 The five Members of Parliament impeached by Charles I repaired to Coleman Street in early 1642 when his troops were searching for them, and during the Commonwealth, communion was only allowed to those passed by a committee comprising the vicar and 13 parishioners – two of whom had signed the death warrant of Charles I.After its destruction in the Great Fire of London in 1666, the church was rebuilt on its old foundations.Work on the exterior was completed in 1677.