William Hunter (martyr)

William Hunter was a Marian martyr burnt to death in Brentwood, England at the age of 19 on 26 March 1555,[1] on Ingrave Road.

He had lost his job in London as a silk-weaver because he refused to attend the Catholic mass, despite an order that everyone in the City of London had to attend,[1] and had come to live with his parents in Brentwood, but got into a dispute when discovered reading the Bible for himself in Brentwood Chapel.

He refused to accept the Catholic dogma of transubstantiation according to which the bread and wine of the communion become the body and blood of Jesus.

He resisted both threats and bribes—Bonner offered to make him a Freeman of the City of London and give him £40—and was eventually returned to Brentwood to be burnt.

Committed to the Flames March 26th MDLV.Christian Reader, learn from his example to value the privilege of an open Bible.