[4] In the late 16th and early 17th century General Baptists were led by John Smyth and Thomas Helwys.
[5] Under Helwys' leadership, this group established a church at Spitalfields outside London.
[6] Helwys is credited with the formation of a general Baptist congregation in Coventry in 1614 or earlier when he gathered with Smyth and leading Coventry Puritans at the residence of Sir William Bowes and his wife, Isobel, in 1606.
[7] Thomas Grantham, along with others, presented a confession of beliefs to King Charles II in 1660.
[8] A respected Biblical scholar,[9] Dr. Charles Marie Du Veil, was baptized into the St. Paul's Alley congregation, published his new views, and helped the General Baptist influence after 1685.