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Sir William Lister

Birth
West Yorkshire, England
Death
4 Oct 1582 (aged 69–70)
Gisburn, Ribble Valley Borough, Lancashire, England
Burial
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William Lyster of Midhope and Thornton, in Craven, with manor, with 100 messuages, 60 cottages, a water-mill, 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
In 1571, he conveyed to "Lawrence Lyster," his second son, the capital messuage called "Lawgher Hall" in Gisburne, and land lately bought of Sir H. Darcy. He was first married to Anne Midhope, daughter of Roger Midhope of Skipton, heiress to her uncle William Midhope's land of More Hall in Midhope "and in Gargrave, Thornton, Kellebrook, and Erby. Anne died before Jun 1553. He remarried sometime before 1557, Bridget Pigot.
William died in 1582 and was buried at Gisburne 4 Oct 1582.

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.


Parents:
Christopher Lyster of Midhope m. (1521) Ellen Clayton (dau of John Clayton)
William Lyster of Midhope and Thornton, in Craven, with manor, with 100 messuages, 60 cottages, a water-mill, 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
In 1571, he conveyed to "Lawrence Lyster," his second son, the capital messuage called "Lawgher Hall" in Gisburne, and land lately bought of Sir H. Darcy. He was first married to Anne Midhope, daughter of Roger Midhope of Skipton, heiress to her uncle William Midhope's land of More Hall in Midhope "and in Gargrave, Thornton, Kellebrook, and Erby. Anne died before Jun 1553. He remarried sometime before 1557, Bridget Pigot.
William died in 1582 and was buried at Gisburne 4 Oct 1582.

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.


Parents:
Christopher Lyster of Midhope m. (1521) Ellen Clayton (dau of John Clayton)


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  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142777954/william-lister: accessed ), memorial page for Sir William Lister (1512–4 Oct 1582), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142777954, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Gisburn, Ribble Valley Borough, Lancashire, England; Maintained by Memerizion (contributor 48072664).