St Olave Old Jewry with St Martin Pomeroy, London Genealogy

London St Olave Old Jewry with St Martin Pomeroy ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
"St Olave Old Jewry with St Martin Pomeroy, the church of, stands on the west side of Old Jewry, is of very ancient foundation, and was originally called St Olave Upwell, from its patron saint, and the well at the east... It was afterwards called Jewry, from its vicinity tbe coming the alotted residence of the Jews in London. The parish is ancient, and was a rectory, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of St Pauls, till about the year 1181, when it was transferred by them, with the chapel of St Stephen Coleman Street, to the prior and convent of Butley, in Suffolk, when it became a vicarage. At the suppression of the monasteries, the impropriation was forfeited to the crown, in whom it has continued till the present time. After the fire of London the parish of St Martin Pomery, in Ironmonger Lane, was united to this parish, which being a rectory, also in the patronage of the crown, the presentation the united livings in the king--[see St Martin Pomery]."

After the Great Fire of London (1666), St Martin Pomeroy Parish united with St Olave Old Jewry Parish.

1848 description

St. Olave, Old Jewy, with St. Martin, Ironmonger-lane, are parishes of the city of London With the Walls. The patron is the Crown. They are parishes within the Poor-law union of the City of London.

St Martin Pomeroy was also known as St Martin Pomary Ironmonger Lane.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - Saynt Martyns Parysheat British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Coleman Street Ward - Sainct Olus Parisheat British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Martin Pomeroy, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.
 * St Olave, Old Jewry, Coleman Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * St Martin Pomeroy, Cheap Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/218), Copy:.
 * St Olave, Old Jewry, Coleman Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/219); copy:.

1576 Subsidy

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

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Cheap Ward - St Martynes Parisheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Coleman Street Ward - St Olaves Parocheat British History Online

1625 Subsidy

 * St Olave, Old Jewry, Coleman Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/513); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Martin, Iremonger Lane at British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Olaves, Old Jewry at British History Online
 * St. Olaves, Old Jewry, 1638 Rents (Lambeth Palace Library, Ref: Mss. Codex No. 272); transcript by Charles Edward Banks:.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Martin Ironmonger Laneat British History Online
 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Olave Old Jewryat British History Online

1666 Destroyed Houses

 * Cheape Ward 1666, names of persons whose houses were destroyed by the fire of London 1666 (Includes St Martin Ironmonger Lane)at School of Advanced Study, University of London - free. (Filename Destroyed_Houses_Cheap_And_Cordwainer_1666.xls)

1678 Poll Tax

 * 1678 Poll Tax of St Martin Ironmonger Laneat School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1692 Poll Tax

 * 1692 Poll Tax of St Martin Ironmonger Laneat School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1692-1693 Poll Tax

 * 1692-1693 Poll Tax of St Martin Ironmonger Laneat School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1694 Poll Tax

 * 1694 Poll Tax of St Martin Ironmonger Laneat School of Advanced Study, University of London - free.

1695 Marriage Duty Tax

 * Marriage Duty Act 1695, Cheap Ward - St Martin Ironmonger Laneat British History Online

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.

Cemetery


A cemetery survey, published in 1887, is available online.

Websites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Olave Old Jewry Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Martin Pomeroy Parish records)
 * Sketch of St Olave Old Jewry Parish Church (1830)at London Ancestor
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Martin Pomeroy' or 'London St Olave Old Jewry')