# Holy Trinity the Less

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**Holy Trinity the Less** was a parish church in Knightrider Street in the [City of London](/source/City_of_London), destroyed in the [Great Fire of London](/source/Great_Fire_of_London).[1] Following the fire the site was used for a Lutheran church, which was eventually demolished in 1871 to make way for Mansion House underground station.

## Location

The church stood in Queenhithe ward, towards the eastern end of [Knightrider Street](/source/Knightrider_Street), on the south side.[2]

## History

The church was medieval in origin, and [John Stow](/source/John_Stow) traced its roots back to 1266.[3] [John Rogers](/source/John_Rogers_(Bible_editor_and_martyr)) (who would later translate parts of the Bible editor and be martyred) was rector from 1532 to 1534. By 1606, it had fallen into a ruinous state and had to be propped up. It was subsequently demolished and rebuilt[4] at the expense of the Merchant Taylor's and Vintner's Companies.[5] The patronage of the church belonged to the Prior and convent of [St Mary Overie](/source/St_Mary_Overie), Southwark, until the [Dissolution](/source/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries), after which it passed to the Crown and then to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral.[2] The parish clerk in the 1550s, [Henry Machyn](/source/Henry_Machyn), wrote a journal of London events.[6]

Along with most of the other parish churches in the City, Holy Trinity was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. Four years later, a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under Sir [Christopher Wren](/source/Christopher_Wren) to decide which ones should be rebuilt.[7] Holy Trinity the Less was not among the 51 chosen.[8] Instead the parish was united with that of [St Michael Queenhithe](/source/St_Michael_Queenhithe).[9]

The site of the burnt-out Anglican church was used for a German [Lutheran](/source/Lutheran) church, which opened in 1673. It survived until 1871 when it was closed and demolished to make way for the [Mansion House underground station](/source/Mansion_House_tube_station).[10] The churchyard was cleared in 1872 to make room for the station.

## References

1. [John Rogers](/source/John_Rogers_(Bible_editor_and_martyr)) was [Rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) here from 1532 to 1534 > "The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert,C; Weinreb,D; Keay,J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993, 2008) ISBN 978-1405049245

1. Newcourt, Richard (1708). "Trinity the Less, Rectory". *Repetorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense*. London. p. 555.

1. Stow, John *A Survey of London*: Originally 1598- this edn, London, A. Fullarton & Co, 1890

1. White, J.G. (1901). [*The Churches and Chapels of Old London*](https://archive.org/details/churcheschapelso00whituoft). London. pp. [59](https://archive.org/details/churcheschapelso00whituoft/page/59)–60.

1. ["Holy Trinity the Less: City of London"](http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cats/118/15615.htm). *AIM25*. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

1. Adam Smyth, *Autobiography in Early Modern England* (Cambridge, 2010), p. 202.

1. Whinney, Margaret (1971). [*Wren*](https://archive.org/details/wren00whin). London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0500201129.

1. Betjeman, John (1967). *The City of London Churches*. Andover: Pitkin. ISBN 0853725659.

1. A separate churchwarden was appointed for former Holy Trinity worshippers *Church of England, Parish of St. Michael Queenhithe. – Rough registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1694. – M0013822CL*. – M0003091CL cited in "City of London Parish Registers Guide 4" Hallows, A.(Ed) : London, Guildhall Library Research, 1974 ISBN 0900422300

1. ["The history of Lutherans in Britain"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141025202710/http://www.lutheran.org.uk/history_detailed.php). Lutheran Council of Great Britain. Archived from [the original](http://www.lutheran.org.uk/history_detailed.php) on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2011.

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