 Hut was for some years sacristan in Bibra to the knight Hans von Bibra (the brother of Bishop Lorenz von Bibra).He early came under the influence of Thomas Müntzer and, refusing to have his child baptized, was driven from the community in 1524.He took part in the decisive battle of Thuringia during the German Peasants' War on 15 May 1525 at Bad Frankenhausen.