St Martin Ludgate, London Genealogy
London St Martin Ludgate ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
St Martin Ludgate, London | |
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Type | England Jurisdictions |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | London, Within the Walls |
County | London, England Genealogy |
Poor Law Union | City of London |
Registration District | London City |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1538; Separate registers exist for St Sepulchre Old Red Hand and Mitre Chapel beginning 1750-54 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1629-30; 1639-40; 1800 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | None |
Diocese | London |
Province | Canterbury |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of London |
Location of Archive | |
London Metropolitan Archives | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
"St Martin Ludgate, the church of, is situated on the north side of Ludgate Street, between Stationers Hall Court and the Old Bailey [Sessions]. It is so named from being dedicated to the before mentioned St. Martin, and it's contiguity to the ancient Ludgate. The patronage of his church was originally in the Abbot and convent Westminster, and continued with him till the suppression of that monastery by Henry VIII, who erected Westminster into a bishopric, and conferred it on the new Bishop. The see, however, being dissolved by Edward VI, Queen Mary his successor granted the advowson to the Bishop of London and his successors, in whom it still remains.
"The ancient church was destroyed by the great fire in 1666, after which the present church was erected for the designs of Sir Christopher Wren. It is a rectory in the city, diocese and archdeaconry of London,and in the patronage of the Bishop of London."[1]
1848 description[edit | edit source]
St. Martin, Ludgate is a parish, of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Bishop. It is within the poor-law union of the City of London.[2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Church records[edit | edit source]
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1813-1906 | Ancestry[4] | 1754-1921 | Ancestry[5] | 1813-1848 1909 |
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Indexes | 1539-1861 | FamilySearch[7] | 1538-1837 | findmypast[8] | 1813-1848 | findmypast[9] | |||||||||||||
1538-1626 1701-1837 |
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1800-1837 | Ancestry[11] |
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Census records[edit | edit source]
1541 Subsidy[edit | edit source]
- 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Aldersgate Ward - Precynct of Seint Martene le Graundeat British History Online
- 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - The Parte of Seynt Martyns Parish at Ludgateat British History Online
- 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Without - Saynt Martyns Paryssheat British History Online
1547 Subsidy[edit | edit source]
- St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy: FHL Film 2228700.
- St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/145); copy: FHL Film 2228700.
1564 Subsidy[edit | edit source]
- St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/218), Copy: FHL Film 2228700.
- St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/219); copy: FHL Film 2228700.
1577 Subsidy[edit | edit source]
- 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Martens parishe at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)
- 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Martens at Ludgate at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)
- St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy: FHL Film 2228700.
1582 Subsidy[edit | edit source]
- 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - St Martens Parishe Within Ludgateat British History Online
- 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Without - St Martyns Parisheat British History Online
1589 Subsidy[edit | edit source]
1622 Subsidy[edit | edit source]
- St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/505); copy: FHL Film 2228702.
1625 Subsidy[edit | edit source]
- St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/537); copy: FHL Film 2228703.
- St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Ward Within, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/555); copy: FHL Film 2228704.
1638 Inhabitants List[edit | edit source]
1645 Subsidies[edit | edit source]
- St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Ward Within, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/590 Part 14); copy: FHL Film 2228704.
- St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Ward Without, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/600); copy: FHL Film 2228704.
1666 Hearth Tax[edit | edit source]
1692-1932 Land Taxes[edit source]
1695 Inhabitants Lists[edit source]
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This section requires expansion with: any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. |
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.
Before 1858, St Martin Ludgate fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many residents left their wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from the 1700s through 1858.[12] From 1858 to the present, refer to the Principal Probate Registry.
Go to London Probate Records to find the names of the courts having secondary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Cemetery[edit | edit source]
- Transcripts of early St Martin Ludgate, London Genealogy tombs found in the interior of the church were published in Catalogue of the most Memorable Persons who had visible Tombs, plated Gravestones ... in the City of London (through) A.D. 1700, which is available online.[13]
A survey of monumental brasses, published 1891, is available online.[14]
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
(The London Family History Centre Catalogue is a terrific resource for identifying FamilySearch's London collections).
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ James Elmes, A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Adapted. Digitised by Google Books.
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 129-170. Adapted. Date accessed: 19 December 2013.
- ↑ London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Martin, Ludgate in the City of London. Marriages from 1754 to 1812 are not included in this database. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Martin Ludgate in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Martin Ludgate in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Martin Ludgate in the City of London. Partially indexed.
- ↑ Batches C021602, P021601, see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes parish register xxx.
- ↑ "Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county," Origins.net, accessed 12 June 2011; Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd., 1994). FHL Book 942 K22L 1994
- ↑ John Hanson, "City of London Burials," Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011.
- ↑ "Webb's London Marriages - Marriages, periods and parishes/churches," British Origins, accessed 4 July 2011.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). FHL British Book 942 V25pm
- ↑ "About Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index 1750-1800", British Origins, accessed 23 December 2011.
- ↑ Payne Fisher and G. Blacker Morgan, Catalogue of the Tombs in the Churches of the City of London, A.D. 1666 (1668; reprint, London: Hasell, Watson, Viney, Ld., 1885). Digitised by Internet Archive.
- ↑ Andrew Oliver, A List of Monumental Brasses in the City of London Churches (1891). Digitized by Internet Archive.