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Thomas More 1478 – 1535 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 February 1478

Birth Location: Milk Street, City of London, England

Death Date: July 6, 1535

Death Location: Beheaded for Treason by the king, Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England

Father: John More

Mother: Agnes Graunger

Spouse(s): Jane Colt, Alice Middleton

Children(s): Lady More, Elizabeth More, John More, Lady More

Thomas More Saint, Sir was born in 1478 in Milk Street, City of London, England, the child of John More and Agnes Graunger. Thomas More Saint, Sir married Jane Colt, Alice Middleton, and had children including Lady Margaret (Meg) More, Elizabeth More, John More, Lady Cicely (Cecilia) More. Thomas More Saint, Sir passed away in 1535 in Beheaded for Treason by the king, Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • Thomas More Saint, Sir was born in 1478 in Milk Street, City of London, England, the child of John More and Agnes Graunger.
  • Thomas More Saint, Sir married Jane Colt, Alice Middleton, and had children including Lady Margaret (Meg) More, Elizabeth More, John More, Lady Cicely (Cecilia) More.
  • Thomas More Saint, Sir passed away in 1535 in Beheaded for Treason by the king, Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John More
Birth Location: –
JM
Agnes Graunger
Birth Location: –
AG

Spouses(s)

Jane Colt
1489 – 1511
Birth Location: Newhall, Essex, England
JC
Alice Middleton
Birth Location: –
AM

Children(s)

Lady More
1505 – 1544
Birth Location: Well Hall, Eltham, Kent, England
LM
Elizabeth More
1508 – 1564
Birth Location: Milk Street, London, , London, England
EM
John More
1510 – 1547
Birth Location: Isles, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
JM
Lady More
1510 – 1564
Birth Location: Kent, England
LM

Thomas More's Ancestors

Self
Thomas More
1478 – 1535
Birth Place: Milk Street, City of London, England
Parents
John More
Agnes Graunger
Grandparents
William More
– 1469
Johanna Joye
– 1470
Thomas Graunger
Great-Grandparents
More
John Joye
Johanna Leycester
Thomas Graunger
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Leycester

Thomas More's Descendants

1.
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Thomas More (7 February 1478 – July 6, 1535) m. Jane Colt (1489 – 1511) m. Alice Middleton
  1. 1. Lady (Margaret (Meg)) More (10 July 1505 – 25 December 1544) m. John (William, The Right Honourable, High Sheriff of Kent) Roper (1496 – 4 January 1578) m. (Saint) (Thomas Moore (Morse) Lord Chancellor of) England (1478 – 6 July 1535)
    1. 1. Eleanor (Helen) Roper (1521 – 20 Mar 1573)
    2. 2. Hugh Roper (1521 – 1661,age 40)
    3. 3. Margaret Roper (1523 – abt 1582)
    4. 4. Roper (1524 – )
    5. 5. John (William) Roper (1525 – 1558)
    6. 6. John Roper (1525 – abt 1625)
    7. 7. Sir (John William) Roper (1525 – abt 1588)
    8. 8. Mary Roper (1526 – 20 Mar 1573)
    9. 9. Elizabeth Roper (1528 – 25 Aug 1560)
    10. 10. Eleanor (Helen) Roper (1528 – 25 Aug 1560,age 32)
    11. 11. Sir (Thomas) Roper (1534 – 21 Jan 1597) m. Lucy Browne (1530 – 10 JUL 1606) m. Ann Cotton (1542 – 1618)
      1. 1. Anthony Roper (1554 – 2 Aug 1628)
      2. 2. Sir (John Roper Lord & Baron of Teynham) (1560–1649) (25 Apr 1554 – 1646)
      3. 3. William Roper (1555 – 2 Aug 1628) m. Catherine (Browne) (Roper) (1561 – Abt. 1608)
        1. 1. Anthony Roper (1580 – 27 Mar 1643) m. Margaret Compton (1567 – 1644) m. Dorothy Holt m. Mary Gerard
        2. 2. Francis Roper (6 Feb 1581 – 1582)
        3. 3. Francis Roper (1584 – Abt. 1584)
        4. 4. Thomas Roper (17 Nov 1585 – 10 Dec 1647)
        5. 5. Anne Roper (28 Apr 1587 – 26 Feb 1641)
        6. 6. Mary Roper (1593 – 26 Feb 1641)
        7. 7. William Roper (1594 – Abt. 1680)
        8. 8. John Roper (1596 – )
      4. 4. Charles Roper (1556 – 2 August 1628)
      5. 5. Francis Roper (1556 – 2 Aug 1628)
      6. 6. Thomas Roper (1560/62 – 1608)
      7. 7. Henry Roper (1562 – 2 Aug 1628)
      8. 8. Martha Roper (1563 – 1626)
      9. 9. Martha Roper (1564 – Apr 1600)
      10. 10. Lucy Roper (ABT 1564 – may. 1626,age 53)
      11. 11. Philip Roper (ABT 1565 – 02 Aug 1628,age 72)
      12. 12. Ela (Mary) Roper (1567 – May 1626)
      13. 13. Charles Roper (ABT 1567 – 16.aug.1628,age 61)
      14. 14. Elizabeth Roper (1570 – May 1626)
      15. 15. Catherine Roper (abt 1573 – May 1626)
      16. 16. Mabell Roper (1575 – 25 Aug, 1610)
      17. 17. Frances Roper (1577 – )
      18. 18. Johanna Roper (1550 – )
      19. 19. Anthony Roper (1568 – )
      20. 20. Henry Roper (1590 – )
      21. 21. Jane Roper (1560 – )
      22. 22. Isabel Roper (1569 – )
    12. 12. Anne Roper (1534 – 20 Mar 1573)
    13. 13. Anthony Roper (1538 – 23 Jul 1597,age 59)
    14. 14. Hugh Roper (1591 – 1660)
  2. 2. Elizabeth More (1508 – 1564) m. Basset
    1. 1. Mary Basset
  3. 3. John More (1510 – 1547) m. Anne Cresacre (1510 – )
    1. 1. Annie More
  4. 4. Lady (Cicely (Cecilia)) More (1510 – 1564) m. Giles (Heron (ward of Sir) Thomas) (1504 – 04 Aug 1540) m. Clement
    1. 1. Anne Heron (1526 – )
    2. 2. John Heron (1528 – 1564)
    3. 3. Thomas Heron (1530 – 1564) m. Cecily Jekyll (abt 1550 – 3 Jul 1590)
    4. 4. Alice Heron
    5. 5. Winifred Clement

Thomas More's Timeline

2 Records

1478
7 February 1478
Birth of Thomas More Saint, Sir in Milk Street, City of London, England
Milk Street, City of London, England
1535
July 6, 1535
Age 57
Death of Thomas More Saint, Sir in Beheaded for Treason by the king, Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
Beheaded for Treason by the king, Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 February 1478
    Event Place: Milk Street, City of London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: July 6, 1535
    Event Place: Beheaded for Treason by the king, Tower Hamlets, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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