Sir Thomas More, son of Sir John More, a justice of the King\'s Bench, was born in 1478, in Milk Street, in the city of London. (...) More\'s earnest character caused him while studying law to aim at the subduing of the flesh, by wearing a hair shirt, taking a log for a pillow, and whipping himself on Friday.
Anthony\'s School, in Threadneedle Street, he was placed, as a boy, in the household of Cardinal John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor.
After his earlier education at St.
Sir Thomas More, son of Sir John More, a justice of the King\'s Bench, was born in 1478, in Milk Street, in the city of London