The following is part of a report Re-printed from the Non-Subscribing Presbyterian, May 1910
One of the most valued treasures in the possession of the congregation is a communion service, consisting of four silver cups, 10.25 inches in height, long bell, thick stem, knop, foot, and bearing the Dublin date letter of 1680. the donor of this valuable gift, the Rev.Thomas Harrison, D.D., was born at Kingston-upon-Hull, 1619. Having become a very popular preacher in London (St.Dunstan’s in the East), Harrison accompanied Henery Cromwell to Ireland, and on his appointment as Lord Lieutenant, 16th November 1657, became his principal Chaplain at the Castle of Dublin, and preacher in Christ Church.
At the time of the Restoration he left Ireland, and settled at Chester, where he was a regular preacher in the Cathedral, but on the passing of the act of Uniformity in 1662, he was ejected from his living, choosing liberty of conscience to the lucrative preferments that accompanied the acceptance of a State-directed creed. He subsequently returned to Dublin and became co-Pastor with Rev.Edward Baynes, who had formed a Society of Dissenters, which assembled together for worship in a place called the magazine, in Winetavern Street, till their Meeting-house in Cooke Street was erected in 1673. Dr.Harrison died on 22nd September 1682 in the 64th year of his age.