Thomas More was liked by king Henry VIII. This was great, but the only problem was that there were powerful men who didn't like More. One of the reasons that they didn't like him was that he was very good. He was very committed to his faith and would not swerve from his beliefs even if it would help himself.
Because the king liked More, he made him his Chancellor. More didn't really want to be the Chancellor, but he obeyed him anyway.
More was a good Chancellor, but he disagreed with the king in one important way and it was this: Henry was married, but he wanted to divorce his present wife and marry someone else and More thought this was wrong. Some people thought this was lawful, because in one of their laws it said that the king was the head of the church as far as God allowed. They left out the "As far as God allows" part, though, and payed attention to the rest instead.
This problem grew too much for More that he resigned as Chancellor.
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