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The convent’s very existence fulfils the prophecy made in 1585 by Fr Gregory Gunne when, during his own trial, he rebuked an Elizabethan court for having sentenced St Edmund Campion to death at Tyburn. “You have slain the greatest man in England,” he said. “I will add that one day there, where you have put him to death, a religious house will arise, thanks to an important offering.”
We can't discover the outcome of Gunne's trial - was he also put to death at Tyburn?
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Gregory Gunne
{On a slate-grey plaque with gold lettering:} In 1585 Gregory Gunne predicte...
Territorial Commander of the Salvation Army's United Kingdom and Ireland Territory. He oversees issues related to human trafficking, poverty and general church development.
Searching for a map showing the site of the vicarage we were delighted to find this 1893 map which also shows the relocated church porch (top right corner of the vicarage garden).
In 1740 this French Hugeonot church moved into the building in Hanbury Street, with a patent granted by King James II.
The first pastor of the Islington Union Chapel, appointed in 1802/4 (sources differ) and stayed in the post until his death, though he shared the job with Allon from 1843/4 (sources differ).
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