Sir Thomas more

Thomas More studied at Canterbury Hall, Oxford, and read law at the Inns of Court, being called to the bar in 1501. Thomas was happiest in the bosom of his family--three generations living under one roof in Chelsea, and the congenial group of poets, scientists, and humanists that often gathered in his home, rather than at court. Henry VIII was a man of rare personal magnetism; even Sir Thomas yielded to his charm. Thomas's daughter Margaret …

…the Museum at Blois in which he is represented as an old man with a long beard, surrounded by Roman (sic) soldiers, embraced by his daughter on his way to execution (Roeder). Tabor, M. E. (1908). The saints in art with their attributes and symbols alphabetically arranged. London: Methuen & Co. Republished in 1969 by Gale Research Company, Book Tower, Detroit, Michigan. Delahaye, H. (1962). The legends of the saints, trans. by Donnald Attwater. New York: Fordham University Press.