[1] Her parents were members of the Christian Israelite Church who followed the evangelist John Wroe.
[3] She had previously thought that she was to write a Southcott biography book with the Reverend Walter Begley, but he had died in 1905.
The prophecies were intended for a moment of crisis and Southcott had laid down the conditions under which they could be opened including the presence of 24 bishops.
[1] Seymour created a group who followed the ideas of Southcott and she was in disagreement with Mabel Barltrop and the Panacea Society.
Seymour arranged for the publication of Southcott's works and a magazine, but it was Barltrop who was to lead the larger Southcottian group.