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St Nicholas Shambles parish


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0405 SNC

Held at: Barts Health NHS Trust Archives (St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives)

Title: St Nicholas Shambles parish

Date(s): 1253-1526

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume; 2 items

Name of creator(s): St Nicholas Shambles | City of London

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Church of St Nicholas Shambles was built off Newgate Street in the City of London sometime before 1196, next to an abattoir, and was demolished in 1547. The parish united with that of Christ Church Greyfriars, Newgate Street at the same time, and the endowments were transferred to St Bartholomew's Hospital by the charter of Henry VIII.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of St Nicholas Shambles parish, 1253-1526, comprising churchwardens' account book, 1452-1526; indulgence from Walter [Cantilupe], Bishop of Worcester, to the parishioners of St Nicholas Shambles, 22 Jan 1253; indulgence from Nicholas, Bishop of Kildare, to all who say the Lord's Prayer and Ave Maria for the soul of Simon de Finchinfield, buried in the church of St Nicholas, 8 Sep 1280.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See Scope and content.

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copying and digitisation services are available for unrestricted material. Researchers should contact the repository in the first instance.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

See 'Detailed catalogue' link above.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Some of the parish archives were probably acquired by St Bartholomew's Hospital subsequent to the transfer of the endowments of St Nicholas Shambles parish to the Hospital in 1547.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The charter of Henry VIII transferring the endowments of the parish (reference: HC1/2000-1), churchwardens' accounts 1526-1546 (reference: HA/1/1), and title deeds, probably from the parish records (reference: HC1/136, 200, 202, 1223, 281, 426, 1284, 1216-7, 659, 854, 1564, 1566-7, 1617) are held by St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives. A register of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1538-1547 is held by the Guildhall Library, Aldermanbury, London, EC2P 2EJ.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Originally compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Updated by Clare Button, Archivist, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001; updated July 2020.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Catholicism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Primary documents
Religious activities

Personal names
Cantelupe | Walter | de | fl 1237-1266 | Bishop of Worcester x de Cantelupe | Walter
Finchinfield | Simon | de | d 1280 x de Finchinfield | Simon
Nicholas | fl 1280 | Bishop of Kildare

Corporate names
Roman Catholic Church

Places
St Nicholas Shambles | City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe