St Nicholas Shambles parish

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0405 SNC
Held at	: Barts Health NHS Trust Archives (St Bartholomew's Hospital Archives)   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/barts-health-archives ›
Full 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
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

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 & 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.

Finding aids:

See 'Detailed catalogue' link above.

Archival Information

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

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.

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Publication note:

Description Notes

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.