Talk:Robert Hubert

Watchmaker? Silversmith? Sailor?
I have collected together a few sources suggesting different trades of Robert Hubert. Most seem to claim that he was a watchmaker, but some contradict that. I would be grateful if someone could find more to verify he was a watchmaker, as I have currently claimed.

Jameshfisher 15:46, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

From Rouen?
I have claimed that Robert Hubert was from Rouen, and cited a source. However, one source,, claims that "the young man, who was bound for Rouen, was on board his ship when the fire broke out." Bound to Rouen from where; why did he end up in London? I would be grateful if someone could find more souces to clarify the situation.

Jameshfisher 15:51, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


 * An engraving of the scene of the Great Fire, produced soon after the events, has a caption including mention that one Robert Hubert, "of Roane (sic) in Normandy" confessed to starting the fire and was hanged at Tyburn. However no mention of this was made in the general text of the book. I forgot what the book the picture was in, as I was a schoolboy when I read it.  (For some time I believed the fire was arson because of the caption, but it was clearly a discredited theory as no one believed me.)Cloptonson (talk) 21:44, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Robert 'Lucky' Hubert???
Your only source for this bizarre nickname: 'Robert "Lucky" Hubert' is the somewhat deficient wikipedia article. Though I could be wrong, it sounds to me like some editor's idea of a bad joke...Colin4C 20:14, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * lol, agreed. the phrase seems to originate with . This editor no longer seems to be a part of wikipedia.  He doesn't cite a source.  I can't find sources.  I'm removing references to it here and elsewhere. Jameshfisher 21:45, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Monument accusation of Catholics
This article states that the accusation of Catholics remained on the monument until 1830. The Monument to the Great Fire of London article, on the other hand, say they were chiseled out in 1831. Which is the case? &mdash; Itai (talk) 11:12, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Date of execution

 * 28 September 1666: 42,700 hits


 * 27 October 1666: 5,910 hits

Which one is correct, and why? --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  09:19, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

More known on his being 'crippled' and arrest?
I am intrigued about his being described as 'too crippled' to throw anything. Was he disabled in limbs? It would be a feat for him to travel apparently alone and to carry on a manual trade if he were crippled physically. Also the article would benefit if information could be provided on when and where he was apprehended, and to whom he made the initial confession, the only clue on timing being that he reportedly arrived in England two days after the fire started. Court records would surely have depositions by the people who arrested or witnessed him.Cloptonson (talk) 21:00, 30 July 2020 (UTC)