The Life of Sir Thomas More/Index

by William Roper

INDEX.

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Adrian, Cardinal, elected Pope, page 30.Anthony's, St., a school so called, where Sir Thomas More was educated, 3.Audley, Lord, succeeds Sir T. M. in the Chancellorship, 51.Books, Sir Thomas's, taken from him in the Tower, 80.Bribery, attempt to accuse Sir T. M. of, 60.Bullen, Anne, K. H. the 8th falls in love with and marries her, 56.Bucklers Bury, Sir T. M. settled there when married, 36.Cambray, treaty of,—Sir T. M's mission to, 36.Campegius, Card., Commissioner from the Pope for the trial of the Kings marriage, 33.Charles V,. his saying on the death of More, 95.Clarke, Bishop of Bath, 32, 45.Colt, Mr., of Essex; Sir T. M. marries one of his daughters, 6.Constantine put in the stocks by Sir T. M. 35, note; escapes from them; saying of Sir Thomas on the occasion, ibid.Convocation of the clergy decree a present to be made to Sir T. M. for his theological writings, 45.Cromwell, Sir Richard, Lieutenant of the Tower, conveys More thither, 71.Cromwell, Sir Thomas, Secretary and favourite of the King, 55—One of the Commissioners to examine More, 63,—Tenders to him the oath of succession, 71,—Sent to him in the Tower, 77.Crooke, Mr., chief of the Six Clerks of Chancery, 42.Divorce of K. Henry 8th from Queen Catherine, 56.Eliot, Sir Thomas, 95.Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, visited by the Nun of Kent, 58—Advises her to go to the King, 59. Fitz-James, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, his opinion of the indictment of Sir T. M. 88.Fox, Bishop of Winchester, 8.Furnival's Inn, Sir T. M. reader there, 5.Giles, Peter, extracts from Sir T. M's letter to him, 9, in note.Grocyn, William, 5, in note.Henry 8th proposes his scruples about his marriage to Sir T. M., 31—Married to the Lady Anne Boleyn, 56—His great intimacy with Sir T. M., 21—Commands Wolsey to get him into his service, 10—Appoints him a sorter of the book against Luther, 64.Heron, Mr, son-in-law to Sir Thomas, who decrees against him in Chancery, 41.Kingston, Sir W., Constable of the Tower, 90.Linacre, Dr. Tho., taught More Greek, 4, note.Lincoln's Inn, Sir T. M. admitted there, 4.Marney, Sir H., afterward Lord Marney, 19.More, Sir T., opposes Wolsey at the council board,—Chosen burgess of Parliament, 7—Under Sheriff of London, 9—His aversion to a court life, 12—Made Master of Requests, 11—Knighted, 11—Made Under Treasurer, 13—Speaker of the House of Commons, ibid—Nominated Embassador to Spain, 20—Made Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 21—Embassador at Cambray, 36—Lord Chancellor, 37—His filial piety, 42—Writes against Luther, Tyndal, &c. 44—Refuses the bishops' present,—Resigns the Chancellorship, 50—His small estate, 51—Threatened to be attainted for his correspondence with the Nun of Canterbury, 62—Refuses to take the oath of succession, and committed to the Tower, 71—Indicted for high treason, 81—Beheaded, 95.More, Sir John, father to Sir Thomas, one of the Judges of the King's Bench, 7—Fined by Henry 8th for an offence given by his son, ibid.More, Lady, visits Sir Thomas in the Tower, 78—Her discourse with him, ibid.Morton, Cardinal, takes More when a youth into his family; his opinion of him, 3.Norfolk, Duke of, his character of Sir T. More, 39—Reproves him for wearing a surplice, 49—Obtains sion of the King for Sir Thomas to resign the Chancellorship, 50.

New Inn, Sir T. M. a student there, 5.

Nun of Canterbury, some account of, 58—Introduced to Sir T. M. at Sion Monastery, 59.

Oath of succession tendered to Sir Thomas More, his refusal of it, 71.

Oxford, Sir Thomas learned Greek there, 4.

Parnell accuses Sir T. M. of corruption in his office of Chancellor, 60.

Pope, Sir Thomas, a friend of Sir Thomas More's, sent to him in the Tower, 92.

Raynolds, a father of Sion Monastery, brings the Nun of Canterbury to talk with Sir T. M., 59—Carried out of the Tower to execution, 76.

Rich, Mr., the King's Solicitor, 80—Sent to Sir T. M. in the Tower, ibid—The principal evidence against him on his trial, 82.

Roper, Mrs. Margaret, sick of the sweating sickness, 28.—Visits her father in the Tower, 72.

Stockesley, Bishop, his character, 37.

Sweating sickness, some account of the, 28.

Tonstal, Bishop of Durham, 32—Embassador with More at Cambray, 36.

Voysey, Bishop of Exeter, 45.

Whytforde, Richard, Chaplain to Bp. Fox, 8.

Wingfield, Sir Richard, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, succeeded by Sir T. M., 21.

Wolsey, Cardinal, employed by the King to get More to court, 10—Angry with the Commons for divulging the business of the house, 17—Comes to the Parliament House, 18—Angry with Sir Thomas More, 20—Aspires to the Popedom, 30—Inspires the King with an idea of divorcing Queen Catherine, 31.

Wood, John A., Sir Thomas More's servant, 72.