St Vedast Foster Lane with St Michael le Querne, London Genealogy

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Parish History
St Vedast Foster Lane with St Michael-le-Querne, the church of, is situated on the east side of Foster Lane, Cheapside. It is...mentioned as early as 1308. The patronage was anciently in the Prior and Convent of Canterbury, till 1352, when it was transferred to the Archbishop of that see... The old Church was destroyed by the great fire of 1666, and the present ediface erected in 1697, by Sir Christopher Wren, when the parish of St Michael le-Quern (see that church) was united to it by act of parliament. The Patronage of that latter is in the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's, who present alternately with the Archbishop. It is one of the peculiars of the Archbishop, and is therefore in the province of Canterbury, and exempt from archdiaconal visitations.

St Vedast Foster Lane belonged to Cheap Ward. The parish name was also spelled St Vedast Fosterlane Parish.

Some authorities spell drop the final "e" from St Michael le Querne Parish, creating the spelling St Michael le Quern Parish.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - The Half Parish of Seynt Myghell at the Querne, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - The Parish of Seynt Fosters, courtesy: British History Online

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - St Fosters &amp; St Olaves Parishes, courtesy: British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - St Michaells in the Querne, courtesy: British History Online

1625 Subsidy

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

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Michael le Querne, courtesy: British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Vedast als St Foster's Church in Foster Lane, London, courtesy: British History Online

1645 Subsidy

 * St Michael le Querne, Farringdon Ward Within, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/590 Part 14); copy:.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Michael le Querne, courtesy: British History Online
 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Vedast, Foster Lane, courtesy: British History Online

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

Before 1858, St Vedast Foster Lane fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, Shoreham. St Michael le Querne fell under the jurisdiction of the Court of the Archdeaconry of London. In practice, many St Michael le Querne 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 the Poor
During the seventeenth century, officials gave some foundlings discovered in St Vedast Foster Lane Parish the unique surname Vedast.

Websites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St. Michael le Querne Parish records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Vedast Foster Lane Parish records)
 * Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Michael le Querne' or 'London St Vedast, Foster Lane')