About Sir Thomas More
A Chronology of More’s Life
1477, Feb. 7 — Born in London to John and Agnes More
1484−1489 — Attends St. Anthony’s School, London (More's age: 7−12)
1489−1491 — Page for Archbishop and Chancellor Morton (12−14)
1491−1493 — Student at Oxford (14−16)
1493−1495 — Pre-law student, New Inn, London (16−18)
1496−1501 — Law student, Lincoln’s Inn; called to bar (18−23)
1499 — Meets Erasmus for the first time (22)
1501−1504 — Frequents Charterhouse (Carthusians) (24−27)
1501 — Lectures on St. Augustine’s City of God; begins Greek (24)
1503−1506 — Reader at Furnival’s Inn (26−29)
1504 — Elected to Parliament (27)
1505 — Marries Jane Colt; Margaret born (28)
1506 — Studies intensely; visits Coventry; Elizabeth born (29)
1507 — Financial secretary of Lincoln’s Inn; Cecily born (30)
1508 — Visits universities at Paris and Louvain (31)
1509 — Member of Mercers' Guild; John born; Henry VIII crowned (32)