St Botolph Without Aldgate with Holy Trinity Minories, Middlesex Genealogy
Guide to St Botolph Without Aldgate with Holy Trinity Minorities, Middlesex ancestry, family history, and genealogy: Parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| St Botolph Without Aldgate with Holy Trinity Minories, Middlesex | |
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London StBotolph Aldgate Church | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | London, Without the Walls |
| County | London |
| Poor Law Union | Whitechapel |
| Registration District | East London |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1558 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1802 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | None |
| Diocese | London |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of London |
| Location of Archive | |
| London Record Office | |
Parish History
Holy Trinity Minories Timeline
- 1600s - church fell into disrepair
- 1706 - church rebuilt
- 1899 - united with St Botolph Without Aldgate Parish
- 1940 - church bombed and destroyed
St Botolph Without Aldgate Timeline
- 1115 - first mentioned
- 1500s - church rebuilt
- 1741-1744 - church again rebuilt
- 1899 - united with Holy Trinity Minories Parish
- 1940s - church bombed in WWII, restored
- 1965 - a fire damaged the church, restored
1831 descriptions
"St Botolph, without Aldgate, the church of, is situated at the south-east corners of Houndsditch, and nearly opposite the Minories, in Aldgate High Street. It is one of the four churches in London dedicated by our ancestors to their favourite saint, Botolph the Briton. The old church, which was rebuilt by the prior and canons of the Holy Trinity, a short time before the dissolution of that convent, escaped the fire in 1666; but it had become so ruinous in 1741, that it was taken down and the present edifice finished in 1744. It is built principally with brick, and is a plain, bold and massive structure, consisting of a regular formed body and a lofty spire on a rusticated tower. This church was a rectory of very ancient foundation, ...It is now a perpetual curacy..."[1]
"Holy Trinity Minories, the church of, it is situated in the Little Minories. It stands on part of the ancient convent of the nuns of St. Clare called the Minoresses, that was founded in 1239 by Edmund Earl of Lancaster, brother of Edward I. This being suppressed, in 1539 a number of houses were erected on its site, and a small church was built for the inhabitants, and dedicated to the Holy Trinity, whence it derived its name, its addition from this situation. This church was rebuilt in a plain substantial manner, in 1706, and is the family burial place of the Legges, Earls of Dartmouth, to one of those ancestors, a house called the Kings, was granted by Charles II. The curators parish for it is neither arbitrary nor vicarage, holds the living by an instrument of donation under the great seal of England. It is in the city, diocese and Archdeaconry of London..."
1848 parish description
St. Botolph, Aldgate is a parish in the City of London Without the Walls. The patron is R. Kynaston, Esq., the Impropriator. Trinity in the Minories is a parish in the City of London Without the Walls. The patron is the Crown.[2]
Additional jurisdictions
St Botolph without Aldgate belonged to Aldgate Ward.
Notes
St Botolph Aldgate and Holy Trinity Minories were clandestine places of marriage in early modern London.[3]
Holy Trinity Minories was also known as Holy Trinity in the Minories and St Clare without Aldgate.
St Botolph Without Aldgate with Holy Trinity Minories was a later district church built in 1893 and residing within the civil parish boundaries of St Botolph without Aldgate (which was also known as East Smithfield Liberty).[4]
St Botolph's-without-Aldersgate is a Church of England church on Aldersgate Street in the City of London, dedicated to St Botolph. Of medieval origin, it survived the Great Fire of London with only minor damage but fell into disrepair and was rebuilt in 1788–91. The church was one of four in medieval London dedicated to St Botolph, a 7th-century East Anglican saint, each of which stood by one of the gates to the city. The others were St Botolph's, Billingsgate (destroyed by the Great Fire and not rebuilt); St Botolph's, Aldgate; and St Botolph's, Bishopsgate. Currently, St Botolph's without Aldersgate is used by London City Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland, that meets there every Sunday. The ecclesiastical parish was united with that of the Church of Holy Trinity, Minories, in 1899.[5]
Resources
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- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| St Botolph Without Aldgate with Holy Trinity Minorities Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Middlesex | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Middlesex | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Middlesex ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast (Westminster)-Middlesex ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Middlesex ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Early) ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-London Church of England BMD (Late) ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Marriage Bonds and Allegations-London and Surrey ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Middlesex ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Middlesex ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
Census records
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.
1547 Subsidy
- Holy Trinity Minories, Houndsditch, Portsoken Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/148); copy: FS Library Film 2228700.
1564 Subsidy
- Holy Trinity Minories, precinct beneath, within London and Houndsditch, Portsoken Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/220); copy: FS Library Film 2228700.
1582 Subsidy
- 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Portsoken Ward - The Mynoryesat British History Online
- 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Portsoken Ward - St Buttolphes Parocheat British History Online
1596 Subsidy
- S. Botolph without Aldgate & Minories (The National Archives, Ref: E179/146/410); transcript by Charles Edward Banks: FS Library Film 1550095 item 20.
1625 Subsidies
- St Botolph without Aldgate, Portsoken Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/514); copy: FS Library Film 2228703.
- St Botolph without Aldgate, Portsoken Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/544); copy: FS Library Film 2228703.
1638 Inhabitants List
1666 Hearth Tax
- Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Botolph Aldgateat British History Online
- Hearth Tax: Middlesex 1666 - St Botolph Aldgate at British History Online
1690-1698 Poll Tax Assessments
1692-1932 Land Taxes
1693-1694 Four Shilling in the Pound Aid
- St Botolph Aldgate at British History Online - free.
1695 Marriage Duty Act Tax
- London Marriage Duty Assessment 1695 - St Botolph Aldgateat British History Online
- St Botolph Aldgate Poll Tax Assessments, 1690-98at London Lives.
1744-1825 Land Tax Assessments
- Holy Trinity Minories land tax assessments (1744-1825) have been microfilmed: FS Library British Films.
Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.
Before 1858, St Botolph without Aldgate and Holy Trinity Minories 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.[6] 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.
Officials ascribed mariners who died abroad the residence of St Botolph without Aldgate in their wills.[6]
Cemetery
- Pre-1900 Transcripts of the Inscriptions in the Former Churches of Holy Trinity, Minories, in the City of London, and St. Thomas Southwark, Taken in the Year 1900(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Transcripts of early St Botolph Without Aldgate with Holy Trinity Minories, Middlesex Genealogy tombs found in the interior of the churches 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.[7]
- A survey of monumental brasses, published 1891, is available online.[8]
- A cemetery survey (1910), available online, covers monumental inscriptions in the St Botolph Aldgate churchyard.[9]
- Find a Grave has created a page on St Botolph Without Aldgate's Churchyard (40+ entries).
Records of the Poor
- St Botolph Aldgate Parish Account Books, Pauper Payments, Pauper Examinations, Apprenticeship Records, Pauper Lists, Minute Books, Vestry Minutes, Pauper Apprentices, Poor Children Registers and Workhouse Admission Records (1600s-1800s)at London Lives
- St Botolph Aldgate Poor Law Records 1742-1868at British Origins (£). Also available in book form: FS Library Book 942.21 B4r v. 41.
- During the seventeenth century, officials gave some foundlings discovered in Holy Trinity Minories Parish the unique surname Minories.[10]
Maps and Gazetteers
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Websites
(The London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue is a terrific resource for identifying FamilySearch's London collections).
- St Botolph without Aldgate (official website). Family history tips, virtual tour, history, visitor instructions.
- London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue (St Botolph Aldgate)
- London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue (Holy Trinity Minories)
- Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct subject searches for 'London St Botolph without Aldgate' or 'London Holy Trinity Minories')
- St Botolph Without Aldgate on GENUKI
References
- ↑ 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: 1 November 2013.
- ↑ Else Churchill, 'Stuck in London: resources at the SOG and elsewhere.' Presentation, Society of Genealogists, 2011. Slides available online.
- ↑ F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 299
- ↑ Wikipedia Wikipedia - St Botolph Without Aldgate. Adapted. Date accessed: 31 January 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "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.
- ↑ Percy C. Rushden, The Churchyard Inscriptions of the City of London (London: Phillimore and Co., Ltd., 1910). Digitised by Internet Archive.
- ↑ Nathan W. Murphy, 'London Foundlings in Colonial America: Overseas Leads to Dead Ends: John Abchurch, William Abchurch, Isaac Jewry, and Henry Woolchurch of Virginia and Maryland,' The American Genealogist, Vol. 83, No. 2 (Jul./Oct. 2008):131-140.
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