What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: William Pygot Protestant martyr publicly burnt to death near this spot 28 March 1555 Recorded plaque organisation: Braintree & Bocking Civic Society.
William Pygot was a Protestant martyr burned at the stake during the reign of Queen Mary I for refusing to renounce his faith, symbolizing the persecution of Protestants during the Marian persecutions.
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