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The church stood on Knightrider Street. It had been
rebuilt in the early 15th Century, but was not rebuilt
again after the Great Fire. Possibly this was because it
had acquired a reputation during the Commonwealth period
for being a centre of activity of Fifth Monarchists, a
group of protestant fundamentalists who saw the role of
Cromwell and his protectorate government as being mainly
to prepare the way for Christ's second coming on Earth.
Their militancy led to the minister of the church being
arrested for religious extremism, a seemingly impossible
feat during the lunacy of the Cromwellian years. Later,
Queen Street was built across part of the churchyard, but
a tiny fragment remains, recognisable as such, forming a
forecourt to the 18th Century houses at 27 and 28 Queen
Street.
Simon Knott, December 2015
location: Queen Street EC4 - 2/061
status: part of the graveyard survives
access: private garden of offices, visible from
street
 
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