Matthew Hamont

Matthew Hamont (died 20 May 1579) was a Norfolk ploughwright, accused of heresy, who was burnt at the stake in Norwich Castle by the Church of England. Hamont, who came from Hethersett, was a Unitarian.

The Bishop of Norwich, Edmund Freke, accused Hamont of denying Christ to be a Saviour.[1] On 19 May 1579 his ears were cut off and the following day, 20 May 1579, he was burned to death at Norwich Castle.[2]

  1. ^ Mathew Carey Letters on religious persecution 1829 "Matthew Hamont, of Hetharset, three miles from Norwich, was "convicted before the Bishop of Norwich, for that he denied Christ to be our Saviour."
  2. ^ Henry Martyn Dexter, Morton Dexter (1905). The England and Holland of the Pilgrims. Houghton, Mifflin. p. 140.