Donations
for the Rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral, circa 1678
In all around 3300 returns from parishes, townships, hamlets and other areas in England and Wales have survived amongst the records of St Paul’s Cathedral, which are now held by the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library. The returns list the sums of money collected in each area and most record the names of those individuals who contributed, and in a number of instances those who did not contribute. There are also indications on a number of the returns of the status of the contributors, i.e. widow or servant, but there are relatively few lists giving occupational details. However in some cases no names other than those of the incumbent or churchwardens are listed.
The return for Cleobury Mortimer is at the Guildhall under the reference of MS 25565/22 fol. 74, and further details of this document will appear here shortly.