Thomas More Studies : Library

Historical Documents

--Magna Carta, 1215

--Praemunire law, 1353

--Coronation Oath, 1509
--More's "Petition for Free Speech," 1523 Modernized version

--More's Address to the Parliament of 1529, 8 Nov: Chapuys' Account

--More's Address to the Parliament of 1529, 8 Nov: Hall's Account

--Thomas More Excluded from Court Session, 15 June 1530

--Thomas More Almost Dismissed, 20 September 1530

--Thomas More's Report to Parliament, 2 April 1531

--Thomas More on Blindness of Princes, 11 April 1531

--Henry VIII Visits Parliament Three Times, 6 March 1532

--Henry VIII Divides the House (First on Record), 26 March 1532