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Bishop of Ely and Chancellor during the reign of King Henry VIII.

Despite the name "Morton's Fork" was not of the Cardinal's invention although much used by him as Henry VIII's Chancellor. It may have been an invention of Fox, Bishop of Winchester.

MORTON'S FORK
The argument known as "Morton's Fork" was used by monarchs to arbitrarily extract money in the form of forced loans (also known as "benevolences") from rich subjects; those living extravagantly could obviously afford to help the monarch, those who lived economically could do so from their savings. _NOBH:254

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