Sir Thomas More (1477-1535) was the noblest figure of King Henry VIII's reign. In his work Utopia, he set out the principles of his ideal society and through his frienship with Erasmus, he was introduced to Holbein. The proptotype for this work painted by Holbein in 1527 now hangs in the Frick Collection, New York and shows More wearing the Chain of the Order of the King's Council. He was knighted and appointed Sub-Treasurer in 1521 and Lord Chancellor in 1529. He could not agree with Henry's divorce of Katherine of Aragon and relinquished the Chancellorship. He refused to take the Oath on the Act of Succession which acknowledged Henry as Supreme Head of the English Church and was sent to the Tower of London in 1535. He was condemned to death on a charge of treason and was beheaded on 6 July 1535. He was beatified in 1886 and canonised in 1935