Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Thomas More across 3 places, from 1478 to 1503.
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Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as a martyr and saint, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, theologian and Renaissance humanist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Thomas More was documented, and when
7 February 1478exact date
City of Londonattested“Born in the City of London, on 7 February 1478, Thomas More was the son of Sir John More (a successful lawyer and later a judge) and his wife Agnes (née Graunger).”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
1492year
University of Oxfordattested“More began his studies at Oxford in 1492.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
1503 to 1504period
London Charterhouseattested“Between 1503 and 1504 More lived near the Carthusian monastery outside the walls of London and joined in the monks' spiritual exercises.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
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1485year
Battle of Bosworthmentioned“More uses a more dramatic writing style than had been typical in medieval chronicles; Richard III is limned as an outstanding, archetypal tyrant—however, More was only seven years old when Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
1496 to 1502period
Lincoln's Innmentioned“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.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
1504year
Parliament of the United Kingdommentioned“Although he deeply admired their piety, More ultimately decided to remain a layman, standing for election to Parliament in 1504 and marrying the following year.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
1516year
Leuvenmentioned“More completed the book, and theologian Erasmus published it in Leuven in 1516.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
1521year
Calaismentioned“After undertaking a diplomatic mission to the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, accompanying Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Archbishop of York, to Calais (for the Field of the Cloth of Gold) and Bruges, More was knighted and made under-treasurer o…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
1523year
Baselmentioned“Erasmus in Basel collected and had published a book of More's Latin epigrams: the final 1523 edition Epigrammata contained 253 of the short poems, described by historian Damian Grace as "Political theory in a poetic idiom." In the 1510s,…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
1525year
Chelsea, Londonmentioned“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.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
1525year
Steelyardmentioned“More believed in the theology, argumentation, and ecclesiastical laws of the church, and "heard Luther's call to destroy the Catholic Church as a call to war." More wrote a series of books and pamphlets in English and Latin to respond to…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
6 July 1535exact date
Tower Hillmentioned“The execution took place on 6 July 1535 at Tower Hill.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas More
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