[3] After King James IV of Scotland was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, it is said that his head was brought to London and later buried in the crypt of this church.

"[6] The church was destroyed in the Great Fire of London,[7] and after some pressure[8] it was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in 1673.

[9] The main facade toward Wood Street was described by Godwin as "a pleasing and well-proportioned morceau of Italian architecture", with four Ionic columns above a stylobate, supporting an entablature and pediment.

[12] George Godwin described the interior of the church as "a large and well-lighted parallelogram with a coved ceiling, but ... not ecclesiastical in any respect in its general appearance".

[16] The church was eventually demolished under the auspices of the Union of Benefices Act[17] in 1897,[18] and many bodies were disinterred from the churchyard and reburied at Brookwood Cemetery.