Editing St Sepulchre-without-Newgate (section)

=== Early history ===
The original ([[Anglo-Saxons|probably pre-Norman]]) church on the site was dedicated to [[Edmund of East Anglia|St Edmund the King and Martyr]].<ref name="Newgate1999" /> In 1137 it was given to the [[St Bartholomew-the-Great|Priory of St Bartholomew]]. During the [[Crusades]] of that century the church was re-dedicated to Saint Edmund and the Holy Sepulchre, venerating the [[Church of the Holy Sepulchre]] in [[Jerusalem]]. Knights passed by on the way to the Holy Lands.<ref name="Newgate1999">{{cite web|title=Newgate: Conservation Area Character Summary|url=https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/environment-and-planning/planning/heritage-and-design/conservation-areas/Documents/Newgate%20Street%20Character%20Summary.pdf|publisher=[[City of London Corporation|Corporation of London]]|date=1999}}</ref> This name became [[contraction (linguistics)|contracted]], and in the 21st century reference to the saint-king has been overwhelmingly dropped. The very early lessening of the first dedication helped to reserve that name for the small church to the east of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] dedicated to [[St Edmund, King and Martyr]].<ref>"The City of London Churches: monuments of another age" Quantrill, E; Quantrill, M p. 24: London; Quartet; 1975</ref>

The church is today the largest parish church in the city.<ref name=cc/> It was completely rebuilt in the 15th century<ref name=cc>"The City Churches" Tabor, M. p. 127: London; The Swarthmore Press Ltd; 1917</ref> but was gutted by the [[Great Fire of London]] in 1666,<ref>{{cite book|title=Samuel Pepys – The Shorter Pepys|editor-last=Latham|editor-first=Robert|page=484|location=[[Harmondsworth]]|publisher=[[Penguin Books]]|date=1985|isbn=0140094180}}</ref> which left the outer walls,<ref>"The Survey of Building Sites in London after the Great Fire of 1666" Mills, P/ Oliver, J Vol I p. 124: [[Guildhall Library]] MS. 84 reproduced in facsimile, London, [[London Topographical Society]], 1946</ref> the tower and the porch standing.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Old Churches of London|last=Cobb|first=G|location=London|publisher=[[Pavilion Books|Batsford]]|date=1942}}</ref> It was rebuilt 1667–1679 by [[Joshua Marshall (sculptor)|Joshua Marshall]], the King's Master Mason, and appears to be remodelled to Marshall's own design.<ref>Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851 by Rupert Gunnis</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cathmarshall.com/biographies/1628-joshua-marshall|title=1628 – Joshua Marshall|access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref> Lightly modified in the 18th century,<ref name=listing/> the interior of the church is a wide, roomy space with a [[coffered ceiling]]<ref>"London:the City Churches" Pevsner, N / Bradley, S. New Haven, Yale, 1998 {{ISBN|0300096550}}</ref> installed in 1834 with plasterwork of three years later.<ref name=listing/> The church underwent considerable re-facing and alterations in 1878.<ref name=listing/> During the [[Second World War]] the 18th-century watch-house, built in the churchyard to deter grave-robbers, [[The Blitz|was bomb-struck]] but later  rebuilt. The vicarage was fully renovated in the early 2000s.

[[File:St Sepulchre-without-Newgate Interior, London, UK - Diliff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|The interior of St Sepulchre]]
During [[Mary I of England|Mary I]]'s [[Marian persecutions|persecutions]], in 1555, the incumbent vicar [[John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr)|John Rogers]] was burned at the stake as a [[heresy|heretic]].