St Andrew by the Wardrobe with St Ann Blackfriars, London Genealogy

London St Andrew by the Wardrobe with St Ann Blackfriars ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
'St Andrew by the Wardrobe, the church of, stands on the east side of St. Andrews Hill, near to the public wharf called Puddle Dock. It was formerly called St. Andrew juxta Baynard Castle, from its the 72 to balance; but on the removal of the office of them kings wardrobe to a spot now called Wardrobe Place (sic), it received its present edition to its name. The church is supposed to have been founded about the time as Baynard's Castle was built, and, perhaps by the same nobleman as the advowson was anciently in the family of FitzWalter, from which it passed through many hands, till the year 1663, when it devolved to the crown, in whose gift it still remains. But the parish of St. and, like fryers (sic), having been united to it after the fire of London, to write the presentation is alternately with the crown and the parishioners. The present church was built in 1670, after the great fire, by Sir Christopher Wren, in the plane (sic), substantial and useful manner, of brick and stone the interior is 75 feet in length, 59 breadth, and 30 in height.'

After the Great Fire of London (1666), St Andrew by the Wardrobe Parish united with St Ann Blackfriars Parish.

St Andrew by the Wardrobe belonged to Castle Baynard Ward.

An alternative spelling is St Anne Blackfriars Parish.

1848 parish description:

St. Andrew by the Wardrobe with St. Anne, Blackfriars, are parishes of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Crown, and the Parishioners of St. Anne's, alternately. They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.

Church records
Historically St Andrew by the Wardrobe and St Ann Blackfriars were two individual parishes. Each maintained separate parish registers.

1541 Subsidy

 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Castle Baynard Ward - Parochia Sancti Andreeat British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - The Parish of Seynt Anne at Ludgateat British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Anne, Blackfriars, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * St Andrew by the Wardrobe, Castle Baynard Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/219); copy:.
 * St Anne, Blackfriars, Farringdon Within Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/219); copy:.

1576 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Annes in the blacke ffriers and Ad huc St Annes in the Blackffriers at Alan H. Nelson website

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Castle Baynard Ward - St Androwes Parishat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Farringdon Ward Within - St Annes at Black Fryersat British History Online

1625 Subsidy

 * St Andrew by the Wardrobe, Castle Baynard Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/546); copy:.
 * St Anne, Blackfriars, Farringdon Ward Within, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/555); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St. Andrews in the Wardrobeat British History Online.

1645 Subsidy

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

1811 Census
Part of the 1811 Census of St Ann Blackfriars exists and is held at The British Library.

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

Before 1858, St Andrew by the Wardrobe fell under the jurisdiction of the Archdeaconry Court of London. In practice, many St Andrew by the Wardrobe 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 Ann Blackfriars Parish the unique surname Blackfriars.

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

Websites

 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Andrew by the Wardrobe Parish)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St Ann Blackfriars Parish)
 * St Andrew by the Wardrobe (official website). Photographs, history, visitor directions.
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