Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ Fifth Monarchy-Men, a denomination which arose in the seventeenth century. They derived their name from maintaining that there will be a fifth universal monarchy under the personal reign of Jesus Christ upon earth. Their leader was Thomas Venner, a cooper, who, in his conventicle in Coleman Street, having warned the passions of his audience, sallied forth toward St. Paul's Church Yard, on Sunday jan. 6, 1660, determined to set up the new monarchy, and vainly expecting Jesus Christ from heaven to their support. ”
