England · Religion / Roman Catholic Church. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Asserts Parliaments authority to legislate in matters of religion by denying the authority of the Pope, which More would not accept. Asks to appear before a commission and swear allegiance to the Act of Succession, More accepts Parliaments right to declare Anne the legitimate Queen of England, but refuses to take the oath because of an anti-papal preface to the Act
Imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he writes his devotional Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation
He believed he could not be convicted unless he explicitly denied that the king headed the Church, so he refused to answer all questions.
Thomas Cromwell, the most powerful of the King's advisers, produces the Solicitor General, Richard Rich, to testify that More had, in his presence, denied that the King was the legitimate head of the Church.
Thomas More was charged with high treason for denying the validity of the Act of Succession.
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