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51-712: (Redirected from Thomas More College ) This is a list of legal and educational institutions named after sir Thomas More . Legal institutions [ edit ] Thomas More Building at the Palais of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg. Thomas More Building at the Royal Courts of Justice in The Strand, London Thomas More Courts, courts of

102-1713: A church in Wiltshire St Thomas More Language College , Chelsea, London Thomas More Catholic School, Purley , London St Thomas More’s Catholic Primary School , Hampshire United States [ edit ] Cathedral of Saint Thomas More (Arlington) , Virginia Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More (Tallahassee, Florida) College of Saints John Fisher & Thomas More , Fort Worth, Texas Center of Thomas More Studies , Irving, Dallas, Texas https://thomasmorestudies.org St. Thomas More Academy , Raleigh, North Carolina St. Thomas More Church , Chapel Hill, North Carolina St. Thomas More Academy (Burton, Michigan) St. Thomas More Academy (Delaware) , Magnolia, Delaware St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale University St. Thomas More Church (Hauppauge NY) St. Thomas More Church (New York City) St. Thomas More High School (Champaign, Illinois) Saint Thomas More High School (Milwaukee) , Wisconsin St. Thomas More Middle & High School (South Dakota) , Rapid City, South Dakota Saint Thomas More Parish , Durham, New Hampshire Saint Thomas More Parish and School , Omaha, Nebraska St. Thomas More Parish (Narragansett, Rhode Island) St. Thomas More School (Connecticut) , Oakdale, Connecticut St. Thomas More School (Louisiana) , Lafayette, Louisiana St. Thomas More School (Decatur) , Georgia St. Thomas More Church (Decatur) , Georgia Thomas More College of Liberal Arts , Merrimack, New Hampshire Thomas More College (New York City) ,

153-2000: A former women's college of Fordham University Thomas More Prep-Marian High School, Hays, Kansas Thomas More School (San Jose, California) Thomas More University , Crestview Hills, Kentucky Saint Thomas More Parish School, Lynnwood, Washington Canada [ edit ] St. Thomas More College , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School , Hamilton, Ontario, Canada St. Thomas More Collegiate , Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Belgium [ edit ] Thomas More - University of Applied Sciences, Antwerp Province , Belgium. France [ edit ] Thomas More Academia , Paris, France, https://www.thomas-more-academia.org Kenya [ edit ] St. Thomas More Building of Strathmore University Law School , Nairobi, Kenya Nicaragua [ edit ] Thomas More Universitas , Managua, Nicaragua South Africa [ edit ] Thomas More College (South Africa) , Kloof, Durban, South Africa India [ edit ] St. Thomas More Church, Alakode (Meenmutty) , India Australia [ edit ] St Thomas More College, Sunnybank , Brisbane, Australia St Thomas More College, University of Western Australia Thomas More College (South Australia) , Salisbury Downs, South Australia New Zealand [ edit ] St Thomas More Catholic Church, Auckland , New Zealand Malaysia [ edit ] Church of St Thomas More, Subang Jaya , Malaysia Philippines [ edit ] St. Thomas More Academy (Philippines) References [ edit ] ^ "Thomas More Building" . Europa (web portal) . Retrieved 1 October 2023 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_institutions_named_after_Thomas_More&oldid=1257498490 " Category : Lists of things named after people Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

204-462: A grant on occasion of his daughter Margaret Tudor 's marriage to James IV of Scotland . But he came to the House of Commons for a much larger sum than he intended to give with his daughter. The members, unwilling as they were to vote the money, were afraid to offend the king, till the silence was broken by More, whose speech is said to have moved the house to reduce the subsidy of three-fifteenths which

255-691: A liaison between the King and Lord Chancellor Wolsey. More later served as High Steward for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge . In 1523 More was elected as knight of the shire (MP) for Middlesex and, on Wolsey's recommendation, the House of Commons elected More its Speaker . In 1525 More became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , with executive and judicial responsibilities over much of northern England. After Wolsey fell, More succeeded to

306-556: A modified mid-century Spanish design and a distinctive red-tiled gabled roof. The front facade features seven elongated narrow, rounded arches reminiscent of English and Gothic Styles. Central to the chapel's appearance were its stained-glass windows, done in the dalle de verre style called by the architect the key to its beauty. These windows were designed by the French artist Jean Barillet, renowned for his work on restorations at cathedrals and Chartres. His masterpiece emphasized Christ as

357-775: A portion of a house known as the Old Barge (originally there had been a wharf nearby serving the Walbrook river ) on Bucklersbury, St Stephen Walbrook parish, London. Eight years later he took over the rest of the house and in total he lived there for almost 20 years, until his move to Chelsea in 1525. Erasmus reported that More wanted to give his young wife a better education than she had previously received at home, and tutored her in music and literature. The couple had four children: Margaret , Elizabeth , Cecily , and John. Jane died in 1511. Going "against friends' advice and common custom," within 30 days, More had married one of

408-504: A single soul as Pythagoras once said. But such is the flux of human affairs." In a 1532 letter, Erasmus wrote "such is the kindliness of his disposition, or rather, to say it better, such is his piety and wisdom, that whatever comes his way that cannot be corrected, he comes to love just as wholeheartedly as if nothing better could have happened to him." In a 1533 letter, Erasmus described More's character as imperiosus – commanding, far-ruling, not at all timid. For his part, "Thomas More

459-523: A tree in his Chelsea garden and whipped them", that "he watched as 'newe men' were put upon the rack in the Tower and tortured until they confessed", and that "he was personally responsible for the burning of several of the 'brethren' in Smithfield." Historian John Guy commented that "such charges are unsupported by independent proof." Modern historian Diarmaid MacCulloch finds no evidence that he

510-552: Is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from April 2022 Thomas More Sir Thomas More PC (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More , was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist . He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia , published in 1516, which describes

561-1559: The Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice Thomas More Law Center , legal aid organization Thomas More Society , legal defense organization Educational and religious institutions [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] More House , University of York St Thomas More’s Catholic Church, Hollingbury, Brighton , East Sussex Church of St Thomas More, Seaford , East Sussex Church of St Thomas More, Swiss Cottage , London NW3 5SU Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea , London St Thomas More Catholic School, Bedford , Bedfordshire St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon , Tyne and Wear St Thomas More Catholic School, Buxton , Derbyshire St Thomas More Catholic School, Crewe , Cheshire St Thomas More Catholic School, Eltham , London St Thomas More Catholic School, Nuneaton , Warwickshire St Thomas More Catholic School, Willenhall , West Midlands St Thomas More Catholic School, Wood Green , London St Thomas More Catholic Academy , Stoke-on-Trent St Thomas More Church, Dulwich , London St Thomas More High School , Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex St Thomas More RC Academy, North Shields , Tyne and Wear St Thomas More Roman Catholic College , Denton, Greater Manchester Ss John Fisher and Thomas More RC High School , Colne, Lancashire St Thomas More Roman Catholic Church, Bradford-on-Avon ,

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612-638: The Field of the Cloth of Gold ) and Bruges , More was knighted and made under-treasurer of the Exchequer in 1521. As secretary and personal adviser to King Henry VIII , More became increasingly influential: welcoming foreign diplomats, drafting official documents, attending the court of the Star Chamber for his legal prowess but delegated to judge in the under-court for 'poor man's cases' and serving as

663-670: The Inns of Chancery . In 1496, More became a student at Lincoln's Inn , one of the Inns of Court , where he remained until 1502, when he was called to the Bar . More could speak and banter in Latin with the same facility as in English. He wrote and translated poetry. He was particularly influenced by Pico della Mirandola and translated the Life of Pico into English. According to his friend,

714-784: The Lollards and Hussites whose heresies fed their sedition. Ambassador to Charles V Cuthbert Tunstall called Lutheranism the "foster-child" of the Wycliffite heresy that had underpinned Lollardy . Historian Richard Rex wrote: Thomas More, as lord chancellor [1529–1532], was in effect the first port of call for those arrested in London on suspicion of heresy, and he took the initial decisions about whether to release them, where to imprison them, or to which bishop to send them. He can be connected with police or judicial proceedings against around forty suspected or convicted heretics in

765-534: The Oath of Supremacy , he was convicted of treason on what he stated was false evidence, and was executed. At his execution, he was reported to have said: "I die the King's good servant, and God's first." Pope Pius XI canonised More in 1935 as a martyr. Pope John Paul II in 2000 declared him the patron saint of statesmen and politicians. Born on Milk Street in the City of London , on 7 February 1478, Thomas More

816-709: The " New Learning " (scholarship which was later known as "humanism" or "London humanism"), and thought highly of the young More. Believing that More had great potential, Morton nominated him for a place at the University of Oxford , either in St. Mary Hall or Canterbury College , both now defunct. More began his studies at Oxford in 1492, and received a classical education. Studying under Thomas Linacre and William Grocyn , he became proficient in both Latin and Greek. More left Oxford after only two years—at his father's insistence—to begin legal training in London at New Inn, one of

867-475: The 1930 establishment of a Florida State College for Women Newman Club chapter, which later became Florida State University (FSU). The Newman Club needed a designated meeting place, even when the Florida State College for Women was converted into the current Florida State University (FSU) in 1947. It would not be until 1950, that the club acquired. Edward Conradi 's residence, located on

918-616: The Church of England . The bishops at the Convocation of Canterbury in 1532 agreed to sign the Oath but only under threat of prosecution for praemunire and only after these words were added: "as far as the law of Christ allows". This was considered to be the final Submission of the Clergy . Cardinal John Fisher and some other clergy refused to sign. Henry purged most clergy who supported

969-525: The Government had demanded to £30,000. One of the chamberlains went and told his master that he had been thwarted by a beardless boy. Henry never forgave the audacity; but, for the moment, the only revenge he could take was upon More's father, whom upon some pretext he threw into the Tower, and he only released him upon payment of a fine of £100. Thomas More even found it advisable to withdraw from public life into obscurity. From 1510, More served as one of

1020-527: The Newman Center soon was outgrown due to the rapidly growing number of catholic students, with lines of students waiting for mass running outside the building a common occurrence on Sundays. The first plans for the new student center were sent in 1963 to pastor Patrick Madde of the local Blessed Sacrament parish, who suggested enlarging the chapel to accommodate more parishioners. Designs underwent modifications until 1965 when George W. Stickle drafted

1071-477: The court when present, who spoke last and cast the deciding vote in case of ties) of the Court of the Star Chamber , an appeals court on civil and criminal matters, including riot and sedition, that was the final appeal in dissenter's trials. More supported the Catholic Church and saw the Protestant Reformation as heresy , a threat to the unity of both church and society. More believed in

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1122-627: The cunning intent and purpose that I find in Tyndale: Erasmus my darling should be no more my darling. But I find in Erasmus my darling that he detests and abhors the errors and heresies that Tyndale plainly teaches and abides by and therefore Erasmus my darling shall be my dear darling still. And surely if Tyndale had either never taught them, or yet had the grace to revoke them: then should Tyndale be my dear darling too. But while he holds such heresies still I cannot take for my darling him that

1173-504: The devil takes for his darling. As the conflict over supremacy between the Papacy and the King reached its peak, More continued to remain steadfast in supporting the supremacy of the Pope as Successor of Peter over that of the King of England. Parliament's reinstatement of the charge of praemunire in 1529 had made it a crime to support in public or office the claim of any authority outside

1224-550: The fact, and he began to praise it in the highest terms ... for its pure Latinity, its correctness, its erudition, and its expressions of tender affection. He took out at once from his pocket a portague [A Portuguese gold coin] ... to send to you as a pledge and token of his good will towards you. More's decision to educate his daughters set an example for other noble families. Even Erasmus became much more favourable once he witnessed their accomplishments. A large portrait of More and his extended family, Sir Thomas More and Family ,

1275-399: The family consort. Concerning More's personality, Erasmus gave a consistent portrait over a period of thirty five years. Soon after meeting the young lawyer More, who became his best friend and invited Erasmus into his household, Erasmus reported in 1500 "Did nature ever invent anything kinder, sweeter or more harmonious than the character of Thomas More?". In 1519, he wrote that More

1326-454: The final blueprint. His design features a chapel and an adjacent student center, with a kitchen, rooms, and offices for three priests, a lounge, and a library. Spanning half a city block, the combined complex features a towering bell, 95 feet high, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Spanish at St. Augustine. The architecture is a two-story cruciform layout building with

1377-465: The focal point of the Christian faith, with the center windows portraying only the magnificent figure of Christ, illuminated in light, and the remaining windows featuring abstract colors and designs. Finally, on December 4, 1965, the groundbreaking of the construction occurred, with Demetree Builders of Orlando overseeing construction until completion two years later. The chapel's official dedication

1428-472: The following year. More continued ascetic practices for the rest of his life, such as wearing a hair shirt next to his skin and occasionally engaging in self-flagellation . A tradition of the Third Order of Saint Francis honours More as a member of that Order on their calendar of saints . More married Joanna "Jane" Colt, the eldest daughter of John Colt of Essex in 1505. In that year he leased

1479-509: The guardian of two young girls: Anne Cresacre who would eventually marry his son, John More; and Margaret Giggs (later Clement) who was the only member of his family to witness his execution (she died on the 35th anniversary of that execution, and her daughter married More's nephew William Rastell ). An affectionate father, More wrote letters to his children whenever he was away on legal or government business, and encouraged them to write to him often. More insisted upon giving his daughters

1530-945: The illegal book trade, notably fronting a diplomatically-sensitive raid in 1525 of the Hanseatic Merchants in the Steelyard in role as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster and given his diplomatic experience negotiating with the Hanse. More wrote several books against the first edition of Tyndale's English translation of the New Testament :. More wrote the Dialogue concerning Heresies (1529), Tyndale responded with An Answer to Sir T. More's Dialogue (1530), and More replied with his Confutation of Tyndale's Answer (1532). More also wrote or contributed to several other anti-Lutheran books. One of More's criticisms of

1581-415: The initial Tyndale translation was that despite claiming to be in the vernacular, Tyndale had employed numerous neologisms: for example, "Jehovah", "scapegoat", "Passover", "atonement", "mercy seat", "shewbread." More also accused Tyndale of deliberately avoiding common translations in favour of biased words: such as using the emotion "love" instead of the practical action "charity" for Greek agape , using

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1632-462: The intersection of Park Avenue and Macomb Street, just to the east of FSU grounds. This acquisition marked a significant milestone as it provided the Newman Club with its first permanent student center, featuring amenities such as a live-in housemother, a student chapel, and meeting rooms which ensured accessibility and fostered a sense of community among its members. However, the small chapel at

1683-463: The many eligible women among his wide circle of friends. He chose Alice Middleton , a widow, to head his household and care for his small children. The speed of the marriage was so unusual that More had to get a dispensation from the banns of marriage , which, due to his good public reputation, he easily obtained. More had no children from his second marriage, although he raised Alice's daughter from her previous marriage as his own. More also became

1734-581: The neologism senior instead of "priest" for the Greek presbyteros (Tyndale changed this to "elder"), and the latinate "congregation" instead of "church". Tyndale's bibles include text other than the scriptures: some of Tyndale's prefaces were direct translations of Martin Luther, and it included marginal glosses which challenged Catholic doctrine. One notable exchange occurred over More's attack on Tyndale's use of congregation . Tyndale pointed out that he

1785-466: The office of Lord Chancellor (the chief government minister ) in 1529; this was the highest official responsible for equity and common law, including contracts and royal household cases, and some misdemeanour appeals. He dispatched cases with unprecedented rapidity. In 1532 he was responsible for an anti-pollution act. As Lord Chancellor he was a member (and probably the Presiding Judge at

1836-459: The papal stance from senior positions in the church. More continued to refuse to sign the Oath of Supremacy and did not agree to support the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine. However, he did not openly reject the King's actions and kept his opinions private. On 16 May 1532, More resigned from his role as Chancellor but remained in Henry's favour despite his refusal. His decision to resign

1887-487: The political system of an imaginary island state. More opposed the Protestant Reformation , directing polemics against the theology of Martin Luther , Huldrych Zwingli and William Tyndale . More also opposed Henry VIII's separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon . After refusing to take

1938-470: The realm (such as the Papacy) to have a legal jurisdiction superior to the King's. In 1530, More refused to sign a letter by the leading English churchmen and aristocrats asking Pope Clement VII to annul Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon , and also quarrelled with Henry VIII over the heresy laws. In 1531, a royal decree required the clergy to take an oath acknowledging the King as Supreme Head of

1989-593: The same classical education as his son, an unusual attitude at the time. His eldest daughter, Margaret, attracted much admiration for her erudition, especially her fluency in Greek and Latin. More told his daughter of his pride in her academic accomplishments in September 1522, after he showed the bishop a letter she had written: When he saw from the signature that it was the letter of a lady, his surprise led him to read it more eagerly ... he said he would never have believed it to be your work unless I had assured him of

2040-513: The sixteenth-century English Protestant historian John Foxe in his polemical Book of Martyrs . Foxe was instrumental in publicizing accusations of torture, alleging that More had often personally used violence or torture while interrogating heretics. Later Protestant authors such as Brian Moynahan and Michael Farris cite Foxe when repeating these allegations. Biographer Peter Ackroyd also lists claims from Foxe's Book of Martyrs and other post-Reformation sources that More "tied heretics to

2091-472: The theologian Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam , More once seriously contemplated abandoning his legal career to become a monk . Between 1503 and 1504 More lived near the Carthusian monastery outside the walls of London and joined in the monks' spiritual exercises. Although he deeply admired their piety, More ultimately decided to remain a layman, standing for election to Parliament in 1504 and marrying

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2142-443: The theology, argumentation, and ecclesiastical laws of the church, and "heard Luther's call to destroy the Catholic Church as a call to war." Heresy was the single most time-consuming issue Thomas More dealt with in his chancellorship, and probably in the whole of the last ten years of his life. More wrote a series of books and pamphlets in English and Latin to respond to Protestants, and in his official capacities took action against

2193-579: The two undersheriffs of the City of London , a position of considerable responsibility in which he earned a reputation as an honest and effective public servant. Interested in public health, he became a Commissioner for Sewers in 1514. More became Master of Requests in 1514, the same year in which he was appointed as a Privy Counsellor . After undertaking a diplomatic mission to the Holy Roman Emperor , Charles V , accompanying Thomas Wolsey , Cardinal Archbishop of York , to Calais (for

2244-643: The years 1529–33. Torture was not officially legal in England, except in pre-trial discovery phase of kinds of extreme cases that the King had allowed, such as seditious heresy. It was regarded as unsafe for evidence, and was not an allowed punishment. Stories emerged in More's lifetime regarding persecution of the Protestant "heretics" during his time as Lord Chancellor , and he denied them in detail in his Apologia (1533). Many stories were later published by

2295-461: Was "born and designed for friendship; no one is more open-hearted in making friends or more tenacious in keeping them." In 1535, after More's execution, Erasmus wrote that More "never bore ill-intent towards anyone". "We are 'together, you and I, a crowd'; that is my feeling, and I think I could live happily with you in any wilderness. Farewell, dearest Erasmus, dear as the apple of my eye." "When More died I seem to have died myself: because we were

2346-413: Was an unflagging apologist for Erasmus for the thirty-six years of their adult lives (1499–1535)." In 1504 More was elected to Parliament to represent Great Yarmouth , and in 1510 began representing London . More first attracted public attention by his conduct in the parliament of 1504, by his daring opposition to the king's demand for money. King Henry VII was entitled, according to feudal laws, to

2397-534: Was caused by the decision of the convocation of the English Church, which was under intense royal threat, on the day before. There is considerable variation in opinion on the extent and nature of More's prosecution of heretics: witness the difference in portrayals of More in A Man for All Seasons and in Wolf Hall . The English establishment initially regarded Protestants (and Anabaptists ) as akin to

2448-554: Was directly involved in torture. Richard Marius records a similar claim, which tells about James Bainham, and writes that "the story Foxe told of Bainham's whipping and racking at More's hands is universally doubted today". Co-Cathedral of Saint Thomas More (Tallahassee, Florida) The Altar Relics of the Co-Cathedral are of Saint Felix and Saint Felicity . The present-day Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More has its origins intertwining with Blessed Sacrament parish, and

2499-474: Was following "your darling" Erasmus' Latin translation of ecclesia by congregatio. More replied that Erasmus needed to coin congregatio because there was no good Latin word, while English had the perfectly fine "church", but that the intent and theology under the words were all important: I have not contended with Erasmus my darling, because I found no such malicious intent with Erasmus my darling, as I find with Tyndale. For had I found with Erasmus my darling

2550-443: Was painted by Holbein ; however, it was lost in a fire in the 18th century. More's grandson commissioned a copy, of which two versions survive. The Nostell copy of the portrait shown above also includes the family's two pet dogs and monkey. Musical instruments such as a lute and viol feature in the background of the extant copies of Holbein's family portrait. More played the recorder and viol , and made sure his wives could join in

2601-464: Was the son of Sir John More , a successful lawyer and later a judge, and his wife Agnes ( née Graunger). He was the second of six children. More was educated at St. Anthony's School , then considered one of London's best schools. From 1490 to 1492, More served John Morton , the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England, as a household page. Morton enthusiastically supported

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