COMMISSION ON GLEBE HOUSES AND LANDS IN THE CITY OF LONDON

Correspondence and papers of a Commission appointed by Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London, to enquire into the state, occupancy and annual value of glebe houses, lands and property belonging to benefices in the city of London. The papers mainly comprise letters and returns from the incumbents of benefices in the city, followed by summaries and analyses of data. ff. 1-2. Commission issued by Blomfield to John Russell, Rector of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, William Hale Hale, a prebendary of St. Paul's, and William Johnson Rodber, Rector of St. Andrew with St. Mary at Hill, the Commissioners. 16 May 1834. f. 3. List of questions to be put the incumbents of benefices. The questions extend beyond glebe houses to churches (the last dates of their repair and cost, their present state and the number of seats and free seats). ff. 4-6. Miscellaneous correspondence of the Commissioners. ff. 7-9. St. Alban Wood Street and St. Olave Silver Street. ff. 10-13. All Hallows Barking. ff. 14-16. All Hallows the Great and All Hallows the Less. ff. 17-19. All Hallows London Wall. ff. 20-22. All Hallows Staining. ff. 23-26. St. Alphage. ff. 27-29. St. Andrew Holborn. ff. 30-31. St. Andrew Undershaft and St. Mary Axe. ff. 32-36. St. Andrew by the Wardrobe and St. Ann Blackfriars. ff. 37-39. St. Ann and St. Agnes and St. John Zachary. ff. 40-43. St. Antholin and St. John the Baptist. ff. 44-46. St. Augustine and St. Faith. ff. 47-52. St. Bartholomew by the Exchange. ff. 53-58. St. Bartholomew the Great. ff. 59-62. St. Bartholomew the Less. ff. 63-69. St. Benet Fink. ff. 70-73. St. Benet Gracechurch and St. Leonard Eastcheap. ff. 74-76. St. Benet Paul's Wharf. ff. 77-80. St. Botolph without Aldersgate. ff. 81-83. St. Botolph without Aldgate. ff. 84-86. St. Botolph without Bishopsgate. ff. 87-91. St. Bride. ff. 92-94. St. Catherine Coleman [St. Katherine Coleman]. ff. 95-97. St. Catherine Cree [St. Katherine Cree]. ff. 98-106. Christ Church Newgate Street and St. Leonard Foster Lane. ff. 107-110. St. Clement Eastcheap and St. Martin Orgar. f. 111. St. Dunstan in the West. ff. 112-116. St. Edmund the King and St. Nicholas Acons. ff. 117-119. St. Ethelburga. ff. 120-121. St. George Botolph Lane and St. Botolph by Billingsgate. ff. 122-124. St. Giles without Cripplegate. ff. 125-126. St. Helen Bishopsgate. ff. 127-130. St. James Duke's Place. ff. 131-133. St. James Garlickhithe. ff. 134-139. St. Lawrence Jewry and St. Mary Magdalene Milk Street. ff. 140-143. St. Magnus the Martyr, St. Margaret New Fish Street, and St. Michael Crooked Lane. ff. 144-145. St. Margaret Lothbury and St. Christopher le Stocks. ff. 146-149. St. Margaret Pattens with St. Gabriel Fenchurch Street. f. 150. St. Martin Ludgate. ff. 151-153. St. Martin Outwich. ff. 154-156. St. Mary Abchurch and St.Lawrence Pountney. ff. 157-159. St. Mary Aldermanbury. ff. 160-161. St Mary at Hill and St. Andrew Hubbard. ff. 162-163. St. Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street with St. Gregory by St. Paul. ff. 164-165. St. Mary Somerset with St. Mary Mounthaw. ff. 166-168. St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw. ff. 169-171. St. Matthew Friday Street and St. Peter Cheap. ff. 172-173. St. Michael Bassishaw. ff. 174-180. St. Michael Cornhill. ff. 181-210. St. Michael Queenhithe and Holy Trinity the Less. Includes correspondence and a report by James Lupton, the Rector. ff. 211-212. St. Michael Wood Street and St. Mary Staining. ff. 213-219. St. Mildred Bread Street and St. Margaret Moses. ff. 220-223. St. Mildred Poultry and St. Mary Colechurch. ff. 224-225. St. Nicholas Cole Abbey and St.Nicholas Olave. ff. 226-227. St. Olave Hart Street. ff. 229-230. St. Olave Old Jewry and St. Martin Pomeroy. ff. 231-240. St. Peter Cornhill. f. 241. St. Peter le Poer. ff. 242-255. St. Sepulchre. Includes correspondence of the Vicar, John Natt, and extracts of proceedings of the Committee for General Purposes of the City of London 1787-90. ff. 256-260. St. Stephen Coleman Street. ff. 261-265. St. Stephen Walbrook and St. Benet Sherehog. ff. 266-269. St. Swithin and St. Mary Bothaw. f. 270. Trinity in the Minories. ff. 271-334. A summary of the data given above, parish by parish, written in a single hand. ff. 335-347. Data on parish churches within each ward of the city, with information on population and number of pews. ff. 348-357. Summaries and analyses of data, with parishes arranged in four classes according to level of income from glebe.

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