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St Vedast Foster Lane with St Michael le Querne

London St Vedast Foster Lane with St Michael le Querne ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

St Vedast Foster Lane with St Michael le Querne
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St Vedast Foster Lane
Type Ecclesiastical Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
County London
Hundred London, Within the Walls
Poor Law Union City of London
Registration District London City
Records Begin
Parish registers 1754; Separate records exist for St Michael le Querne beginning 1813
Bishop's Transcripts 1799; Separate records exist for St Michael le Querne beginning 1629-31; 1639-40; 1665-66; 1803
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery None
Diocese London
Province Canterbury
Probate Court Court of the Peculiar Jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Deaneries of the Arches, Croydon and Shoreham
Archive
London Record Office


Parish History

St Vedast Foster Lane with St Michael-le-Querne, the church of, is situated on the east side of Foster Lane, Cheapside. It is...mentioned as early as 1308. The patronage was anciently in the Prior and Convent of Canterbury, till 1352, when it was transferred to the Archbishop of that see... The old Church was destroyed by the great fire of 1666, and the present edifice erected in 1697, by Sir Christopher Wren, when the parish of St Michael le-Querne (see that church) was united to it by act of parliament. The Patronage of that latter is in the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's, who present alternately with the Archbishop. It is one of the peculiars of the Archbishop, and is therefore in the province of Canterbury, and exempt from archidiaconal visitations.[1]

St Michael le Querne church site

After the Great Fire of London (1666), St Michael le Querne Parish united with St Vedast Foster Lane Parish.[2]

1848 description:

St. Vedast, Foster-lane, with St. Michael le Querne, are parishes of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, alternately. They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.[3]

St Vedast Foster Lane belonged to Cheap Ward. The parish name has also been spelled St Vedast Fosterlane.

Some authorities spell drop the final "e" from St Michael le Querne Parish, creating the spelling St Michael le Quern Parish.

Resources

Church Records

St Michael le Querne Parish

Online St Michael le Querne Parish Register Images and Indexes
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Earliest
1629
1629
1629
Images
1629-1631, 1639-1640, 1803-1812 Ancestry baptisms, marriages, and burials[4]
1813-1884 Ancestry[5] 1803-1836 Ancestry[6] 1813-1849 Ancestry[7]
Indexes 1629-1877 FamilySearch[8] 1629-1837 FamilySearch[9] 1685-1837 InternetArchive[10]
1657-1695 TheGenealogist[11] 1629-1836 findmypast 1686-1836 findmypast
1685-1836 InternetArchive 1629-1665
(gaps) 		British Origins[12] 1695-1698 TheGenealogist[13]
1696-1836 InternetArchive 1754-1849 findmypast
1780-1837 Ancestry 1803-1849 findmypast[14]

St Vedast Foster Lane Parish

Online St Vedast Foster Lane Parish Register Images and Indexes
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
Earliest
1558
1559
1558
Images
1813-1859 Ancestry 1754-1858 Ancestry 1813-1853 Ancestry
Indexes 1558-1857 FamilySearch[15] 1558-1837 FamilySearch[16] 1558-1698 InternetArchive[17]
1558-1836 InternetArchive[18] 1559-1837 InternetArchive 1558-1836 findmypast[19]
1558-1836 FreeReg[20] 1559-1837 FreeReg 1558-1837 FreeReg
1558-1709 TheGenealogist 1559-1836 TheGenealogist[21] 1558-1711 TheGenealogist
1838-1840 findmypast[22] 1559-1837 findmypast[23] 1813-1853 findmypast[24]
1780-1837 Ancestry[25] 1813-1853 findmypast

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.

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.

Probate Records

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish.

Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, and Shoreham probate records are available online at FamilySearch for free.

Before 1858, St Vedast Foster Lane fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, Shoreham. St Michael le Querne fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many St Michael le Querne residents left their wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury from the 1700s through 1858.[26] 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

St Vedast Foster Lane churchyard site

Transcripts of early St Vedast Foster Lane with St Michael le Querne, London, England 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.[27]

Records of the Poor

During the seventeenth century, officials gave some foundlings discovered in St Vedast Foster Lane Parish the unique surname Vedast.[28]

Websites

(The London FamilySearch Centre Catalogue is a terrific resource for identifying FamilySearch's London collections).

Wikipedia has more about this subject: St Vedast Foster Lane
Wikipedia has more about this subject: St Michael le Querne

References

  1. ↑ James Elmes, A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Adapted. Digitised by Google Books.
  2. ↑ Phillip B. Dunn, A Guide to Ancestral Research in London (Salt Lake City, Utah: Mountainland Printing and Marketing, c1987, 1992), 58-59. FS Library Book 942.1/L1 D27d.
  3. ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England Adapted. Date accessed: 20 December 2013.
  4. ↑ London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Michael Le Querne in the City of London. Marriages from 1754 to 1812 are not included in this database. Partially indexed.
  5. ↑ London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Michael Le Querne in the City of London | St Vedast Foster Lane in the City of London. Partially indexed.
  6. ↑ London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Michael Le Querne in the City of London | St Vedast Foster Lane in the City of London. Partially indexed.
  7. ↑ London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Michael Le Querne in the City of London | St Vedast Foster Lane in the City of London. Partially indexed.
  8. ↑ Batch C044901 , see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011.
  9. ↑ Batch M001551 , see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011.
  10. ↑ Willoughby A. Littledale, The Registers of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, and of St. Michael le Quern, London (London, 1903). Digital version at Internet Archive. (St. Vedast marr. 1559-1837; St. Michael le Quern marr. 1696-1836; St. Vedast bur. 1558-1698; St. Michael le Quern bur. 1685-1837.)
  11. ↑ 'London Parish Record Transcripts,' The Genealogist, accessed 12 December 2011.
  12. ↑ 'Webb's London Marriages - Marriages, periods and parishes/churches,' (Wayback Machine) British Origins, accessed 4 July 2011.
  13. ↑ "London Parish Record Transcripts," The Genealogist, accessed 12 December 2011.
  14. ↑ 'Greater London Burials: Middlesex and City of London Burials: Parishes, Counts and References,' (Wayback Machine) British Origins (£), accessed 4 April 2013.
  15. ↑ Batches P001551 , C001552 , see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes xxxx.
  16. ↑ Batch M001551 (inactive 21/02/2012), see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes parish register transcripts (1558-1837).
  17. ↑ Willoughby A. Littledale, The Registers of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, and of St. Michael le Quern, London (London, 1903). Digital version at Internet Archive. (St. Vedast marr. 1559-1837; St. Michael le Quern marr. 1696-1836; St. Vedast bur. 1558-1698; St. Michael le Quern bur. 1685-1837.)
  18. ↑ Willoughby Aston Littledale, The Registers of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, and of St. Michael le Quern, London (London, 1902). Digital version at Internet Archive; another Internet Archive copy. (St. Vedast chr. 1558-1836; St. Michael le Quern chr. 1685-1836)
  19. ↑ "Boyd's London Burials Index - places and counts," Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes adult male burials only.
  20. ↑ Middlesex and London Coverage, FreeReg, accessed 6 November 2012.
  21. ↑ "London Parish Record Transcripts," The Genealogist, accessed 12 December 2011.
  22. ↑ 'About Middlesex Baptisms Index 1538-1751,' (Wayback Machine) British Origins, accessed 16 March 2012.
  23. ↑ "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). FS Library Book 942 K22L 1994
  24. ↑ John Hanson, "City of London Burials," Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011.
  25. ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). FS Library British Book 942 V25pm
  26. ↑ "About Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index 1750-1800", British Origins, accessed 23 December 2011.
  27. ↑ 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.
  28. ↑ 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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