Sir William Lister, Esq., Lord of Thornton

Biography

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William Lyster of Midhope, supposed to have purchased Thornton. Will dated 1 Sep, proved at York 17 Oct 1582, to be buried in the parish church of Gisburne.

Married first, Anne, daughter of Roger Midhope of Skpton. Their children were:

• William, drowned, s.p.
• Laurence
• Chrsitopher
• John, d.s.p. in Ireland
• Elizabeth, married to John Breares of Hmerton in Bolland
• Isabel, married to Henry Banke, of Banke Newton.

William Lyster married a second time to Bridget, daughter of Bartholomew Pigot, of Aston Rowen, in Oxford, widow of Thomas Banister, of Brokden. Her will was made 1 Mar 1600/1 and proved at York, 5 Apr 1601, to be buried in Gisburne Quire.

There children were:

• Bartholomew, d.sp. at Tetworth, named in his father's will
• Michael of Frearhead in Craven. Will, 5 Aug, proved at York, 28 Oct 1618, married to Mary
• Martin, of Thorpe Ernald
• Edmund, Captain, died in Ireland before his mother died
• Sir Matthew, M.D., of Burwell, co. Linc. born at Thornton, ed. at Oriel Coll., Oxf., Physician to Queen Anne of Denmark and to Charles I, by whom he was knighted 11 Oct 1636 & died at Burwell 14 Dec 1656.
• Rosamond, married Thomas Southworth, Esq.
• Mary
• Ellen, married John Lacy, of York, named in her father's will.

~The Genealogists, New Series, Vol. XVII, p. 191

From Memorials of an Ancient House : a History of the Family of Lister or Lyster page 177-180 < Archive.Org >

CHRISTOPHER LYSTER, or Lister (eldest son of William, p. 163), of Midhope, and j.u. of Clayton Hall, Co. Lanes. ; b. before May 1498 (C.R.C.) … Christopher Lyster d. in the spring of 1549; will 6 Feb. 1548/9, pr. at York 9 May 1549, directs his burial at Gisburne, … m. Ellen Clayton, dau. and co-heir of John Clayton, Esq., of Clayton, Co. Lanes., mar. set. dated 2 April, 13 Hen. VIII., 1522 (C.R.C.); by her he had issue, with daughters, an only son ^ and heir :

William Lyster, or Lister,^ of Midhope and of Thornton, in Craven, which manor, with 100 messuages, 60 cottages, a watermill, with lands there in Erby, Kelbrooke, and Hagh in Craven, with the advowson of Thornton Church, he bought from Henry, Earl of Rutland, and John Manners, Esq., in 1556, the fine being levied in Hilary 1556/7 (Yorks. Feet of Fines, i. 200); of full age Jan. 1551 (C.R.C., which contains a number of references to him) ; He d. 1582, bur. at Gisburne 4 Oct. 1582; will as "William Lyster of Thorneton, Esquier," dated i Sept. 1582, — "to be buried in the parish church of Gisburne" —

• m. ist Anne [or Aime or Agnes] Midhope, dau. Roger Midhope of Skipton, heiress to her uncle William Midhope's lands of More Hall (in Midhope) "and in Gargrave, Thornton, Kellebrook, and Erby, as it seems by writings of 28 and 29 H. VHI." (Browsholme Pedigree) ; she d. before June 1553 (C.R.C.).
• He m. 2ndly, before 1557, Bridget (Pigot) Banister, dau. Bartholomew Pigot of Aston Rowan, Co. Oxford,'^ widow of Thomas Banister of Brockden, by whom he had issue (see p. 200) ; her will, as " Bridgitt Lister of Mydhop, widdowe," i March 1 600/01

By his I St wife William Lyster had issue (besides William, under age April 1559, drowned^ before 1584, s./f. ; Christopher;^ John, d.s.p. in Ireland ; Elizabeth, m. ist John Breres of Hamerton, in Bowland,* who d. 11 July 1585; she m. 2ndly John Tempest, who was dead in 1592, and she was living March 1600/01; Isabel, m. her first-cousin, Henry Bankes, of Banke Newton, in Craven) ^ a son : —

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William Lyster, or Lister, of Thornton and Midhope (p. 178) had issue ^ by his second v^^ife Bridget (Pigot) Banyster, dau. Barth. Pigot, and widow of Thurston Banyster of Brockden (besides Bartholomew, fifth son, d.s.p. 1583 at Petworth ; Capt. Edmund, eighth son, bapt. Thornton 29 Sept. 1572, served in Ireland about 1 597-1 600, said to have died in the latter year ; ^ Mary, bapt. at Gisburne 22 May 1561 ; Ellen, m. John Lacy of Lenthop, Yorks., and had issue) three sons and a dau. : —

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Bridget's will, dated 1 Mar 1600/01, asks to be buried in Gisburne parish church next to her husband. She mentions her son Michael Lyster, son Martin Lyster, son-in-law, Thomas Southworth, Esq., son-in-law John Lacye, Esq. and his wife "Ellinge," her son Matthew Lyster, daughter, Rosamond Southword, niece, granddaughter Bridgett Southworth, step-daughter in law Elizabeth Tempest, and Edmund Lister, her "son departed"