St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas the Apostle, London Genealogy

London St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas the Apostle ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
'St Mary Aldermary with St Thomas the Apostle, the church of, situated near the middle, and on the east side of Bow Lane, cheapside and derives its name from being dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and its addition of Alder, to Older or Elder mary, from its being the oldest church in the city...

'In 1510, Sir Henry Keble, Lord Mayor of London, bequeathed £1000 towards rebuilding the ancient church, which stood on this site, and had become much decayed by age; and in 1626, William Rodoway gave £3000 more, and other inidividuals contributed liberally. The body of the church was destroyed by the great fire of 1666, and was rebuilt, and the power repoaired and cased, by Sir Christopher Wren, in 1711, at the sole expense of Henry Rogers, Esq., as appears by a Latin inscription over the western door of the church.

'The interior is 100 feet in length, 63 in breadth, and 45 in height. The church is a rectory, and one of the thirteen peculiars of the Archbishop of Canterbury. After the fire of London, the adjoining parish of St Thomas the Apostle, was united to it by act of parliament; the patronage of which being in the Dean and Chapter alternately. It is a rectory in the city of London, and in the Province of Canterbury.'

After the Great Fire of London (1666), St Mary Aldermary Parish united with St Thomas the Apostle Parish.

St Thomas the Apostle Parish was part of Vintry Ward. The building was demolished.

St Mary Aldermary belonged to Cordwainer Ward.

1848 description
St. Mary Aldermary, with St. Thomas the Apostle 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.

Church records
St Mary Aldermary parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

St Thomas the Apostle parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the London Metropolitan Archives.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cordwainer Ward - (St. Mary) Aldermary Parryssheat British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cordwainer Ward - Trynyte and Saynte Thomas Apostellat British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Mary Aldermary, Cordwainer Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/141); copy:.
 * St Thomas the Apostle, Cordwainer Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/141); copy:.
 * St Thomas the Apostle, Vintry Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/157); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * St Thomas the Apostle, Vintry Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/218), Copy:.
 * St Mary Aldermary, Cordwainer Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/220); copy:.
 * St Thomas the Apostle, Cordwainer Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/220); copy:.

1577 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, Sainct Thomas Apples p{ar}ysshe at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)
 * St Thomas the Apostle, Vintry Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cordwainer Ward - (St Mary) Aldermarye Parrisheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Vintry Ward - St Thomas Apostlesat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cordwainer Ward - St Thomas Apostles Parrisheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cordwainer Ward - St Thomas Apostles Precincteat British History Online

1621 Subsidy

 * St Thomas the Apostle, Vintry Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/504); copy:.

1625 Subsidy

 * St Thomas the Apostle, Vintry Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/543); copy:.

1628 Subsidy

 * St Mary Aldermary, Cordwainer Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/565 Part 2 of 3); copy:.
 * St Thomas the Apostle, Cordwainer Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/565 Part 2 of 3); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Mary Aldermaryat British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Thomas the Apostleat British History Online

1645 Subsidy

 * St Thomas the Apostle, Vintry Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/587); copy:.

1646 Subsidy

 * St Mary Aldermary, Cordwainer Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/582); copy:.
 * St Thomas the Apostle, Cordwainer Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/584); copy:.

(see supplements for St Thomas the Apostle residents)

1733 List of Inhabitants
Chester included a 1733 list of inhabitants of St Thomas the Apostle Parish in his book.

1811 Census
The 1811 Census of St Thomas the Apostle exists and is held at The British Library.

1821 Census
The 1821 Census of St Thomas the Apostle exists and is held at The British Library.

1831 Census
The 1831 Census of St Thomas the Apostle exists and is held at The British Library.

Civil Registration
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
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 for free.

Before 1858, St Mary Aldermary fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, Shoreham. St Thomas the Apostle 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. 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


Find A Grave has created pages on St Mary Aldermary's Churchyard (8+ entries) and St Thomas the Apostle Churchyard (defunct) (2+ entries).

Records of the Poor
During the seventeenth century, officials gave some foundlings discovered in St Mary Aldermary Parish the unique surname Aldermary.

Contributor: Add information about the pertinent poor law unions in the area.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites

 * St Mary Aldermary. History, photographs, visitor directions.
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Mary Aldermary records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Thomas the Apostle records)
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Mary Aldermary' or 'London St Thomas the Apostle')