Sir Thomas More ( 7 February 1478– 6 July 1535), also known by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, a social philosopher, a statesman, an author and a humanist.

He was an important Councilor to the King Henry VIII and also a Lord Chancellor. He is recognized as a saint and a ‘Reformation martyr.

In 1535, he was tried for treason and beheaded. Thomas More was beatified by the Catholic Church in 1886, and canonized with John Fischer in 1935.

“Prison Letters” is one of his famous works – written to his oldest daughter Margaret Roper – while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, awaiting execution.