William Pygot
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William Pygot was a sixteenth-century English Protestant martyr. His story was recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs. For denying transubstantiation, he was burned to death at Braintree, Essex, on 28 March 1555.[1]
References
- ^ p.257, John Foxe, Foxe's Book of Martyrs, 2000, Ambassador Publications
Categories:
- 16th-century Protestant martyrs
- 16th-century executions by England
- People executed for heresy
- Executed British people
- People from Braintree, Essex
- 16th-century English people
- People executed by the Kingdom of England by burning
- People executed under Mary I of England
- Protestant martyrs of England
- English religious biography stubs