St Clement Eastcheap with St Martin Orgar, London Genealogy

London St Clement Eastcheap with St Martin Orgar ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
"St Clement Eastcheap with St Martin Orgar, the church of, is situated on the east side of St Clement's Lane, which forms the western extremity of Eastcheap. This church is dedicated to the same saint and pope as the last, and derives its addition from its situation. The date of its foundation is at present unknown, but William de Southlee appears to have been its rector prior to 1309, and before the suppression of religious houses, it was in the gift of the aboot and brethren of the convent of St Peter, Westminster. Queen Mary, however, in the first year of her reign, gave the advowson of this church to the Bishop of London and his successor in that see for ever, with whom it...remains, as hereafter mentioned.

"The ancient church burned down in 1666, and the present erected by Sir Christopher Wren in 1686. It is a neat plain and appropriate but unpretending building, of the Composite order, with a square tower and a balustrade. The interior is well arranged and neatly pewed, is sixty-four feet in length, forty feet in breadth, and thirty-four in height. It is a rectory, and the living was considerably augmented by having the neighbouring parish of St Martin Orgar united to it by an act of Parliament, after the fire of London.

"The Parish church of St Martin Orgar stood on the east side of St Martin's Lane, Cannon Street, and was so designated from its dedication to St Martin, and from one Ordgarus, who is generally supposed to have been the founder. This church was also a rectory, the patronage of which was granted about the 1181 by Ordgarus, with the consent of his wife and sons, to the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's, in whom, except as hereafter mentioned, it still remains. Since the union of this parish with that of St Clements, the living is presented alternately by the Bishop fo london and the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's."

After the Great Fire of London (1666), St Clement Eastcheap Parish united with St Martin Orgar Parish.

St Clement Eastcheap belonged to Candlewick Ward.

1848 description:

St. Clement, Eastcheap with St. Martin Orgars, are parishes of the city of London Within the Walls. The patron is the Bishop, and the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, alternately. They are parishes within the poor-law union of the City of London.

Church records
St Clement Eastcheap and St Martin Orgar were originally two individual parishes.

St Clement Eastcheap parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

St Martin Orgar parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Records are also available at the London Metropolitan Archives.

Clarke published transcripts of the parish registers:


 * St Clement Eastcheap christenings (1539-1839), marriages (1539-1839), and burials (1539-1853)
 * St Martin Orgar christenings (1624-1812), marriages (1625-1738), and burials (1624-1812)

1541 Subsidy



 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Bridge Ward - Seynt Marten Parrysheat British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Candlewick Ward - Seynt Martyns Parisheat British History Online
 * 1541 London Subsidy Roll, Candlewick Ward - Seynt Clementes Parisheat British History Online

1547 Subsidy

 * St Clement, Eastcheap, Langbourn Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/143); copy:.
 * St Clement, Eastcheap, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/150); copy:.
 * St Martin Orgar, Bridge Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/151); copy:.
 * St Martin Orgar, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/150); copy:.

1564 Subsidy

 * St Martin Orgar, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/222); copy:.
 * St Michael, Crooked Lane and St Clement, Eastcheap, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/222); copy:.
 * St Clement, Eastcheap, Langbourn Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/223); copy:.

1577 Subsidy

 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Clement{es} p{ar}ishes at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)


 * 1576 London Subsidy Roll, St Martyns at Alan H. Nelson website (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252)


 * St Edmund the King and Martyr and St Clement, Eastcheap, Langbourn Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/145/252); copy:.

1582 Subsidy

 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Bridge Ward - St Martyns Parisheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Candlewick Ward - St Martyn Organ Parocheat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Candlewick Ward - St Clementes, St Nycholas &amp; St Mychaelles Parochesat British History Online
 * 1582 London Subsidy Roll, Langbourn Ward - Saynt Edmondes and St Clementes Parishesat British History Online

1621 Subsidy

 * St Clement, Eastcheap, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/502); copy:.
 * St Clement, Eastcheap, Langbourn Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/490); copy:.
 * St Martin Orgar, Bridge Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/484); copy:.
 * St Martin Orgar, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/502); copy:.

1623 Subsidy

 * S. Martin Orgar (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/536); transcript by Charles Edward Banks:.

1625 Subsidy

 * St Clement, Eastcheap, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/512); copy:.
 * St Martin Orgar, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/512); copy:.

1628 Subsidy

 * St Martin Orgar, Bridge Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/562); copy:.

1638 Inhabitants List

 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Clement's, East Cheapat British History Online
 * Inhabitants of London in 1638 - St Martin Orgarat British History Online

1646 Subsidy

 * St Clement, Eastcheap, Candlewick Street Ward, London (The National Archives, Ref: E179/147/579); copy:.

1666 Hearth Tax

 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Clement Eastcheapat British History Online
 * Hearth Tax: City of London 1666 - St Martin le Grandat British History Online (Is this the correct St Martin?)

1712-1885 List of Inhabitants

 * St Clement Eastcheap. Microfilmed.

1831 Census
The 1831 Census of St Clement Eastcheap exists and is held at The British Library.

Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the FamilySearch Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

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
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.

Records of the Poor
During the seventeenth century, officials gave some foundlings discovered in St Clement Eastcheap Parish the unique surname Eastcheap.

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. Clement Eastcheap records)
 * London Family History Centre Catalogue (St. Martin Orgar records)
 * Sketch of St. Clement Parish Churchat London Ancestor
 * Sketch of St. Margin Orgar Parish Churchat London Ancestor
 * (to narrow results, conduct a subject search for 'London St Clement' or 'St Martin Orgar')