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portrait of lady more by hans holbein 1546 or 1551 england , u.k. england , u.k. lady 1474 john middleton thomas more file : hans holbein the younger lady alice more.jpg alice , lady more
 alice , lady more
alice , lady more

alice , lady more was known as the wife of sir thomas more , who served as lord chancellor of england .
she is a prominent figure in tudor history and literature .
she was born alice harpur , the daughter of elizabeth -lrb- née adern -rrb- and sir richard harpur .
elizabeth was the daughter of sir peter adern and his wife catherine .
her first husband was john middleton , a merchant , with whom she had a son and two daughters , one of whom , her daughter also named alice -lrb- 1501-1563 -rrb- , survived infancy .
john middleton died in 1509 , leaving her a young widow .
after her marriage to thomas more in 1511 , he raised her daughter alice as his own .
they did not have children together .
historians have concluded that sir thomas more married lady alice so he could have a step-mother for his four children after his first wife , lady jane , died in 1511 .
one of her step-daughters was margaret more roper .
alice was also considered wealthy , as her first husband left her all of his estate , and her family owned property .
historians also believe that thomas more had known alice and her family long before they were married , which is why the couple married without hesitation within weeks of lady jane 's death .
alice was seven years older than sir thomas .
the family lived in london and later at the estate built in chelsea.she was known for her love of animals , especially her dogs , and her pet monkey .
she was married to sir thomas from 1511 until he was executed in 1535 due to his dislike of anne boleyn .
before his execution , while he was locked in the tower of london , she was in charge of taking care of his affairs .
the last years of her life were poor , due to the family 's property being confiscated .
she was given a small pension by henry viii of england to live on after his death .
her death date is most often referred to as april 1551 , but sources state 1546 .
her daughter alice bore several children , giving her many blood descendants .
researchers have found that her family lineage makes her an ancestor of elizabeth , the queen mother .
her husband was canonized by pope pius xi in 1935 as a martyr of the schism that separated the church of england from rome .
