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Thomas Ibbott - who not only had a premonition of the Great Fire of London of 1666, but acted it out in the streets of London.
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024896
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
Premonitions: A leap in to the future – Herbert Greenhouse [1971]
George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, recorded his own prophecy in his journal and also told about one Thomas Ibbott, who not only had a premonition of the fire but acted it out in the streets of London. Arriving in the city two days before the fire broke out, he jumped off his horse and ran around shouting that he was fleeing from the flames. Many Londoners may have thought he was out of his mind, but two days later they were rushing through the streets in the same way.