St Lawrence Jewry with St Mary Magdalene Milk Street, London Genealogy

London St Lawrence Jewry with St Mary Magdalene Milk Street ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
"St Lawrence Jewry with St Mary Magdalene Milk Street, it is situated at the southwest corner Guildhall Yard and at Cateaton Street . It derives its name has been dedicated to St. Lawrence, a Spanish saint...[and of it's location] near the Jewry.  In the ancient church on the site was a rectory, which being given by Henry de Wickenbroke to Balliol College, in 1294, directory ceased, and Richard Bishop of London, converted it into a vicarage, and the patronage still continues with the master and scholars of that college. It was destroyed by the great fire of 1666, and was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, at the expense of the parishioners, assisted by a very liberal benefaction by Sir John Langham.  The parish of St. Mary, Magdalene, Milk Street, was united in to it by an act of parliament, and the church was finished in 1676.  The present church is a handsome building of the Corinthian order, and the east end, next Guildhall Yard, is a composition of or Corinthian columns, with niches and festoons of fruit. On the summit of the steeple, is a vane in the form of a gridiron, illustrative of St. Lawrence's martyrdom. The interior is rich, and beautifully decorated with elaborately modeled stucco ornaments, and has several monuments to celebrated persons. It is 81 feet long, 68 broad, and 48 high. This church is occasionally used Bo and Walbrook churches [which see, respectively, St. Mary le Bow and Stephen Walbrook] for corporation sermons. The advowson of this church is a vicarage, and in that of its sister parish of St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street, is a rectory, and to the patronage is alternately with Baliol College and the dean and chapter of St. Paul's. It is in the city in archdeaconry of London..."

St Lawrence Jewry belonged to Cheap Ward.

1848 parish description: St. Lawrence, Jewry, with St. Mary Magdalene Milk-street, are parishes of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is Balliol College, Oxford, 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 Lawrence Jewry parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

St Mary Magdalene Milk Street 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.

Clarke published the registers of both parishes:


 * St Lawrence Jewry 1538-1676
 * St Mary Madalene Milk Street 1558-1666
 * St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalen Milk Street 1677-1812

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - Saynt Laurence Parysheat British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cripplegate Ward - Parte of Seynt Laurence Parishe in the Juryeat British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Bread Street Ward - Saynt Peter and Mary Magdelyn in Cheppeat British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cripplegate Ward - The Parte of the Parish of Seynt Marye Magdaleyn in Mylkstreteat British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Lawrence, Jewry, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.
 * St Lawrence, Jewry, Cripplegate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/142); copy:.
 * St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/140); copy:.
 * St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, Cripplegate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/142); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * St Lawrence, Jewry, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/218), Copy:.
 * St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, Cripplegate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/220); copy:.


 * St Peter, Westcheap and St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/220); copy:.

1576 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Laurence P{ar}ishe, St Marie Magdalens p{ar}ishe, and Adhuc St Marye[s Magdalens p{ar}ishe] at Alan H. Nelson website


 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Laurence p{ar}ishe at Alan H. Nelson website

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - St Lawrence Parrisheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cripplegate Ward - St Laurences Parisheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Bread Street Ward - St Peters &amp; St Marye Magdalen (Milk Street) Parrishesat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cripplegate Ward - St Mary Magdalyns Parisheat British History Online

1621 Subsidy

 * St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/483); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Lawrence, Old Jewryat British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Mary Maudlin, Milk Streetat British History Online

1645-1646 Subsidy

 * St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/590 Part 2); copy:.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Lawrence Jewryat British History Online
 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Mary Magdalen Milk Streetat British History Online

1667 Hearth Tax

 * St Lawrence, Jewry, Cripplegate Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/630); copy:.
 * St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, Cripplegate Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/630); copy:.

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
Before 1858, fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London. 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Websites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St. Lawrence Jewry records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St. Mary Magdalen Milk Street records)
 * St Lawrence Jewry, Gresham Street (Church Bells of the City of London). Photographs, history, inscriptions on church bells.
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