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Thomas More - Years as chancellor of England

How long did Thomas More serve as lord chancellor of England?

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Portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, showing More in dark robes and a black hat, wearing a gold chain of office, seated against a green and yellow draped background. — Thomas More Sir Thomas More, oil on panel by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527; in the Frick Collection, New York City.

Thomas More served as lord chancellor of England for approximately two and a half years. He succeeded Cardinal Wolsey on October 26, 1529, and resigned from the office on May 16, 1532.1