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This bronze commemorative plaque records: Edward Wightman of Burton-on-Trent was burnt at the stake in this market place for heresy 11th April 1612, being the last person in England so to die.
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Edward Wightman, a religious dissenter from Burton-on-Trent, was executed as a heretic on April 11, 1612, making him the last person in England to be burnt at the stake for heresy.
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