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Saint Botolph without Bishopsgate,
(0.87 mi. northeast of city centre), London

Note: The primary sources for information given in regard to parish records are GenDoc's Victorian City of London Churches (Church of England a.k.a. Anglican) and FamilySearch.Org


St Botolph Without Bishopsgate (a.k.a. St Botolph Bishopsgate) (.87 miles northeast of city centre) was damaged in 1666, rebuilt in 1725. All Saints Skinner Street united to St Botolph in 1869.* Parish records are in the Guildhall Library: baptisms 1558-1898, marriages 1558-1958, banns 1653-60, 1833-1950, marriage licenses 1848-1873 burials 1558-1849. Later baptisms and marriages registers held by incumbent. A partial index to baptisms and marriages 1558-1862 is in the IGI

* All Saints Skinner Street is a district chapelry constituted in 1864. Parish records are in the Guildhall Library: baptisms 1858-67, marriages 1864-69. Not indexed in the IGI?
15 Jan 1604 Saint Botolph Bishopsgate, London. Christened: Margaret, d/o John COMB (IGI Entry, Ba: P001611, +, So: 942.1/L1 V26BOT V, Pr: 0453500. Record not viewed)
Might this Margaret have been named after Margaret ARCHDALE Combe?
29 Jul 1613 Ealing, Middlesex. Groom: Thomas COMBES of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate [London]. Bride: Avice BENNET of Hanwell [Middlesex]. Comments: License Prerog., Canterbury.

02 Dec 1612 St Botolph Bishopsgate, London. Married: John CAM and Frances SUGAR (FamilySearch.Org, IGI, #6902820, Parish Registers, St Botolph Bishopsgate - source not yet viewed)

21 Dec 1614 Saint Botolph Bishopsgate, London. Christened: John son of William COMBE (IGI Entry, Ba: P001611, +, So: 942.1/L1 V26BOT V, Pr: 0453500. Record not viewed)

27 Mar 1631 Saint Botolph Bishopsgate, London. Married: Edward DITCHFEILD and Mary MANNINGE (FamilySearch.Org)
Edward DITCHFIELD (s/o Edward DITCHFIELD of Edmonton, Middlesex and London, married Mary MANNING, d/o Randall and Mary COMBE Manning of Edmonton, Middlesex, who married 13 Dec 1608, St. Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury, London, the latter the d/o John and Margaret ARCHDALE Combe (Further documented by Visitations). Mary MANNING Ditchfield was named in the 1650 Leicestershire will of her maternal aunt, Barbara ARCHDALE Palmer, and may have been the cousin MANNING named in the 1629 will of her first cousin once removed, William COMBE of Oriel College, Oxford University.
21 Sep 1638 Stephen COMBE, bach., St. Botolph Bishopsgate, London. Administration of estate to Eliz. COMBE, sister, 21 Sept. 1638, p.209. (Extracted by Combs Researcher Joe Kendalll from "The Index Library -- Index to Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Now Preserved in the Public Record Office", Chancery Lane Vol. VI, 1631-1648. ed. Marc Fitch. London: The British Record Society. 1986, p. 95)

3 Nov 1657 St. Botolph Bishopsgate, London, England. Married: Thomas COMBES and Ann RICH (FamilySearch.Org) [NIGI 1998]

16 Sep 1659 Saint Botolph Bishopsgate, London. Christened: Thomas, son of Thomas COUMES (IGI Entry, Ba: P001611, +, So: 942.1/L1 V26BOT V, Pr: 0453500. Record not viewed)

16 Jan 1662 St. Botolph Bishopsgate, London. Christened: Mary COUMBES, d/o Thomas and Eleanor COUMBES (ibid.)

21 Jun 1663 St. Botolph Bishopsgate, London. Married: Elizab. COMBES and Samuel WARNER (ibid.)

03 Apr 1664 St Botolph Bishopsgate, London. Christened: Martha COOMBES, d/o Thomas and Eleanor COOMBES (ibid.)

2 Sep 1664 St. Botolph Bishopgate, London. Buried: "Anne ARCHDALLE died at birth." (Archdale Memoirs)

24 Mar 1666 St Botolph Bishopsgate, London. Christened: Thomas COOMS, s/o Thomas and Eleanor COMBS

5 Aug 1686 Saint Botolph Bishopsgate, London, England. Married: Robert COUMBS and Susanna SKUTT (FamilySearch.Org) [NIGI 1998] [Search Words: SCOTT]

1708 The will of Joshua PALMER of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London (s/o Archdale and Martha SMITH Hunt, gs/o William and Barbara ARCHDALE Palmer) was offered for probate (P.C.C., Munk, I. 429, Vann's Alumni, Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University)

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