The "historic" City of London refers to the pre-1889 boundaries. It is bounded on the south by the river (Thames), to the east by the famous Tower of London, on the west by the Fleet River (now underneath Farringdon Road), and to the north by the City wall. There were gates out of the city leading to other settlements, like 'Bishopsgate' and 'Aldgate'.

Acknowledgement is made of reference to the excellent series of London parish transcriptions by the Harleian Society. See Boyd's Inhabitants of London for Sterry entries following parish entries.

The following parishes records have been searched without finding any STERRYS:

St Antholin (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1538-1754)
St Clement Eastcheap (Baptisms 1539-1839, Marriages 1539-1839 & Burials 1539-1663, 1671-1853)
St Dionis Backchurch (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1538-1754)
St Edmund the King & Martyr, Lombard Street (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1670-1812)
St John the Baptist on Wallbrook (Baptisms and Burials 1682-1754)
St Lawrence Jewry (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1538-1812)
St Margaret Moses, Friday Street (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1558-1853)
St Martin Outwich (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1670-1873)
St Margaret Westminster (Baptisms 1660-1675, Marriages 1664-1675 & Burials 1660-1661)
St Martin Orgar  (Baptisms 1625-1812, Marriages 1625-1738 & Burials 1624-1812)
St Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury (Baptisms 1558-1837, Marriages 1558-1837 & Burials 1538-1859)
St Mary Aldermary (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1558-1754)
St Mary Mountshaw (Baptisms 1568-1837, Marriages 1558-1837 & Burials 1568-1849)
St Mary Somerset (Baptisms & Marriages 1558-1837 & Burials 1557-1853)
St Mary Woolnoth (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1538-1760)
St Mary Woolchurch Haw (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1538-1760)
St Mathew Friday Street (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1538-1812)
St Michael Bassishaw (Baptisms & Marriages 1558-1837, Burials 1558-1853)
St Michael Le Querne (Baptisms & Marriages 1685-1836)
St Mildred Bread Street (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1558-1853)
St Nicholas Acons (Baptisms 1539-1812, Marriages 1539-1663/4 & Burials 1540-1812)
St Peter's Cornhill (Baptisms 1538-1774, Marriages 1538-1754 & Burials 1538-1774)
St Thomas (Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1558-1754)
St Vedast Foster Lane (Baptisms 1558-1836)
The Temple (Baptisms 1629-1853 & Marriages 1628-1760)
Venetian Chapel (Catholic) (Baptisms 1744-1796, Marriages 1744-1754 & Burials 1772-1788)

The following parishes have been searched and have located STERRYS or similar:

All Hallows Bread Street

There is an IGI baptism entry:
1691 Dec 8 James Sterry s. Clement Sterry & Mary, wollen drap

All Hallows London Wall
Baptism

Smith in his book The Sterry Family lists the following event in this parish:
1601 Mar 26 Mary STERREY Baptised at All Hallow's Church, London Wall daughter of Randoll STERREY

All Hallows Lombard Street
Marriage

Boyd's Marriage Index lists:
1717 Tho STAREY and Mary WALL
1767 An STERRY and Rob WILSON All Hall Lombard

Smith in his book The Sterry Family lists the following event in this parish:
1767 Jun 25 Ann STERRY Married Robert WILSON at All Hallow's Church, Lombard Street. This marriage is also recorded in the London Evening Post  for Thursday, June 25, 1767: Same day (Saturday last) was married by the Rev. Mr. Dalton, at Allhallows Lombard-street, Mr. Robt. Wilson, Broker, to Miss Sterry, niece to Nathaniel Newberry, Esq., of Taplow.

All Hallows Staining

There is an IGI marriage entry:
##1812 Jul 25 Thomas Johnson Sterry & Hester Horner

Christ Church, Newgate
Baptisms 1538-1754
Nil

Christ Church, Newgate
Marriages 1538-1754
Nil

Christ Church, Newgate
Burials 1538-1754
1745 Jul 1 Frances Sterry, pensioner

There is a burial at Christ Church Newgate St in Boyd's London Burials:
1680 Jn Sturry

Holy Trinity Minories
Marriage Register & Index 1683-1698
Nov 1692-Dec 1698 Margaret Sterry & William Carver (Page 67)

Note: Holy Trinity Minories was one of several London churches and chapels which were a centre of the trade in irregular and clandestine marriages. Marriages that took place away from the home parishes of the spouses (but after banns or licences) or at an improper time were termed irregular. Clandestine was applied to irregular marriages if there was secrecy involved. Secrecy might be needed because the marriage did not have the parents' consent or apprentices might wish to marry before the expiry of their term or the husband might have deserted his wife and wish to remarry; sailors or soldiers going abroad  or pregnant women might want a quick marriage. Many clergymen were willing to conduct such marriages for a fee. Almost half of all London weddings between 1676 and 1683 were taking place at Holy Trinity Minories or St James Duke's Place. (Herber M., Ancestral Trails, 1998 p. 226)

Lamb Chapel

Walter Smith in his book The Sterry Family lists a marriage in this parish in his Miscellaneous Sterrys:
1709 Jun 16 Christopher STERRY Married Jane LINGTOOL at Lamb Chapel, London. Both Christopher and Jane of Waltham Abbey.

St Andrew by the Wardrobe

There are IGI baptism entries:
1594 Oct 26 Joane Starry d Nicolas Starry
1636 Feb 24 Anne Sterry d. John Sterry

St Andrew Holborn

There is an IGI baptism entry for Holborn, Lying in Hospital Endell Street:
1752 Apr 12 Elizabeth Sterry d. William Sterry & Elizabeth

St Anne and St Agnes
Baptism

There is an IGI baptism entry:
1850 Mar 20 Charles Sterry s. Henry Sterry & Beatrice

St Benet and St Peter, Paul's Wharf
Baptisms 1607-1837
Nil

St Benet and St Peter, Paul's Wharf
Marriages 1607-1837
1749 Feb 20 William Bowman of All Hallows, Barking, London, B. and Susanna Sterey of St Olave, Hart St, London, S.

Smith in his book The Sterry Family lists a further marriage in this parish:
1721/2 Mar 20 Mary STARRY Married Charles LOVELAND at St Benit's, Paul's Wharf, London. (Mary of Wimbleton, widow; Charles of Putney, Surrey, widower.)

St Benet and St Peter, Paul's Wharf
Burials 1607-1837
Nil

St Botolph Without Aldersgate
Baptisms

There are IGI entries for baptisms at Saint Botolph Without Aldersgate of
1796 Sep Tristiana Starey d. John Starey & Sophia
1826 Aug 30 Albertina Starey  d. of Richard Starey and Elizabeth
1828 Aug 6 Elizabeth Starey d. Richard Starey & Elizabeth
1830 May 19 Charles Richard Starey s. of Richard Starey & Elizabeth
1833 Nov 15 Robert Starey s. Richard Starey & Elizabeth
1837 Mar 8 Anne Catherine Starey d. of Richard Starey & Elizabeth
1835 Feb 25 Edward Starey s. Richard Starey & Elizabeth

St Botolph Without Aldersgate
Marriages 1640 - 1725

There is an IGI entry:
1791 May 21 Hannah Sterrey & Richard Phillips

There is an IGI marriage entry for Saint Botolph, London:
##1762 Nov 4 Margaret Sterry & Richard Beadle

St Botolph Without Bishopsgate
Baptisms 1558-1690

There are IGI baptism entries for Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate:
1685 May 17 Thomas Starey s. John Starey & Joan
1750 Sep 17 William Starey s. William Starey & Elizabeth
1769 May 21 Thomas George Sterry s. Barnard Sterry & Elizabeth
1789 Sep 13 Mary Ann Starrie d. William Starrie & Martha

St Botolph Without Bishopsgate
Marriages 1558-1753

St Botolph Without Bishopsgate
Burials 1558-1752

There is a burial in Boyd's London Burials for St Botolph Without Bishopsgate:
1581 Tho Starry

St Bride

There is an IGI baptism entry:
1599 Aug 26 Clemence Starie d. Christover Starie

There are IGI marriage entries:
##1714 Oct 20 John Sterry & Elizabeth Collier
##1715 Sep 9 Elizabeth Sterry & James Reynolds
##1725 Aug 10 Rachel Sterry & James Harrison
##1727 Sep 9 John Sterry & Cornelia Bowden

St Dunstan in the East
Baptisms 1558-1758
Nil

St Dunstan in the East
Marriages 1558-1754
##1729 Jul 22 Wasey Sterry of St Thomas in Southwarke & Hannah Pike of St Olave in Couthwarke, both in Surrey; L

St Dunstan in the East
Burials 1558-1766
1750 Aug 19 Richard Sterey

St Giles without Cripplegate
Baptism

There is an IGI baptism entry:
#1684 Jul 1 Ralph Sterry s. Peter Sterry & Dorothy
#1686 Nov 16 Dorothy Sterry d. Peter Sterry & Dorothy
#1687 Feb 16 Richard Sterry s. Peter Sterry & Dorothy

St Giles without Cripplegate
Marriage

Smith in his book The Sterry Family lists one Sterry marriage in this parish:
1745 Sep 17 Samuel STERRY Married Catherine CHRISTIAN

There are IGI marriage entries for London, Saint Giles, Cripplegate:
1704 Dec 24 Joseph Sterry & Ann Jackson
1775 Jul 24 Ann Sterry and John Peake
1825 Jan 20 Sarah Sterry & John Chapman

St Giles without Cripplegate
Burials

There is a burial at St Giles without Cripplegate in Boyd's London Burials:
1706 Pet Sterry

St Gregory by St Pauls

There is an IGI marriage entry:
1577 Jan 17 Charles Styrrie & Elizabeth Gibson

St Helens Bishopsgate
Baptisms 1575-1837
Nil

St Helens Bishopsgate
Marriages 1575-1837
#1699 May 8  Peter Sterry of the parish of St Peter's Poor, Gent and Merria D'Lillers of the parish of St Andrew's Undershaft (also in Boyd's)

St Helens Bishopsgate
Burials 1575-1837
#1672 Nov 24 Mr Peeter Sterry in ye Chancell under the great Stone on the Right Hand

St James Duke's Place
Baptism

There is an IGI entry:
1844 Apr 26 Elizabeth Sterry d. Henry Sterry & Beatrice

St James Duke's Place
Marriage

Boyd's Marriage Index lists the following event:
1666 Jn STERRE and Gra PERRY Jas Dukes Place

There is an IGI entry:
1682 Feb 24 Jane Stary & Henry Ayshtoshe

St Margaret Lothbury

There is an IGI baptism entry:
1714 Jun 27 Richd Stery s. Richd Stery & Grace

St Martin Ludgate
Marriage

Boyd's Marriage Index lists the following event:
1632 Hes STERRY and Jn LORDON S Martin Ludgate

St Mary Colechurch

There is an IGI baptism entry:
1788 Dec 30 Ann Prudence Starey d. Samuell Starey & Elizabeth

St Mary Le Bow, Cheapside (Baptisms 1558-1631, 1653-1837, Marriages 1538-1631, 1675-1812, Burials 1538-1630; 1653-1812); All Hallows Honeylane (Baptisms 1697-1837, Marriages 1697-1812 and Burials 1627-1812), St Pancras, Soper Lane (Baptisms 1697-1837, Marriages 1697-1812 and Burials 1627-1812)
Burial 1750 Oct 7 John Sterry from Wandsor

There is one marriage in Boyd's:
1781 Ste Storry & Eliz Rain

St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street  
Baptisms 1558-1666
Nil

St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street  
Marriages 1558-1812
1562 Dec 28 Robert Stere and Tabitha Ode

St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street  
Burials 1558-1666
Nil

St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street

There are IGI marriage entries:
1580 Jun 23 Elizabeth Sterrye & Richard Broxe
1700 Aug 4 Sarah Sterry & John Catler

St Michael Cornhill
Baptisms 1546-1754
Nil

St Michael Cornhill
Marriages 1546-1754
Nil

St Michael Cornhill
Burials 1546-1754; 1817-1847
1642 Jul 13 Mrs Appolina Sterey of Paul's Churchyard, gentlewomn
#1817 Aug 11 Thomas Johnson STERRY died Parsonage Row, Newington, Surrey. Buried in the old vault. Age 48 years.
#1847 Dec 15 Hester STERRY died Montague Place, Clapham Rd. Aged 85 years. Buried in the old vault.

* Note: Hester also appears in the St Catherine's House Index as buried Lambeth GRO Ref 4,226.  

St Mildred Bread Street

Walter Smith in his book The Sterry Family lists a marriage in this parish in his Miscellaneous Sterrys:
1616 May 30 Jane STIRRIE Married Gulston THEODORE at St Mildred's Church, Beal Street, London. Jane, widow of Fortizim STIRRIE, yeoman of Prittlewell, Essex; Gulston of St Dunstan's in West London, haberdasher

St Mildred Poultry

There is an IGI baptism entry for St Mildred Poultry with St Mary Colechurch:
1789 Jan 30 Jane Starey d. of Benjamin Starey & Frances

There is an IGI marriage entry for St Mildred Poultry with St Mary Colechurch:
1787 Dec 27 Jane Starey & Thomas Lyttleton Green

St Nicholas Cole Abbey

There is an IGI marriage:
1726 Nov 22 William Starey & Elizabeth Thomas

St Olave Hart Street
Baptisms 1563-1700
Nil

St Olave Hart Street
Marriages 1563-1700
Nil

St Olave Hart Street
Burials 1563-1700
Nil

The NBI 2nd ed has the following burial for St Olabe Hart St:
1825 Jul 5 Mary Charlotte Sturry aged 3+

St Pancras Old Church
Baptisms

There are IGI entries for St Pancras Old Church:
***1835 Nov 8 Lucy Ann Sterry d. William Sterry & Lucy Ann
***1837 Nov 26 William Eli Sterry s. William Eli Sterry & Lucy
***1840 Mar 29 Alfred Sterry s. William Sterry & Lucy
1846 Jun 28 William Starey s. Benjamin Helps Starey & Ann
1848 Feb 2 John Helps Starey s. Benjamin Helps Starey & Ann
1849 Sep 30 Augustine Starey s. of Benjamin Helps Starey & Ann

Note: Materials donated anonymously by a private individal in 1996 to the Society of Genealogists, London, supply further information on this baptism:
***1837 Nov 26 (born Oct 24) William Eli s William Eli & Lucy Sterry, Grafton Street East, Blindmaker

St Pancras Old Church
Marriages

There is an IGI marriage entry for St Pancras Old Church:
***1834 Dec 2 William Sterry & Lucy Saker
1846 Aug 4 Elizabeth Sterry & Robert Wheeler

St Pauls Cathedral
Baptisms 1875-1897
Nil

St Pauls Cathedral
Marriages 1697-1754
##1707 Jan 19 Robert Austin of ye parish of St Saviours, Southwark in ye County of Surrey, batchelor and Sarah Sterry of ye parish aforesaid, spinster, were married by License in ye Cathedral Church of St Paul's, London ye 19th of January, 1907 by me Henry Gostling.

St Pauls Cathedral
Burials 1766-1899
Nil

St Peter Le Poer
Baptism

There is an IGI entry:
#1701 Mar 26 Dorothy Sterry d. of Peter Sterry & Mariam

St Peter Le Poer
Burials

There is a burial at St Peter Le Poer in Boyd's London Burials:
1703 Pet Sterry

St Peter Westcheap
Baptisms 1538-1812

There are IGI baptism entries:
1576 Jul 29 Unknown (female) Sterrye father Thomas
1577 Sep 27 Jarrett Sterrye s. Thomas Sterrye

St Peter Westcheap
Marriages 1538-1812

There is a maariage in Boyd's:
1599 Jarret Stirry & Agn Pinner

St Peter Westcheap
Burials 1538-1812
Nil

St Sepulchre

There is an IGI baptism entry:
1703 Aug 28 George Sterry s. of George Sterry & Mary

St Stephen Coleman St
Marriages

The following marriage is in Boyd's Marriage Index for St Stephen Coleman St:
1626 Arth STARY and Denis Sfering

St Stephen Walbrook (Baptisms 1557-1860, Marriages 1557-1860, Burials 1547-1860), St Benet Sherehog (Baptisms 1557-1860, Marriages 1557-1860, Burials 1547-1860)
1797 Jan 22 John Lamley of St Botolph, Aldgate, Middx, b, & Catherine Smith of St S, W. w. L.A.C., by G.S.T. Wit: William Lyne, M. Sterry

Threadneedle Street, French Huguennot

There is an IGI baptism entry for
1704 Mar 15 Abraham Stiry s. of Nicolas Stiry & Ester

Boyd's Inhabitants (or Citizens) of London

This index consists of 238 volumes of entries, recording about 60,000 London residents from the 15th to 19th centuries (particularly the 17th century). These volumes are indexed in 27 further volumes. The original volumes at the Society of Genealogists were referenced to obtain the following information. With much thanks to David Sterry.

There are 7 entries in the index volume under STERRY, but only 5 have full entries that can be accessed using the 5 digit reference number.

Reference No 18163
##Benjamin STERRY of St Saviour Southwark
Born 1655
Married 1680 Apr 24 Vic Gen Mge Lic
Wife Anne Wall of Hackney Middx Born 1659 June 5 at St Pancras Sopher lane daughter of John Wall
Profession Citizen Haberdasher
1701 Poll List

Reference 26784
#Peter Sterry of St Peter Le Poor
Father Peter Sterry
Born 1675
Married 1699 May 8 at St Peter le Poor Vic Gen Mge Lic
Wife Miriam De Lillers of St Andrew Undershaft Born 1681 Daughter of Isaac De Lillers and Miriam Juise
Profession Citizen & draper Apprentice 1689 to George Juise
1700 Poll List Clerk 1700 – 1703
Died 1703 Jan 3 Buried at St Peter le Poor
Will 1703 PCC 50 Ash junior Children not named

Reference 34754
##Samuel STERRY of St Saviour Southwark
Born 1646
Married1675 Jan 24 Fac. Off Mge Lic
Wife Sarah Webb of St Mary Woolwoth Born 1654 daughter of William Webb gent.
Profession Linen draper citizen haberdasher
1700 Poll List

Reference 36627
Thomas STERRY of St Peter Westcheap
Profession Citizen & Goldsmith
Will 1578 PCC 43 Langley

Reference 46279
Robert STERRE of St Michael Crooked Lane
Wife Matilda
Will 1313 Hustings I242
Will of Matilda Hustings 1328 I335
Children
Robert Fish Will 1318 Hustings I279
Geoffrey
Roger Will 1328 Hustings I335

The other two index entries for which there are no details are:
M 1727 Jos TIN
1682 Jos Lee DYE Fees

There are no headings to give any clue of what this might mean.

Legend:

## = Southwark, Surrey, UK line
# = Ruardean, Gloucestershire, UK line
*** = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia line