St Matthew Friday Street with St Peter Cheap, London Genealogy

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London St Matthew Friday Street with St Peter Cheap family history and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
"St Matthew Friday Street with St Peter Cheap, the church of, is situated on the west side of the street, a short distance from Cheapside. The patronage of this church was anciently in the Abbot and Convent of Westminster, and upon their suppression, when the conventual church w asconverted into a cathedral, Henry VIII conferred it on the Bishop of Westminster; but on the dissolution of that new bishopric, Edward VI granted it to the Bishop of London in whom the advowson still continues.

"The old church was destroyed by the great fire of 1666, and the presnet plain, sold and useful structure erected in its stead by Sir Christopher Wren, in 1685. At the union of the small parishes of the city with the larger, that of St Peter Cheap, which stood at the corner of the Wood Street, Cheapside, was united to this. The patronage of St Peter's was granted by the crown after the Reformation, to private hands.

"The united parishes form one rectory, in the city, diocese and archdeaconry of London, and in the laternate patronage of the Bishop of London and the Duke of Buccleugh."

After the Great Fire of London (1666), St Matthew Friday Street united with St Peter Cheap Parish.

1848 parish description St. Matthew, Friday-street, with St. Peter, Westcheap are parishes, of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is, the Bishop, and the Duke of Buccleuch, alternately.

St Matthew Friday Street and St Peter Cheap parishes were part of Bread Street Ward.

St Peter Cheap Parish was also known as St Peter Westcheap Parish, as well as St Peter West Cheap Parish. The building has been demolished.

St Peter Cheap Parish
Publications of the Harleian Society Parish Register Series published the parish registers as follows:


 * St Matthew Friday Street 1538-1812
 * United parishes of St Matthew and St Peter Cheap marriages 1754-1812

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.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Bread Street Ward - Saynt Mathewe in Fryday Strett, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - The Half Parish of Seynt Mathewe in Fryday Strete, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Bread Street Ward - Saynt Peter and Mary Magdelyn in Cheppe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cripplegate Ward - Parte of Seynt Peters Parish in Chepe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - The Halff Parish of Seynt Peters in Chepe, courtesy: British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Matthew, Friday Street, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/140); copy:.
 * St Matthew, Friday Street, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.
 * St Peter, Westcheap, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/140); copy:.
 * St Peter, Westcheap, Cripplegate Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/142); copy:.
 * St Peter, Westcheap, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Bread Street Ward - St Mathewes Parishe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - St Mathewes Parishe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Bread Street Ward - St Peters &amp; St Marye Magdalen (Milk Street) Parrishes, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cripplegate Ward - St Peters Parishe, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - St Peters in Chepe, courtesy: British History Online

1621 Subsidy

 * St Matthew, Friday Street, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/483); copy:.
 * St Peter, Westcheap, Bread Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/483); copy:.

1625 Subsidy

 * St Peter, Westcheap, Farringdon Ward Within, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/555); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Matthew, Friday Street, courtesy: British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Peter, Westcheap, courtesy: British History Online

1645 Subsidy

 * St Peter, Westcheap, Cripplegate Ward Within, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/590 Part 5); copy:.

1645-1646 Subsidy

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

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Peter Westcheap, courtesy: British History Online

1667 Hearth Tax

 * St Peter, Westcheap, Cripplegate Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/630); copy:.

(see supplements for St Peter Cheap residents)

1831 Census
The 1831 Census exists for both places.

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, St Matthew Friday Street fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London. St Peter Cheap fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many St Peter Cheap 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
During the seventeenth century, officials gave some foundlings discovered in St Peter Westcheap Parish the unique surname Westcheap.

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

Web sites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St. Matthew Friday Street records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St. Peter Westcheap records)
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Matthew Friday Street' or 'London St Peter Westcheap')