Cecily Heron

Cecily Heron
Cecily Heron by Hans Holbein the Younger
Portrait study of Cecily Heron at 20-years-old, pregnant with her first child, drawn by Hans Holbein the Younger, c.1527
Born
Cecily More

1507
Bucklersbury, St Stephen Walbrook parish, London, England
SpouseGiles Heron
FatherThomas More
RelativesMargaret Roper (sister)
Elizabeth Dauncey (sister)

Cecily Heron (née More; 1507–?), one of Thomas More's children, was part of a circle of exceptionally educated and accomplished women who exemplified "learned ladies" for the next two centuries.