William Roper
William Roper (1496 – ) is an English lawyer and member of Parliament. The son of a Kentish gentleman, he married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas More.
The story so far…
Week 6: Entirely Beloved Cromwell (Part 1)
At More’s house in Chelsea, Gardiner wishes to have seen More’s son-in-law Will Roper. Roper had professed himself a Lutheran and been summoned before Wolsey under suspicion of heresy. He has “now settled”, says More, “in the faith of England and of Rome.”
Week 15: Supremacy
We see Will Roper again in 1534, looking after the interests of his obstinate father-in-law. Roper takes the oath.
‘There was a time you were a Bible man yourself.’
’Men may change opinions.’
’I agree entirely. Tell your father-in-law that.’
Week 15: Supremacy
Thomas More’s family take the oath.
Will Roper: “Come on, Meg, let’s go home. We need to get your mother on the river before she starts a brawl.” To Cromwell: “We know you are not vengeful, sir. Though God knows, he has never been a friend to your friends.”
Cromwell reminds him that he was once a Bible man.
Roper: “Men may change opinions.”
Cromwell: “I agree entirely. Tell your father-in-law that.”