User:MRSC/bills
1639 charter[edit]
- 97 parishes within the walls
- All added 1603, except St James Duke's Place was added in 1626
- 16 parishes outside the walls
- St Andrew Holborn
- St Bartholomew the Great (parish), from 1604 (originally exempt for being a precinct)
- St Bartholomew the Less (parish)
- St Botolph Aldgate
- St Botolph Aldersgate
- St Botolph Bishopsgate
- St Bride
- Precinct of Bridewell, from 1604 (originally exempt for being a precinct)
- St Dunstan in the West
- St Giles Cripplegate
- St Sepulchre (parish)
- Holy Trinity Minories, from 1604 (originally exempt for being a precinct)
- Southwark St George
- Southwark St Olave
- Southwark St Saviour
- Southwark St Thomas
Expansions[edit]
- 1604: (8) St Clement Danes (parish), St Giles in the Fields (parish), St James Clerkenwell (parish), St Katherine by the Tower (parish), St Leonard Shoreditch (parish), St Mary Whitechapel (parish), St Mary Magdalen Bermondsey (parish), St Martin in the Fields (parish)
- 1606: Precinct of the Savoy
- 1626: Westminster St Margaret
- 1636: (6) Hackney (parish), Islington (parish), Lambeth (parish), Newington (parish), Rotherhithe (parish), Stepney (parish)
charter of 1639
divisions changed 1660
- 1726: St Mary le Strand (parish) (and possibly intermittently earlier)
List of places within the bills[edit]
Parishes within the walls were grouped together. Parishes outside the walls that were at least partly within the "liberties of the City London" were grouped together, this included the borough of Southwark. Parishes in Westminster were grouped together. All other parishes were designated "out-parishes in Middlesex and Surrey".
Parish or place | Location | Added to bills | New parishes |
---|---|---|---|
96 parishes (see list) | Inside the walls | 1603 | |
St Andrew Holborn | Outside the walls | 1603 | St George the Martyr Queen's Square |
St Bartholomew the Less | Outside the walls | 1603 | |
St Botolph without Aldgate | Outside the walls | 1603 | |
St Botolph Aldersgate | Outside the walls | 1603 | |
St Botolph Bishopsgate | Outside the walls | 1603 | |
St Bride | Outside the walls | 1603 | |
St Dunstan in the West | Outside the walls | 1603 | |
St Giles Cripplegate | Outside the walls | 1603 | St Luke's (1733) |
St Sepulchre | Outside the walls | 1603 | |
St George | Outside the walls (Southwark) | 1603 | |
St Olave | Outside the walls (Southwark) | 1603 | Horsleydown |
St Saviour | Outside the walls (Southwark) | 1603 | Southwark Christchurch (1670) |
St Thomas | Outside the walls (Southwark) | 1603 | |
St Bartholomew the Great | Outside the walls | 1604 | |
Precinct of Bridewell | Outside the walls | 1604 | |
Holy Trinity Minories | Outside the walls | 1604 | |
St Clement Danes | Out-parish (Westminster) | 1604 | |
St Giles in the Fields | Out-parish (Middlesex) | 1604 | Bloomsbury |
St James Clerkenwell | Out-parish (Middlesex) | 1604 | St John |
St Katherine by the Tower | Out-parish (Middlesex) | 1604 | |
Shoreditch | Out-parish (Middlesex) | 1604 | |
Whitechapel | Out-parish (Middlesex) | 1604 | St John Wapping |
Bermondsey | Out-parish (Surrey) | 1604 | |
St Martin in the Fields | Out-parish (Westminster) | 1604 | St Anne Soho, St George Hanover Square, St James Piccadilly, St Paul Covent Garden |
Precinct of the Savoy | Out-parish (Middlesex) | 1606 | |
St James Duke's Place | Inside the walls | 1626 | |
St Margaret | Out-parish (Westminster) | 1626 | St John |
Hackney | Out-parish (Middlesex) | 1636 | West Hackney |
Islington | Out-parish (Middlesex) | 1636 | |
Lambeth | Out-parish (Surrey) | 1636 | |
Newington | Out-parish (Surrey) | 1636 | |
Rotherhithe | Out-parish (Surrey) | 1636 | |
Stepney | Out-parish (Middlesex) | 1636 | All Saints Poplar, Limehouse, Shadwell, Spitalfields, St George in the East |
St Mary le Strand | Out-parish (Westminster) | 1726 | |
St George the Martyr Queen's Square | Out-parish (Middlesex) | 1767 | Formed from St Andrew Holborn |
New parishes from splits[edit]
- St Anne Soho
- St George Hanover Square
- St James Piccadilly
- Westminster St John
- St Paul Covent Garden
- Southwark Christchurch
- Horsleydown
- Bloomsbury
- St George the Martyr Queen's Square
- Spitalfields
- Limehouse
- St George in the East
- St John Wapping
- St Lukes
- St John Clerkenwell
- Shadwell
- West Hackney
- All Saints Poplar
Exemptions[edit]
The following were within the outer boundaries of the bills of mortality, but did not give returns because of their status as liberties or extra-parochial areas.
- Saffron Hill, Hatton Garden, Ely Rents and Ely Place
- Furnivals Inn
- Gray's Inn
- Lincoln's Inn
- Staple Inn
- Barnard's Inn
- Thavies Inn
- Liberty of East Smithfield
- Precinct of Whitefriars
- Liberty of the Rolls
- Clifford's Inn
- Serjeant's Inn Chancery Lane
- Serjeant's Inn Fleet Street
- Charterhouse, London
- Clement's Inn
- New Inn
- Verge of the Palaces of St James and Whitehall
- Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter
- Old Artillery Ground
- Liberty of Norton Folgate
- Tower of London/St. Peter ad Vincula (London) 1729/1730 included then removed following year
- Old Tower Without
- Middle Temple
- Inner Temple