[714] His great-grandson's history of him (Life of Sir Thomas More,, by CRESACRE MORE, written about 1620, published 1627, with a dedication to Henrietta Maria) is incorrect in so many instances that I follow it with hesitation; but the account of the present matter is derived from Mr. Roper, More's son-in-law, who accompanied him to Lambeth, and it is incidentally confirmed in various details by More himself.
[715] MORE'S Life of More, p. 232.
[716] More held extreme republican opinions on the tenure of kings, holding that they might be deposed by act of parliament.
[717] MORE'S Life of More, p. 237.
[718] BURNET, vol. i. p. 255.
[719] MORE'S Life of More, p. 237.
[720] Cromwell to the Archbishop of Canterbury: Rolls House MS.
[721] State Papers, vol. i. p. 411, et seq.
[722] Royal Proclamation, June, 1534.
[723] Ibid.