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Resignation as Lord Chancellor

England · Humanities / Philosophy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1532

Thomas More16 May 1532

London · Humanities / Philosophy

More resigns the office of Lord Chancellor amid the developing royal supremacy crisis.

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Thomas More

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