John Badby

John Badby (1380–1410), one of the early Lollard martyrs, was a tailor (or perhaps a blacksmith) in the west Midlands, and was condemned by the Worcester diocesan court for his denial of transubstantiation.

A further court in St Paul's, London, presided over by Archbishop Thomas Arundel and his brother-in-law William, Baron de Ros, condemned him to be burned at Smithfield, the tournament ground just outside the city walls.

But this valiant champion of Christ, neglectyng the princes fayre wordes, as also contempnyng all mennes devises: refused the offer of worldly promises, no doubt, but beyng more vehemently inflamed with the spirite of God then with any earthly desire.

Wherfore, when as yet he continued unmoveable in hys former minde, the prince commaunded him straight to be put againe into the pype or tunne, & that he should not afterward looke for any grace or favour.

South Korean novelist Kim Seong-han's historical novel Babido ("바비도") illustrates the martyrdom of an eponymous tailor, whose name is a mistranscription of Badby's surname.