Person:Thomas Highbed (1)

Thomas Hubbard (Highbed)
d.26 May 1555 England
  • HThomas Hubbard (Highbed)Bef 1525 - 1555
  • WElizabeth FordAbt 1525 -
m. Abt 1547
  1. Jeremiah HubbardAbt 1550 -
  2. John HubbardAbt 1552 -
  3. Martha HubbardAbt 1554 -
  4. James HubbardAbt 1555 - 1665
Facts and Events
Name Thomas Hubbard (Highbed)
Gender Male
Birth? Bef 1525 Horndenon-on-hill, Essex, England
Marriage Abt 1547 , , Englandto Elizabeth Ford
Death? 26 May 1555 England
Other? Hordon on the Hill England; Essex Co Eng Lived
Last Name also Highbed.  Burned as a Martyr, He had a bible given to him by St. Thomas Moore. Bible today is in the Seventh Day Baptist museum.

He was a Baptist in England and was turned in by an informer to Bishop Bonner. Thomas was seized, imprisoned and burned at the stake. May 26, 1555. this is believed to be the the story of Thomas Highbed in Fox's Book of Martyrs. Thomas is said to have been "of good estate and great estimation," and "zealous and religious in the true service of God."