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1541 Subsidy

• 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Broad Street Ward - The Parisshe of Saynt Benettes Fynke, courtesy: British History Online
• 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Broad Street Ward - Saint Peters the Pore, courtesy: British History Online

1547 Subsidy

• St Benet Fink, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/144); copy: FHL Film 2228700.
• St Peter le Poer, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/144); copy: FHL Film 2228700.

1564 Subsidy

• St Benet Fink, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/217); copy: FHL Film 2228700.
• St Peter le Poer, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/217); copy: FHL Film 2228700.

1582 Subsidy

• 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Broad Street Ward - St Bennetes Finke Parishe, courtesy: British History Online
• 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Broad Street Ward  - St Peters the Poore & Alhalloes in the Wall Parishes, courtesy: British History Online

1621 Subsidy

• St Benet Fink, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/489); copy: FHL Film 2228702.
  
• St Peter le Poer, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/489); copy: FHL Film 2228702.
  

1628 Subsidy

• St Benet Fink, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/556); copy: FHL Film 2228703.
  
• St Peter le Poer, Broad Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/556); copy: FHL Film 2228703.
  

1638 Inhabitants List

• Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Benetts Finke, courtesy: British History Online

1692-1932 Land Taxes

• London, England, Land Tax Records, 1692-1932 at Ancestry (£).

1695 Inhabitants Lists

• London Inhabitants Within the Walls 1695, courtesy: British History Online. (see supplements for St Peter le Poer residents)

1782-1859 List of Inhabitants

• St Benet Fink. Microfilmed: FHL Film 569946 Item 1.
  

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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

Will indexes for probate courts covering these parishes are available online.

Before 1858, St Peter le Poer with St Benet Fink 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

St Benet Fink churchyard site

Records of the Poor

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Parish History

'St Peter le Poer with St Benet Fink,the church of, is situated on the western side of the Old Broad Street, nearly opposite the south corner of the Excise Office. This church is of ancient origin, as appears from a register of it as far back as 1181. It is dedicated to St Peter the Apostle, and was called le-poor,...from the poor and mean condition of its inhabitants in ancient times. The advowson of this church appears to have been from the earliest times, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's, with whom it still continues. It is a rectory, in the city, diocese and archdeaconry of London.'^[16]

These parishes belonged to Broad Street Ward.

St Benet Fink Parish was also known as St Benedict Parish.

The parish name was also spelled St Peter le Poor Parish.

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Web sites

(The London Family History Centre Catalogue is a terrific resource for identifying FamilySearch's London collections).

• London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Benet Fink Parish records)
• London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Peter le Poer Parish records)
• Sketch of St Benet Fink Parish Church, courtesy: London Ancestor
• Sketch of St Peter le Poer Parish Church, courtesy: London Ancestor
• Society of Genealogists Library Catalogue (to narrow results, conduct subject searches for 'London St Benet Fink' or 'London St Peter le Poer')

Wikipedia has more about this subject: St Benet Fink

Wikipedia has more about this subject: St Peter le Poer

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} London, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Benet Fink in the City of London | St Peter Le Poer in the City of London. Marriages from 1754 to 1812 are not included in this database. Partially indexed.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Benet Fink in the City of London | St Peter Le Poer and St Peter Le Poor in the City of London. Partially indexed.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Benet Fink in the City of London | St Peter Le Poer in the City of London. Partially indexed.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Described as St Benet Fink in the City of London | St Peter Le Poer in the City of London. Partially indexed.
5. ↑ Batches C022291-C022292, see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes parish register transcripts.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,' Origins.net, accessed 12 June 2011; Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises Ltd., 1994). FHL Book 942 K22L 1994
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} 'Boyd's London Burials Index - places and counts,' Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes adult male burials only.
8. ↑ Batch M022292, see: Hugh Wallis, 'IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England,' IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes parish register xxx.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} John Hanson, 'City of London Burials,' Find My Past, accessed 8 June 2011.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} 'Webb's London Marriages - Marriages, periods and parishes/churches,' British Origins, accessed 4 July 2011.
11. ↑ 'Greater London Burials: Middlesex and City of London Burials: Parishes, Counts and References,' British Origins (£), accessed 4 April 2013.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). FHL British Book 942 V25pm
13. ↑ Batches C022761-C022762, see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes parish register transcripts.
14. ↑ Batch M022762, see: Hugh Wallis, "IGI Batch Numbers for London including Middlesex (A-M), England," IGI Batch Numbers, accessed 8 June 2011. Indexes parish register xxx.
15. ↑ Payne Fisher and G. Blacker Morgan, Catalogue of the Tombs in the Churches of the City of London, A.D. 1666 (1668; reprint, London: Hasell, Watson, Viney, Ld., 1885). Digitised by Internet Archive.
16. ↑ James Elmes, A Topographical Dictionary of London and its Environs (London: Whittaker, Treacher and Arnot, 1831). Adapted. Digitised by Google Books.

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