The interleaving, of a little work in my possession, published by
Kearsley in 1787, intitled _Account of the several Wards, Precincts,
and Parishes in the City of London_, contains MS. notes of the
commencement of the registers of fifty of the London parishes, and of
four of Southwark, the annexed list[1] of which may be of use to some
of the readers of "Notes and Queries." The book formerly belonged to
Sir George Nayler, whose signature it bears on a fly-leaf.
[Footnote 1: We have collated the list with the Population Returns
(Parish Register abstract) 1831, and noted any difference. In addition
to the list given from Sir Geo. Nayler's MS. the following early
registers were extant in 1831:--
1538. Allhallows, Bread Street; Allhallows, Honey
Lane; Christ Church; St. Mary-le-bow;
St. Matthew, Friday Street; St. Michael
Bassishaw; St. Pancras, Soper Lane.
1539. St. Martin, Ironmonger Lane; St. Martin
Ludgate; St. Michael, Crooked Lane.
1547. St. George, Botolph Lane, at the commencement
of which are 22 entries from tombs, 1390-1410.
1558. Allhallows the Less; St. Andrew, Wardrope;
St. Bartholomew, Exchange; St. Christopher-le-Stock;
St. Mary-at-Hill, St. Michael le Quern;
St. Michael, Royal; St. Olave, Jewry;
St. Thomas the Apostle; St. Botolph, Bishopsgate.
1559. St. Augustine; St. Margaret, Moses; St. Michael,
Wood Street.
1560. St. Magnus.
Allhallows, Barking begins 1558
----------- London Wall " 1567 [1559 Pop. ret.]
----------- Lombard Street " 1550
----------- Staining " 1642
St. Andrew Undershaft " 1558
St. Antholin " 1538
St. Bennet Fink " 1538
----------- Gracechurch " 1558
St. Clement, Eastcheap " 1539
St. Dionis Backchurch " 1538
St. Dunstan in the East " 1558
St. Edmund the King " 1670
St. Gabriel, Fenchurch " 1571
St. Gregory " 1539 [1559 Pop. ret.,
probably an error
of transcriber.]
St. James Garlickhithe " 1535
St. John Baptist " 1682 [1538 Pop. ret.]
St. Katharine Coleman " 1559
St. Lawrence, Jewry " 1538
------------- Pountney " 1538
St. Leonard, Eastcheap " 1538
St. Margaret Lothbury " 1558
------------ Pattens " 1653 [1559 Pop. ret.]
St. Martin Orgars " 1625
---------- Outwick " 1678 [1670 Pop. ret.]
---------- Vestry " 1671 [1668 Pop. ret.]
St. Mary, Aldermanbury " 1538
St. Mary Magdalene, Old
Fish Street " 1712 [1717 Pop. ret.]
St. Mary Mounthaw " 1568 [1711 Pop. ret.
A register evidently
lost.]
St. Mary Somerset " 1558 [1711 Pop. ret.
A register missing.]
St. Mary Woolchurch, and St.
Mary Woolnorth, both in one " 1538
St. Michael, Cornhill, beg. _before_ 1546
------------ Royal begins 1558
St. Mildred, Poultry " 1538
St. Nicholas Acons " 1539
------------ Coleabby " 1695 [1538 Pop. ret.]
------------ Olave " 1703
St. Peter, Cornhill " 1538
St. Peter le Poor " 1538 [1561 Pop. ret.]
St. Stephen, Coleman Street " 1558
------------ Walbrook " 1557
St. Swithin " 1615 [1754 Pop. ret.]
St. Andrew, Holborn " 1551 [1558 Pop. ret.]
St. Bartholomew the Great " 1616
--------------- the Less " 1547
St. Botolph, Aldgate " 1558
St. Bride " 1653[2]
St. Dunstan in the West " 1554 [1558 Pop. ret.]
St. Sepulchre " 1663
_Note_.--The register prior burnt at the fire of London.
St. Olave, Southwark. "Register said by
_Bray's Survey_ to be as early as
1586. Vide vol. i. 111-607; but on a
search made this day it appears that
the register does not begin till
1685. Qy. if not a book
lost?--5th Oct. 1829." [1685 Pop. ret.]
St. George, Southwark, beg. abt. 1600 [1602 Pop. ret.]
St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, begins
1548 (Lysons); but from end of 1642
to 1653 only two entries made; viz.
one in Nov. 1643, and another Aug.
1645, which finishes the first
volume; and the second volume
begins in 1653.
St. Saviour, Southwark, begins temp. Eliz. [1570 Pop. ret.]
St. Thomas, Southwark, begins 1614.