LISTER, Thomas (c.1597-1668), of Coleby, Lincs., and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c.1597, 1st s. of William Lister of Rippingale, Lincs. and Grisell (bur. 23 Apr. 1642), da. of William Ryvett of Rowston, Lincs.C142/605/15; A. Gibbons, Notes on Vis. Lincs. 1634, 25-6. educ. G. Inn, 1 Nov. 1616.G. Inn Admiss. 144. m. 22 Feb. 1622, Margaret (bur. 14 Nov. 1661), da. of Sir William Armyne* of Osgodby, Lincs., s.p.Lenton, Lincs. par. reg.; Gibbons, Notes, 26, 29; Regs. of St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden ed. W. H. Hunt, iv. 23. suc. fa. 15 May 1641.C142/605/15. bur. 10 Nov. 1668 10 Nov. 1668.Regs. of St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden ed. Hunt, iv. 48.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 19 May 1625 – 3 Aug. 1639, 10 Feb. 1642–14 Aug. 1660;C181/3, ff. 170, 230; C181/4, ff. 40v, 155v; C181/5, f. 223v; C181/6, pp. 38, 389; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 11 Mar. 1638;C181/5, f. 111v. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646–?, 6 May 1654–26 May 1662;C181/5, f. 270; C181/6, p. 28, 382. Hatfield Chase Level 2 July 1655–20 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 109, 198. Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656–8 Oct. 1659.C181/6, pp. 175, 320. J.p. Lincs. (Kesteven) 9 Mar. 1629 – 25 Sept. 1639, 1 June 1641-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/4, f. 265v; C231/5, pp. 355, 450. Holland, Lindsey by Feb. 1650-Mar. 1660.C193/13/3. Capt. militia ft. Lincs. 2 July 1629-aft. May 1643.Gibbons, Notes, 27; CJ iii. 67b. Commr. exacted fees, Lincs. and Lincoln 15 Dec. 1633;C181/4, f. 158v. swans, Lincs. 26 June 1635;C181/5, f. 15. further subsidy, Kesteven 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincs. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Lincoln 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Mdx., Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Dep. lt. Lincs. 13 Sept. 1642–?LJ v. 351a. Commr. sequestration, Lindsey 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Kesteven 7 May 1643; Eastern Assoc. Lincs. 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, 2 Dec. 1644–2 Dec. 1645.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 80. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, Morton, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1647;C93/19/23. Lincs. 14 May 1650;C93/20/19. Lincoln 3 Mar. 1656;C93/23/22. Lindsey 26 Feb. 1657;C93/24/8. Lincs. and Lincoln militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, Lincs. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Lincoln 2 Dec. 1648; Westminster 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650,Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). 28 June 1659;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 15, 370.

Military: maj./lt.-col. militia ft. (parlian.) Lincs. by Nov. 1647-c.Apr. 1660.CJ v. 322a; vi. 206b; vii. 869b; Bodl. Rawl. C.179, pp. 277, 418. Dep. gov. Lincoln by Nov. 1648–?The Second Centurie (1648, 669 f.13.22). Capt. militia horse, Lincs. 13 July 1659–?CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 24, 38.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649; removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May, 20 June 1649.CJ vi. 201a; A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 201a. Commr. for compounding, 27 Sept. 1649.CJ vi. 300a. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650,CJ vi. 357b. 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652, 2 Feb. 1660;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652.CJ vi. 533a; vii. 221a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

: of Coleby, Lincs. and Mdx., Lincoln’s Inn Fields.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LISTER, Thomas (c.1597-1668), of Coleby, Lincs., and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

Will

16 May 1664, cod. 15 Feb. 1667, 28 Oct. 1668, pr. 19 Nov. 1668.PROB11/328, f. 230v.

Estates

in 1641 inherited estate that inc. manor of Northall in Coleby and property in Aslackby, Creeton, Dowsby, Rippingale and Rowston, Lincs.C142/605/15. In 1647, purchased no. 43, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. (par. of St Clement Danes) and property in St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx., for £800.C54/3380/24-5; Survey of London, iii. pt. 1, 53. About 1650, purchased a house on Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.Survey of London, xxxvi, 231. In 1651, purchased, for £812, fee farm rents in Lincs. and Northants. worth £62 p.a.SP28/288, f. 30. By 1654, estate inc. manors of Northall in Coleby, Creeton and Rippingale; a capital messuage in Coleby (Coleby Hall); a capital messuage in Rippingale (Downe Hall); lands and tenements in Aslackby, Bassingham, Coleby, Creeton, Dowsby, Morton, Rippingale, Rowston and Wragby, Lincs.; advowson of two parts of rectory of Rippingale; and a house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.Lincs. RO, BRA 664; Gibbons, Notes, 27-8. Estate worth at least £500 p.a.C142/605/15; Lincs. RO, BRA 149; Gibbons, Notes, 25.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented George Wilson to rectory of Leasingham, Lincs., 1651; Augustine Wheldall to rectory of Addlethorpe, Lincs., 1651; Richard Northam to rectory of Harlaxton, Lincs., 1651; Harbert Grey to vicarage of North Somercoates, Lincs., 1651; Thomas Jon to vicarage of Bradley, Lincs., 1652; Richard Sharpe to rectory of Sedgebrook, Lincs., 1652; Stephen Browne to rectory of Raithby, Lincs., 1653;Add. 36792, ff. 26, 31, 33, 34, 44v, 54v, 64. John Bucke to rectory of Rippingale, Lincs., 1657.N. Bennett, Lincs. Par. Clergy (Lincoln Rec. Soc. ciii), 318.

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