On the south side of Cornhill, in Cornhill Ward, at No. 42 (P.O. Directory). The parish is in Cornhill and Broad Street Wards.
Earliest mention found in records : Alnothus the priest gave it to the Abbot and Con vent of Evesham in 1055, who granted it to Sparling the Priest about 1133 (Chr. of Evesham, p. 75, Rolls S.).
Mentioned in inquisition of London Churches, 1181 (MS. D. and C. St. Paul's, H. MSS. Com. 9th Rep. p. 68).
It had a cloister on the south side and a pulpit cross in the churchyard (S. 196-7).
Steeple built 1421 (ib.). Church repaired 1475, 1551 and 1574 (Overall, p. x.), 1618-19-20-33 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 143).
Burnt in the Fire and rebuilt by Wren 1672. Tower not destroyed by the Fire but rebuilt 1722.
Beautified and repaired 1701 (Strype, ib.), 1790, (Overall, p. xviii.).
Interior restored 1858-60.
A Rectory. Patron : Abbot of Evesham (Lib. Cost. 31 Ed. I. p. 237).
Transferred to the Drapers' Co. 19 H. VII. 1503 (Newcourt, I. 481), in whose patronage it remains (P.C. 1732).
Parishes of St. Peter le Poor and St. Benet Fink united to it (P.O. Directory).
See St. Anne's Fraternity.
Armour belonging to the Ward of Cornhill was kept in the steeple of St. Michael's church (Inquest Book, 1571-1651, p. 6, quoted Overall, p. xxv.).
The church possesses 12 bells (ib. p. xxvi.).