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==Last person burned at the stake for heresy==
==Last person burned at the stake for heresy==
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The last person burned to death at the stake for heresy was Edward Wightman, executed on April 11th, 1612.
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The last person burned to death at the stake for heresy was Edward Wightman, executed on April 11th, 1612, under the Bishop of Lichfield, Richard Neile, and William Laud (the future Archbishop of Canterbury).