Catalogue description LONDON TITHES CASE

Returns by incumbents of London parishes by order of the Privy Council on 22 April 1638 requiring the clergy and principal inhabitants to estimate for each London parish the moderate rental of each house and to state the actual amount of tithes and other income. There are no returns for the following parishes: St. Alphage, St. Anne Blackfriars, St. Bennet Paul's Wharf, St. Catherine Cree, St. Mary Aldermanbury, St. Michael Wood Street, St. Peter-le-Poer, St. Sepulchre Holborn, St. Stephen Coleman Street, and St. Swithin. The returns appear to have been submitted to Samuel Baker, domestic chaplain to William Juxon, Bishop of London (f.332v). They are printed without details of tithes in T.C. Dale, The inhabitants of London in 1638, 1931. Other papers concerning the London tithe case are MS.273 and C.M.VIII-IX.

The returns are as follows:

St. Alban Wood Street [William Watts] (ff.1-2v).

All Hallows Barking (Edward Layfield) (ff.3-18).

All Hallows Bread Street (John Lawson) (f.23).

All Hallows the Great [Andrew Janeway] (ff.24-31).

All Hallows Honey Lane (Henry Vertue) (f.32).

All Saints the Less (Andrew Blackwell) (ff.34-7).

All Hallows Lombard Street (John Weston) (f.39r-v).

All Saints Staining (Adoniram Byfield) (ff.41-3).

All Hallows London Wall (Andrew Janeway) (ff.45-47v).

St. Andrew Hubbard [Richard Chambers] (ff.49-50).

St. Andrew Undershaft [John Pritchett] (ff.51-54v).

St. Andrew by the Wardrobe (William Isaacson) (ff.55-59v).

Sts. Ann and Agnes Aldersgate [Richard Cluett] (ff.61-3).

St. Anthony (Charles Ofspring) (ff.65-6).

St. Augustine [Ephraim Udall] (ff.67-8).

St. Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange (John Grant) (ff.69-71).

St. Bennet Fincke [Roger Warfeild] (ff.73-4).

St. Benet Gracechurch (William Quelch) (ff.75-6).

St. Bennet Sherehog (Cadwalader Morgan) (f.77).

St. Botolph Billingsgate (Philip King) (ff.79-80).

Christ Church Newgate Street (f.81).

St. Christopher-le-Stock (Samuel Baker) (ff.82-5).

St. Clement Eastcheap (Benjamin Stone) (f.87r-v).

St. Dionis Backchurch [George Hume] (ff.89-90v).

St. Dunstan-in-the-East (John Childerly) (ff.91-97v).

St. Edmund the King Lombard Street (Ephraim Pagett) (ff.99-100v).

St. Ethelburgha [John Clarke] (ff.101-6).

St. Faith (Jonathan Browne) (ff.107-9).

St. Vedast (James Batty) (ff.111-15).

St. Gabriel Fenchurch (Ralph Cooke) (ff.117-18).

St. George Botolph Lane [Matthew Styles] (ff.119-20).

St. Gregory by St. Paul's [Rowland Jennings] (ff.121-127v).

St. Helen Bishopsgate [Richard Maden] (ff.131-2).

St. James Aldgate [John Wood] (ff.133-7).

St. James Garlickhithe [Edward Marbury] (ff.139-40).

St. John Baptist Walbrook (Richard Walmesley) (ff.141-5).

St. John the Evangelist Watling Street [George Walker] (ff.147r-v).

St. John Zachary (Philip Edlin) (ff.149-52).

St. Catherine Coleman (Percival Hill) (ff.153, 156-158v).

St. Laurence Jewry (Thomas Crane) (ff.159-62).

St. Laurence Pountney (an impropriation) (ff.163-4).

St. Leonard Eastcheap (Abraham Colfe) (f.165r-v).

St. Leonard Foster Lane (William Ward) (ff.167-172v).

St. Magnus the Martyr London Bridge (Cornelius Burges) (ff.173-4).

St. Margaret Lothbury (Humphrey Tabor) (ff.175-178v).

St. Margaret Moses (Richard Culverwell) (ff.179-81).

St. Margaret New Fish Street [Thomas Wood] (ff.183-6).

St. Margaret Pattens (James Meggs) (ff.187-8).

St. Mary Abchurch (Benjamin Stone) (ff.189-190v).

St. Mary Aldermary (Thomas Browne) (ff.191-2).

St. Mary-le-Bow (Jeremiah Leech) (ff.193-4).

St. Mary Bothaw (Benjamin Kirkby) (f.195).

St. Mary Colechurch (Richard Cowdal) (ff.197-200).

St. Mary-at-Hill (Samuel Baker) (ff.202-6).

St. Mary Mounthaw (Thomas Thrale) (ff.208-9).

St. Mary Somerset (John Cooke) (ff.210-15).

St. Mary Staining [Samuel Fawcett] (f.216).

St. Mary Woolchurch [Richard Crooke] (ff.218-19).

St. Mary Woolnoth (Josias Shute) (ff.220-1).

St. Martin Pomeroy [Joseph Symonds] (f.222).

St. Martin Ludgate [Michael Germyn] (ff.224-7).

St. Martin Orgar (Brian Walton) (ff.228-9).

St. Martin Outwich (Thomas Peirs) (f.230).

St. Martin Vintry [Luke Proctor] (ff.232-7).

St. Matthew Friday Street (Joseph Browne) (ff.238-9).

St. Mary Magdalene Milk Street [John Jones] (f.240r-v).

St. Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street [Matthew Griffith] (ff.242-243v).

St. Michael Bassishaw [John Gifford] (ff.244-8).

St. Michael Cornhill (William Brough) (ff.249-52).

St. Michael Crooked Lane [Thomas Wood] (ff.253-7).

St. Michael Queenhithe (John Hills) (ff.258-260v).

St. Michael-le-Querne [William Launce] (ff.262-264v).

St. Michael Royal (Lucas Procter) (ff.266-7).

St. Mildred Bread Street (Nicholas Bradshawe) (ff.268-9).

St. Mildred Poultry (Nathaniel Shute) (ff.270-2).

St. Nicholas Acon (Matthew Benet) (ff.273-4).

St. Nicholas Cole Abbey [William Chibald] (ff.275-278v).

St. Nicholas Olave [Richard Chesshire] (ff.280-1).

St. Olave Hart Street (Abraham Hayne) (ff.282-5).

St. Olave Silver Street (Thomas Manne) (ff.286-90).

St. Olave Jewry (Thomas Tuke) (ff.292-6).

St. Pancras Soper Lane [George Ezcoppe] (f.298r-v).

St. Peter Cheapside [Daniel Votier] (ff.300-1).

St. Peter upon Cornhill [William Fairfax] (ff.302-5).

St. Peter Paul's Wharf [Edward Marbury] (ff.306-7).

St. Stephen Walbrook [Thomas Howell] (f.308).

St. Thomas the Apostle (William Cooper) (ff.309-11).

Holy Trinity-the-Less (Edward Harrison) (ff.313-14).

St. Andrew Holborn [John Hackett] (ff.317-29).

St. Bartholomew-the-Great (Thomas Westfeild) (f.331).

St. Bartholomew-the-Less (William Hall) (ff.333-5).

St. Bride Fleet Street [Thomas Palmer] (f.337).

Bridewell (Joseph Browne) (ff.338-9).

St. Botolph without Aldgate [Thomas Booth] (ff.341-50).

St. Botolph Aldgate [Thomas Swadlin] (ff.353-75).

St. Botolph Bishopsgate [Thomas Worrall] (ff.377-92).

St. Dunstan-in-the-West [James Marsh] (ff.395-402).

St. Giles without Cripplegate (William Fuller) (ff.404-407v).

St. Olave Southwark [Thomas Turner] (f.410).

At f.411 a petition by the London clergy to Archbishop Laud for the implementation of the King's order of 22 April 1638.

Bound in calf.

412 ff.