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Location: St Thomas the Apostle, City of London, London, England, United Kingdom. (51°30′40″N 0°5′36″W).
St Thomas the Apostle
St Thomas the Apostle was a parish church in Knightrider Street[1] in the City of London In existence by the late twelfth century, it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt.
History of St Thomas the Apostle:
The patronage of the church belonged to the canons of St Paul's and it is mentioned in the register of the Dean and Chapter as early as 1181. John Stow implies that was rebuilt some time in the late fourteenth century, describing John Barnes, Lord Mayor in 1371 as "a great builder of S. Thomas Apostles parish church as appeareth by his armes there both in stone and glasse".
The parish was staunchly Royalist in the years leading up to the Civil War In 1642 the rector, named. Cooper, was sequestered and imprisoned in Leeds Castle for his loyalty to the king.
