After his execution, Margaret, managed to save her father’s head and when she died they were buried together in the Roper family vault. #margaretroper #sirthomasmore #thomasmore #thetudors #stdunstans #canterburyhistory #localhistory #stdunstanschurch #tudors #tudorarchitecture
#MargaretRoper, daughter of Thomas #More, knew ‘from #Erasmus that not only are #letters a cherished way of reuniting friends and family whom fate has parted, they are in themselves the original, pristine source for #biography.’
John Guy, ‘A Daughter’s Love’ (Harper Perennial, 2009), p. 266.
#OTD
4th January 1578
William Roper, son-in-law of Sir Thomas More died.
He married Margaret More in 1521 after some lengthy negotiating about the dowry.
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#WilliamRoper #SirThomasMore #MargaretMore #MargaretRoper #Tudors #History
This novel probably should have been subtitled "The dangers of eeeeevil women." #MargaretRoper #VictorianReligiousFiction
Hagiography dressed up as fiction does not make for exciting reading. #MargaretRoper #VictorianReligiousFiction
