Bronze plaque № 42550

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# Bronze Plaque № 42550 Standing in Westminster Hall on that fateful summer day of 1 July 1535, Sir Thomas More faced his final trial in the very chamber that had once echoed with his own words as Speaker of the House of Commons—a cruel reversal of fortune that transformed this ancient hall from a ...

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Westminster Hall

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In this hall Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England, Speaker of the House of Commons, author of Utopia, was condemned to death. 1 July 1535