LISTER, Sir William (1591-1649), of Thornton Hall, Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks.

Family and Education

bap. 28 Nov. 1591, 1st s. of Laurence Lister of Middop, Gisburn, Yorks., and Everilda, da. of John Sayer of Richmondshire, Yorks.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 135-6; H.L. Lyster Denny, Mems. of an Ancient House, 182. educ. ?; ?m. 17 Feb. 1610 (with £1,500), Mary, da. of Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st bt.,† of Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, Yorks., 9s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.).Thornton-in-Craven par. reg.; Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P86a/1; Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/MD234/39; Denny, Mems. of an Ancient House, 183-4; Cliffe, Yorks. 374. suc. fa. 1609;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 135. Kntd. 2 July 1615.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 156. bur. 13 Aug. 1649 13 Aug. 1649.Kensington Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. par. reg. section xvi), 120.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 18 Feb. 1617–d.C231/4, f. 34. Commr. charitable uses, 5 July 1619–4 Apr. 1625, 27 June 1629 – 29 July 1630, 5 July 1632 – 20 Feb. 1637, 2 Mar. 1647–d.;C93/8/12; C93/9/9; C93/12/5, C93/19/27, C93/19/33; C192/1, unfol. subsidy, 1621 – 22, 1624–5,C212/22/20–3. 1628–9,Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. 210. 1641;SR. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 15v. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, c.1633.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 69. Dep. lt. by c.1635–?42.Add. 28082, f. 81. Commr. array, 31 Aug. 1640;Add. 28088, f. 94; C231/5, p. 404. (roy.) Yorks. 18 June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. further subsidy, W. Riding 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649;SR; A. and O. Notts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649; sequestration, W. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645.A. and O. Member, sub-cttee. of accts. Yorks. by Jan. 1646–?SP28/256, unfol. Commr. militia, Yorks., Notts. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

LISTER, Sir William (1591-1649), of Thornton Hall, Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks.

: of Thornton Hall, Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LISTER, Sir William (1591-1649), of Thornton Hall, Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks.

Will

c.9 Aug. 1649.C10/9/53.

Estates

in 1629, Lister borrowed £1,110 from his uncle Martin Lister and in return granted him a lease of property worth £200 p.a. which was to continue until he received £1,500.Cliffe, Yorks. 374. Lister’s estate before the civil war consisted of Thornton Hall, manors of Middop, Swinden and Thornton, mills and rents in Thornton-in-Craven and lands in Earby and elsewhere in Craven, Yorks., in all worth £1,000 p.a.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P85/3, 12, 86a/5; Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/MD234/36-40. By 1647, he had purchased or was leasing Coldherne House, Kensington, Mdx.Kensington Par. Reg. 36.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Bow Street, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (by Mar. 1644) Chandos Street, Covent Garden (1647).SP28/162, pt. 1, unfol.; CCAM 506; Survey of London, xxxvi. 187, 265.

Religion

presented Thomas Drake to rectory of Thornton, Yorks., 1623.IND1/17000, f. 46v.

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