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Subject: [HWE] Jean a LASCO
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 14:14:47 -0700 (PDT)


Hello fellow listers,

Reading is fun.

Off I went in search of truth, justice and the .. oh
my.. no no I have not found Superman in the local phone
booth.

I did discover Jean a LASCO.

Well that is my point. I now know who he was but know
little else about this man.

Apparently a Polish man of the Protestant belief. Who
happened to live in London, England around the time
that Edward VI was putting quil to parchment on July
24, 1550. This document gave a charter to allow the
setting up of a church.

Not just any old church mind you. This one was in
Austin Friars and the charter allowed the faithful to
practice worship according to their faith.

Having both Dutch and French chatting away in the same
congregation wasn't working out to well and so the
French speakers (Huguenot) set off to Threadneedle
Street in London to set up their own church.

That church burned down in 1666 but with true Huguenot
team work all was rebuilt by 1669. In 1841 the church
moved again, this time to St. Martine-Le-Grand in Soho.
Seemed a great idea at the time as many French artisans
had set up business in the area.

So back to Jean a LASCO, the Polish pastor.

Who was he ? When and where was he born? Who decided
that he would be in charge in London of the first
Protestant church ? Why didn't the new congregation
select a Duchman or Frenchman? What was the first
church called? What happened to the Dutch community?

If you know, then post a message.

Kind Regards,
Peter Leroy

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