Colchester had the largest number of Protestant martyrs outside London. The Essex cloth-working towns were deeply Protestant and the burnings created intense community resistance. The Colchester martyrs became particularly famous through Foxes Book of Martyrs. The repeated executions in the same location built a collective memory of Protestant defiance that shaped the town's identity for centuries.
c.22 burned in Colchester area 1555-1558
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