Thomas Welbourne was a teacher from Yorkshire who lived during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Born in Kitenbushel, he was a devout Roman Catholic during a period of intense religious tension in England. He was executed in York in 1605 alongside a layman named John Fulthering. Both men were accused of high treason because of their religious convictions and their efforts to encourage others to remain Catholic. He was later beatified by the Catholic Church in 1929.