Family and Education
bap. 20 Aug. 1620, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir William Lister* and Mary, da. of Sir Henry Belasyse†;Thornton-in-Craven par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 136. bro. of Martin Lister*. educ. Trinity, Camb. 30 May 1636;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 13 Aug. 1639;G. Inn Admiss. 223. ?Acad. Geneva c.1640.Le Livre du Recteur de l’Académie de Genève (1559-1878) ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 6 vols. 1959-80), i. 181.  m. bef. 1652, Winifred, da. of Sir Richard Fletcher of Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumb., wid. of George Braithwaite of Warcop and Sir Richard Dacres, 1da.C6/113/80; Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 48, f. 604; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 136; Warcop Par. Regs. ed. J. Abercrombie, 25, 26; Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. J. Foster, 49. d. aft. Oct. 1667.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 48, f. 604.
Offices Held

capt. of horse (parlian.) by July 1648-c.Apr. 1651.CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 202; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (2015–16), i. 164; ii. 56, 72.

registrar, Westmld. by Apr. 1653–?Add. 21421, f. 232; Add. 21422, f. 20. Trustee, St Anne’s Hosp. Appleby, Westmld. 27 Mar. 1654–d.E.A. Heelis, ‘St Anne’s hospital at Appleby’, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. 2nd ser. ix. 193–4. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb. and Westmld. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 103. securing peace of commonwealth, Mdx. and Westminster by Jan. 1656.TSP iv. 406. J.p. Westmld. 1 Aug. 1656-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 346. Mdx. 5 Feb. 1657 – 4 Apr. 1659; Westminster, 5 Feb. 1657–1 Apr. 1659.C231/6, pp. 356, 430. Commr. surveying church livings, Westmld. 18 Nov. 1656.Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 1300–2. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. assessment, Westminster, 9, 26 June 1657; Westmld. 9 June 1657.A. and O.

teller of exch. 18 Sept. 1654-bef. 1660.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 367. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1656.CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 10. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Westmld.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LISTER, Christopher (1620-aft. 1667), of Warcop, Westmld.

Will
not found.
Estates
through his wife, acquired property in Warcop, Westmld.C6/113/80; Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 49. His salary as a teller of the exchequer was £400 p.a.Add. 32471, f. 20v. In 1667, he was bequeathed an annuity of £50 by his nephew.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 48, f. 604.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Ripon, Yorks. (1651);Add. 21419, f. 331; C6/113/80. York (29 Mar. 1652-3);Add. 21421, f. 112; Add. 21422, f. 4. Temple Newsam, Yorks. (1653).Add. 21422, f. 20.
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