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When did Thomas More become a member of King Henry VIII’s council?

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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 became a member of King Henry VIII’s council in 1517.1