| AdminHistory | The congregation of the church later known as Le Quarré or Le Carré first met in the Chapel of Monmouth House, Kings Square (later Soho Square) in 1690, which was granted for the use of refugees by William and Mary in 1689. On 1 September 1690 a pastoral union was formed between Le Quarré, St James's Square, Jewin Street and Hungerford Market. On 26 January 1691 this union became an absolute one for all church matters. On 19 July 1694 the vestry decided to move the chapel in Berwick Street. On 3 May 1727 a Committee was appointed to obtain a lease of land between Berwick Street and Warwick Street to build a chapel. However, according to G B Beeman in 'Notes on the sites and history of the French Churches in London', in Proceedings of the Huguenot Society, vol. VIII (1909), the congregation continued to meet in Berwick Street until 1769, when its members moved into a small church built in Little Dean Street. This church was closed in 1853 when it was absorbed by La Savoie.
On 4 June 1762 the Congregation in Castle Street was absorbed by Le Quarré and on 21 May the church of Leicester Fields was united with it.
The registers, with historical introductory notes, have been printed in William and Susan Minet, eds., 'Register of the Church of Le Carr and Berwick Street 1690-1788', Huguenot Society Quarto Series, vol. XXV (London, 1921).
Many Le Quarré volumes have titles on covers and spines in a distinctive hand. This appear to be attributable to François Deschamps, Elder in 1766, Treasurer in 1783, Secretary and Treasurer in 1791-1807 (HUGUENOT LIBRARY/J/12, p. 309v and his handwriting and signature are in J/12, J/14, pp. 228-380, and J/22, pp. 1-12). |