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

London St Vedast Foster Lane with St Michael le Querne ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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 edifice erected in 1697, by Sir Christopher Wren, when the parish of St Michael le-Querne (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 archidiaconal visitations.

After the Great Fire of London (1666), St Michael le Querne Parish united with St Vedast Foster Lane Parish.

1848 description:

St. Vedast, Foster-lane, with St. Michael le Querne, are parishes of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, alternately. They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.

St Vedast Foster Lane belonged to Cheap Ward. The parish name has also been spelled St Vedast Fosterlane.

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

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - The Half Parish of Seynt Myghell at the Querneat British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - The Parish of Seynt Fostersat British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Michael le Querne, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.
 * St Vedast, Foster Lane, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * St Vedast, Foster Lane and Monkwell Street, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/219); copy:.
 * St Michael le Querne, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/219); copy:.

1576 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Michaell{es} in the Querne, Ad huc St Michaell{es}, St ffosters p{ar}ishe, and Ad huc St ffosters at Alan H. Nelson website

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - St Fosters &amp; St Olaves Parishesat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - St Michaells in the Querneat 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 Querneat British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Vedast als St Foster's Church in Foster Lane, Londonat British History Online
 * St. Michael in the Querne, 1638 Rents (Lambeth Palace Library, Ref: Mss. Codex No. 272); transcript by Charles Edward Banks:.

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 Querneat British History Online
 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Vedast, Foster Laneat British History Online

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

Court of the Deanery of the Arches of London, Croydon, and Shoreham probate records are available online at for free.

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)
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Michael le Querne' or 'London St Vedast, Foster Lane')