In his day people could be hanged for stealing a packet of tea.Thomas Paine is one of Norfolk's most famous and internationally influential sons. Born at Thetford ... hero's burial in England.

In his day people could be hanged for stealing a packet of tea.Thomas Paine is one of Norfolk's most famous and internationally influential sons. Born at Thetford ... hero's burial in England.

The exhibition - with objects picked from the museum's 7,000-strong collection - will include the death mask of Thetford-born political revolutionary Thomas Paine and a hoard of Roman silver coins ...