an Oscar-winning performance.

(Thomas More, c.1527-1528, painted in multimedia, modern times)

A repainting based on the sketch by Hans Holbein the Younger in 1527-1528?,
the painting was lost in a fire and then was repainted based on the sketch,
then in the modern era, this painting above is another representation based
on the original sketch, this Thomas More painted in more live colors instead
of being represented by black or dark colors which were very much abundant in
his robes as before, here he has a dark and light blue with red sleeves
and wearing the 'S' necklace of Chancellorship.

Richard Rich, who became a bitter enemy of More's and delivered

what is generally considered as perjured testimony to ensure More's conviction.

Richard Rich became Chancellor under King Edward VI, and died in his bed.

John More had the same treatment for his father's reluctance to accept the oath,
like his father he was faithful, although he was never as
smart and clever as his foster sister, Maragaret Giggs and
Thomas More's favorite child for all times, Margaret More later
Margaret Roper, in the end he proved to be like his father
when he refused to sell himself like everybody else for something
he did not believe in, he was later released after improsinment
and then went to Yorkshire to live with his wife, after death, his line was
most controversial, unlike his sister Margaret Roper nee More whose
daughter to was controversial but rather would guard her words carefully
and would write books of ideals like her mother Margaret Roper,
unlike her cousins and descendants of John More, Thomas More's only
son who were always stuck in controversy, although many of them did
die for something, which was their faith, like the line of Margaret Roper,
John More's line has become lost to us up to 1758, so far there is
no longer a trace who else could have come from this great and famous/infamous line.

Cecily Heron to suffered for her faith, there is no trace
whether unique or not, out of Thomas More's daughter
and foster daughters, that is foster daughter Alice who was
his second wife's child and the teen he adopted Meg Giggs
who was also a read and well educated child, his two daughters
who one stood above all women of the Renaissance, the
Great Margaret More later Roper by marriage, and then
her little sister, Cecily who she to was very educated for her times,
sometimes some would say she would try to rival her knowledge
with that of her sister and foster sister, her husband suffered
at the injustice because of his "freedom" when somebody heard
him say something which was considered an insult to the King,
as the King would choose what was insult and what was not,
even if it was not, her husband was executed for treason in 1540.

Margaret Roper, c. 1532 -1535 approx.