 In relative terms, this was one of the largest waves of immigration ever of a single ethnic community to Britain.<ref></ref> Andrew Lortie (born André Lortie), a leading Huguenot theologian and writer who led the exiled community in London, became known for articulating their criticism of the Pope and the doctrine of transubstantiation during Mass.Of the refugees who arrived on the Kent coast, many gravitated towards Canterbury, then the county's Calvinist hub.Many Walloon and Huguenot families were granted asylum there.