St Mildred Poultry with St Mary Colechurch, London Genealogy

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London St Mildred Poultry with St Mary Colechurch family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers (baptisms, christenings, marriages, and burials), civil registration (births, marriages, and deaths), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and website resources.

Parish History
"St Mildred Poultry with St Mary Colechurch, the church of... Stands at the corner of St. Mildred's Court, on the north side of the Poultry, nearly opposite Walbrook. It is of ancient foundation, for John de Aswell collated to it in 1325.  The ancient church was burned down in 1666, and the present substantial edifice erected in its stead, by Sir Christopher Wren, in 1676, and the parish of St. Mary Cole, or Colechurch, was united to it by act of Parliament. This church is in the patronage of the Mercer's company, and that of St Mildred since the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, to the crown. The united parishes are a rectory, in the city, diocese and archdeaconry of London, and in the before mentioned alternate patronage."

After the Great Fire of London (1666), St Mary Colechurch Parish united with St Mildred Poultry Parish.

1848 parish description St Mildred, Poultry, with St. Mary Colechurch are parishes, of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Crown, and the Mercers’ Company, alternately. They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.

St Mildred Poultry belonged to Cheap Ward. Also known as St Mildred the Virgin, the church was demolished in 1872.

St Mary Colechurch Parish Church has also been demolished.

Published histories:


 * Milbourn, Thomas. The History of the Church of St. Mildred the Virgin, Poultry, in the City of London. With Some Particulars of the Church of St. Mary Colechurch, (Destroyed in the Great Fire, A.D. 1666). London: J.R. Smith, 1872. Digital version at Google Books.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - (St. Mary) Colchurche Paryshe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Broad Street Ward - Saint Myldredes and (St. Mary) Woolchurche, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - Saynt Myldredes Paryshe, courtesy: British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Mildred, Poultry, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/144); copy:.
 * St Mildred, Poultry, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * St Mildred, Poultry, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/217); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - St Mary Colechurche Parishe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - St Mildredes Parrishe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Broad Street Ward - St Mildredes and (St. Mary) Wolchurch Parishe, courtesy: British History Online

1621 Subsidy

 * St Mildred, Poultry, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/489); copy:.

1628 Subsidy

 * St Mildred Poultry, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/556); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Mary Colechurch, courtesy: British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Mildred in the Poultry, courtesy: British History Online

1641 Subsidy

 * St Mary Colechurch, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/572); copy:.

1645 Subsidy

 * St Mary Colechurch, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/590 Part 6); copy:.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Mary Colechurch, courtesy: British History Online

1666 Destroyed Houses

 * Cheape Ward 1666, names of persons whose houses were destroyed by the fire of London 1666 (Includes St Mary Colechurch), courtesy: School of Advanced Study, University of London - free. (Filename Destroyed_Houses_Cheap_And_Cordwainer_1666.xls)

1678 Poll Tax

 * 1678 Poll Tax of St Mary Colechurch, courtesy: School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1692 Poll Tax

 * 1692 Poll Tax of St Mary Colechurch, courtesy: School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1692-1693 Poll Tax

 * 1692-1693 Poll Tax of St Mary Colechurch, courtesy: School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1694 Poll Tax

 * 1694 Poll Tax of St Mary Colechurch, courtesy: School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1695 Marriage Duty Act Tax

 * Marriage Duty Act 1695, Cheap Ward - St Mary Colechurch, courtesy: British History Online

Probate records
Before 1858, St Mildred Poultry fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London. St Mary Colechurch fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many St Mary Colechurch 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.

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

Records of the Poor
The School of Advanced Study, University of London has uploaded abstracts of the following records, which are available for free online:


 * St Mary Colechurch Assessments 1558 to 1665
 * St Mary Colechurch Churchwarden Accounts 1622 to 1769
 * St Mary Colechurch Parish Officers 1613 to 1634
 * St Mary Colechurch Pew Lists 1613 to 1661
 * St Mary Colechurch Vestry Minutes 1638 to 1672

Web sites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Mary Colechurch Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Mildred Poultry Parish records)
 * Sketch of St Mildred Poultry Parish Church, courtesy: London Ancestor
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Mary Colechurch' or 'London St Mildred Poultry')