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.

Parish History
"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."

1848 description
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.

Church records


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.

1541 Subsidy

 * 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

 * St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.
 * St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/145); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/218), Copy:.
 * St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/219); copy:.

1577 Subsidy

 * 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:.

1582 Subsidy



 * 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

1622 Subsidy

 * St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/505); copy:.

1625 Subsidy

 * St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Without Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/537); copy:.
 * St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Ward Within, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/555); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Martin Ludgateat British History Online

1645 Subsidies

 * St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Ward Within, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/590 Part 14); copy:.
 * St Martin, Ludgate, Farringdon Ward Without, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/600); copy:.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Martin Ludgateat British History Online

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.

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. 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


A survey of monumental brasses, published 1891, is available online.

Poor Law Unions
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