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 Abt 1480 - 14.03.1553/54
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| Name |
Lyster, Richard |
| Title |
Chief Justice |
| Born |
Abt 1480 |
Of Wakefield, Yorkshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
14.03.1553/54 |
St Michaels, Southampton, England |
| Person ID |
I00221 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
1 Jun 2015 |
| Family 1 |
Unknown |
| Married |
Abt 1505 |
England |
| Children |
| + | 1. Lister, Michael, b. Abt 1506, England , bur. 1 Aug 1551, Hurstbourne Park, Hampshire, England (Age ~ 45 years) |
| | 2. Lister, Richard, b. Abt 1508, England , d. Aft 1554 (Age ~ 47 years) |
| + | 3. Lister, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1510, England , d. 1582, Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England (Age ~ 72 years) |
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| Family ID |
F00127 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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- Will of Sir Richard Lyster, Chief Justice at Pleas 16 April 1554 PROB 11/36
I, Rycharde Lyster, knighte, Chief Justice at Plees before the King to be holden, being hole of mynde this tenth day of Octobre, in the sixte yere of the reigne of our Soveraigne Lord Edwarde the sixth, having no trouble withe sicknes of body, lawde be to God Almightie, remembring my greate age and uncerteyntie of this mortall liffe, preparing my selfe with the helpe of God to be in redynes when God will call for me fourthe of this present liffe, make my will . And furste, I bequeth my soule to Almightie God my maker and redemer, trusting in his mercye, and thereby and by the merittes of his passion to come to everlasting liffe and glory . And I will and desier that my deade body when God shall call it from this transitorye liffe shalbe buryed yn hallowed grounde ordeyned for Christian buriall where myne executours and freends thincke convenyent, and that to be don fourthwithe aftre my soule be departed out of my mortall bodye without prolonging of tyme for enny greate solempnytie thereaboute. And aftre that to have suche divyne service as is ordeyned for the buriall of Christian men, withe almes to be given to the pore and other dedes of charitie as shalbe thought convenable by the discretion of myne executors and freendes aftre the pleasure of Almightie God ......
Did Richard Lyster have three wives ??
a) mother of 3 children Elizabeth, Michael and Richard
b) Isabell Dawtrey, nee Shirely wife of John Dawtrey
c) Elizabeth Stroke
Sir Frederick Madden in his "Remarks on the Monument of Sir Richard Lyster in St. Michael's Church Southampton," describes both the judge's grandfather, Thomas, and his father, John, as of Wakefield in Yorkshire . His mother was a daughter of Beaumont of Whitley in the same county. He had his legal training in the Middle Temple , where he arrived at the dignity of reader in Lent, 1516, and of double-reader in Lent, 1522, and he was appointed treasurer of the society in the following year.....After presiding in the Exchequer above sixteen years, he was advanced to the office of chief justice of the King's Bench on 9 November 1545; and in this character he attested the submission and confession of Thomas Duke of Norfolk on 12 January 1547, a fortnight before the king's death. On the accession of Edward VI he was reappointed, and his first duty on the Thursday after was to address a batch of new serjeants on their inauguration at Lincoln's Inn . This he did, as the reporter significantly says, in "a godly thowghe sumwhate prolix and long declaration of their duties and exhortation to their full following and execution of the same." He resigned at the end of the first five years of the reign on 21 March 1552, when he was succeeded by Sir Roger Cholmeley .The remainder of his life he spent at his mansion in Southampton , which John Leland describes as being "very fair"; and dying on 14 March 1554, where he was buried in St. Michael's Church. 1]
By the inquisition after his death taken at Andover, he was found to be possessed of eleven manors in the counties of Hampshire and Surrey, together with various other lands and tenements. His monument represents him in scarlet robes (the colour of which has now disappeared), with a collar of S. S. round his breast, a judge's cap on his head, and a book in his hand. A part of the inscription remains which records its erection by his widow Elizabeth. This lady, who was a daughter of - Stoke, was his second wife; and by her he had a daughter Elizabeth, married to Sir Richard Blount, and a son Michael, knight of the Bath , who died in his father's life time, leaving a son Richard, who married Mary the second daughter of Lord Chancellor Wriothesley,1st Earl ofSouthampton and widow of William Shelley of Michelgrove. His first wife was Jane, daughter of Sir Ralph Shirley of Wistneston, Sussex, and widow of Sir John Dawtrey of Petworth. Her portrait by Holbein is in the Royal Collection.
GEN_Medieval Archives. Henry Sutliff wrote:
.. Sir Richard Lister/Lyster (d. 14 Mar 1553/4 Southampton) was Chief Justice of the court of the King's Bench. He was from a family from Wakefield, Yorks. His father was John and his mother was Elizabeth Beaumont of the Beaumont family of Whitley, Yorks.
Sir Richard was married twice (1) Jane Shirley, daughter of Sir Ralph Shirley of Westmeston/Witneston/Wiston, Sussex, widow of Sir John Dawtrey of Petworth, Sussex. (2) Elizabeth Stoke who survived her husband and died after 1567.
The DNB shows that Elizabeth Lister who married Sir Richard Blount of Mapledurham, Oxon. was daughter of Sir Richard and Elizabeth Stoke.
Paget in his ancestry of Prince Charles (thanks to Leo van de Pas!) apparently shows Elizabeth's mother as Jane Shirley. The sources for DNB are mostly 19th century publications, but I am not aware of why Paget made a different choice if I have this information correctly. Without certain dates of marriage for Sir Richard or date of birth for Elizabeth Lister, it is difficult to resolve the conflict. Can anyone help?
Ordinarily I would accept DNB, but a guesstimate of Elizabeth Lister's birth date would put her birth before 1515 which would seem to indicate her birth was when her father was still young. However, not knowing more about the length of the marriage to Jane Shirley makes any guesses unreliable.
Thanks for any help.
Henry Sutlif
A2A
Record Summary
Scope and content Will, with probate in P.C.C. Parties: Sir Richard Lister, kt., Chief Justice of King's Bench Covering dates made 1552 proved 1554
Availability Open Document, Open Description, Normal Closure before FOI Act: 30 years
Note copy, 8 fos., see PROB 11/36 fo.30
Held by The National Archives, Kew
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St Mary's Chapel upon Wakefield Bridge. The following is a list of the chaplains appointed to the two chantries in this chapel ; April 3 1526 Richard Lister, L.B., son of Richard Lister of Wakefield, who died in 1525 Presented by Henry VIII Died 1534-5
Historic Sketch of the Parish Church of Wakefield Joseph Lawson Sisson.
...1630. In the Register of this year there are two licences signed by Mr. Lister, the vicar, authorising the persons therein named, to eat meat in Lent and on all other fasting and fish days. The following is a copy of one:-
TO all people to whom these presents shall come, James Lister, Vicar of Wakefeld and preacher of God's word, Sendeth greeting, Whereas Alice Lister wife of Richard Lister, Clerke, who now sojourneth with her sonne William Faulden of Wakefeld, by reason of her olde age and many yeares and stubborne and long continued sicknesse, is become so weake and her stomache so colde, not able to digeste colde meates and fish, who by the counsel of phisicians is advised to abslaine from and toforbeare the eating of all manner of fruites, fish and milke meates, knowe ye therefore for the causes aforesaide and for the better strengthening and recovering of her health, I the saide James Lister do hereby give and grante libertie and licence to htr, the said Alice Lister att her will and pleasure att all tymes, as well during the tyme of Lent as upon all other fasting daies and fish dates, exhibiting by the lawes, to eate flesh and to dress and eate such kinde of flesh as shall be beste agreeing to her stomacke and weake appetite. In witness hereof I the saide James Lister have hereunto sett my hand the eight daie of februarie in y sixt yeare of the reigne of oure Sovereigne Lord Charles by the grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, defender of the faithe, Sfc. and in the Year of our Lord God, 1630. JAMES LISTER, Vicar.
....Of your charity pray for the soul of Richard Lister, which deceased in the year of our Lord God, 1595. On whose soul Jesus have mercy.
The tithing of WEST STRATTON
...again in 1530 John Wayte conveyed the same lands to Viscount Lisle, Sir Richard Lister, chief baron of the Exchequer, and many others, and the heirs of Sir Richard Lister; (fn. 55) hence it appears that Viscount Lisle's rights in West Stratton were transferred to Sir Richard Lister, (fn. 56) to whom a certain Robert Fawkenor and his wife Joan quitclaimed their rights in the manor eight years later. (fn. 57) Sir Richard evidently parted with West Stratton before his death, which occurred in March, 1553-4, (fn. 58) to his father-in-law, Thomas Wriothesley, earl of Southampton, who died seised of it in 1550. (fn. 59) Both West and East Stratton were among those of the earl's lands which were seized by the crown for payment of a debt; they were regranted to his widow in 1554, in consideration of £400 to be paid to the queen yearly until the debt should be satisfied. (fn. 60) The subsequent history of the manor is identical with that of Micheldever.(From: 'The parish of Micheldever', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 3 (1908), pp. 390-394. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42009 Date accessed: 14 January 2011.)
Painshill.....and was granted after the Dissolution to Sir Thomas Wriothesley, afterwards Earl of Southampton. (fn. 70) Wriothesley seems to have sold it to Sir Richard Lister, who died seised of it in 1558, leaving as his heir his grandson and namesake. (fn. 71) After this date the history of the property becomes obscure. It is represented now by Painshill Farm. (From: 'Parishes: Lockerley', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4 (1911), pp. 500-502. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56867 Date accessed: 14 January 2011.)
A calendar to the feet of fines for London & Middlesex ..
Sir George Puttenham, knight. Sir Peter Vavasor, knight, Richard Lyster, esquire, attorney of the lord the King, Andrew Sulyard, esquire, and Anthony Windesore, esquire, awr^ Robert Markham, gentleman, and Ellen, his wife, daughter and heir of John Saperton. The manor or lordship of Lyiylton, otherwise Lyttellynton, with appurtenances. Warranty against John, abbot of Westminster. Mich, Anno 20.
Sir Richard Lyster, knight, chief baron of the Exchequer, and Sir John Spelman, km'ght, one of the justices of tho Common Pleas, and Sir Antony Fitzherbert, knight, one of the justices of the King's Bench, and Matilda, his wife. Premises in Hakeney. Warranty against William, abbot of Westminster. Mich. Anno 28.
Wakefield Worthies, THE REV. J. H. LUPTON, M.A.,
.....But Sir Richard Lyster appears to have had the art of keeping aloof from troubled waters. He was of an old Wakefield family; his grandfather, Thomas Lyster, being settled there in Henry the Sixth's reign. His father, John Lyster, married one of the Beaumonts of Whitley in Yorkshire. Their son Richard, with whom we are now concerned, being destined for the legal profession, was entered at the (i) Lives of the Chief Justices of England (1849.) Pref. p. vi. Middle Temple; where he was made Reader in 1516, Double Reader in 1522, and Treasurer the following year. After filling in succession the offices of Solicitor General, and (as there is every reason to believe) Attorney General, he was raised to the Bench, May 1 2th, 1529, as Chief Baron of the Exchequer. On his elevation he was knighted, and afterwards appointed one of the commissioners for trying Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, and Sir Thomas More. After continuing as head of the Exchequer for sixteen years, he was promoted to the rank of Chief Justice of King's Bench, Nov. Qth, 1546. His predecessor in that office, Sir Edward Montagu, had apparently found his task too irksome, and so resigned it for the post of Chief Justice of Common Pleas, "which," says Campbell, ."though lower in rank, was quieter." "He might feel some mortification," the same writer adds, "when he saw Richard Lyster, whom he had lately snubbed at the bar, take precedence of him in judicial processions, as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench.".....On the accession of Edward vi., Sir Richard was re-appointed; and we find him addressing abody of new Serjeants, on their inauguration at Lincoln's Inn, " in a godly, thowghe sumwhate prolix and long declaration of their duties," as Dugdale calls it. He held office till 1552, when he resigned; and spent the remainder of his life at Southampton. Leland, who visited the town, has left a short notice of his residence : " The house that Master Lighster, chiefe Barne of the King's Escheker, dwellyth yn, is very fair." He died there, March 14th, 1553, and was buried in the Church of St. Michael. If he shunned notoriety in his lifetime, it has certainly not pursued him after his death.- For many years his very monument in St. Michael's was believed to indicate the resting-place of another person, Lord Chancellor Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton....The writer, speaking of St. Michael's, says, "In the aforesaid dormitory, against the south part, lyes on a handsome stone tomb the figure of a Judge on his back, dress'd in scarlet ; a collar of S.S. 3 round his breast, a Judge's cap on his head, and a book in his right hand. On a sort of cornice, supported by three pillars, this remnant of an inscription :
ET. DICTO. ELIZABETH. HOC. IN. VIDVETATE. SVA. CVZAVIT (SIC). l8 DIE. MARGIE. 1567."
The Elizabeth mentioned in the inscription was his second wife. Her maiden name was Stoke. For his first wife he married Jane, daughter of Sir Ralph Shirley of Wistneston, Sussex, and widow of Sir John Dawtrey of Petworth. Her portrait, by Holbein, is in her Majesty's collection. 4
His will is dated at Southampton, Oct. 10, 6 Edw. VI., [1552,] in which he describes himself as Richard Lyster, Knt. Chief Justice at Pleas. He gives inter alia to his niece, Elizabeth Methley, twenty-one years in the manor of Halyborne Estbroke, co. Southton. His son, Sir Michael Lyster, was then dead, leaving Richard Lyster his son and heir. Charles Lyster, younger son of Sir Michael, was under age. His daughter Elizabeth is mentioned, and her husband Sir Richard Blount. The will was proved the 16th of April, 1554, by the executors, Sir Richard Blount and Richard Lyster.
By the inquisition taken after his death at Andover, the 17th of March, 1554, it appears that he held at his decease the manors of Halyborne, Estbrook and Westbrook, Colrithe, Bishops Sutton, Medested, Lokerley, Romsey, Paynshill, Mount la Hyde, and Morestede, in the counties of Southampton and Surrey, together with various other lands and messuages, including one capital messuage in the town of Southampton, valued at £7., held of the mayor and his brethren by suit of court.
By the same inquisition it is declared that Sir Michael Lyster, knight, died in the lifetime of his father, and Richard Lyster, son of Sir Michael, was heir to his grandfather, and of the age of twenty-one years. This Richard Lyster afterwards married Lady Mary, second daughter of Lord Chancellor Wriothesley, and perhaps this may have helped to occasion the error respecting his grandfather's monument.
In regard to the arms of Sir Richard Lyster, as they appear on the monument, they correspond closely to the coat granted him, when Chief Baron of the Exchequer, by Sir Christopher Barker, Garter, viz., azure, on a cross argent, between four wrens or, five torteaux, each charged with a star of six points orm; and the same arms are engraved by Dugdale (only changing the stars to mullets, as on the tomb) in his Origines, p. 329, as they appeared in 1599, in the windows of Sergeant's
Andrew Wyndesore, kt., Richard Lyster, esq., the Kings Attorney, Brian Palmes, esq., Edmund Wyndesore, esq., Walter Bradford, gent., Thos. Beverley, gent., and George Tatersall, chaplain
Edward Bulleyn, kt., and Ann his wife
10 messuages with lands in Medley, Stanley, Wakefeld, Hasselt, Acworth, Potterton, Barwycke, and Rothewell..
From: 'Yorkshire Fines: 1526-30', Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]: part 1: 1486-1571 (1887), pp. 45-58. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49625 Date accessed: 14 February 2012.
Andrew Wyndesore, kt., Edward Grevile, kt., Michael Lyster, William Thorpe, John Marchant, William Fermour, Richard Weynnam, Thomas Weynnam, Thomas Gryce, Walter Bradford, and Henry Brome
John Layton, esq.
Manor of Sproxton and 20 messuages and a mill with lands in Sproxton and Helmesley als. Holmesley..
From: 'Yorkshire Fines: 1526-30', Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]: part 1: 1486-1571 (1887), pp. 45-58. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49625 Date accessed: 14 February 2012.
Richard Lyster, Nicholas Thorp, Walter Bradford, Thomas Beverley, and George Stokys
William Levett
7 messuages with lands, &c., in Normanton, Dormor and Anston.
From: 'Yorkshire Fines: 1516-20', Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]: part 1: 1486-1571 (1887), pp. 30-37. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49623 Date accessed: 14 February 2012.
Richard Lyster
William Wodde and Alice his wife, daughter and heir of John Lyster
Messuage with lands in Wrenthorpe and Stanley.
From: 'Yorkshire Fines: 1516-20', Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]: part 1: 1486-1571 (1887), pp. 30-37. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49623 Date accessed: 14 February 2012.
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Will of William Thorpe or Thorp of Southampton, Hampshire 22 May 1550 PROB 11/33
Will of William Thorpe of Southampton, Hampshire 01 December 1549 PROB 11/32
refce: Coates 1989
HOLYBOURNE, parish, suburb of Alton
Hypothetical Old English 'Haligburna'='sacred stream'. The stream rises by the church. In medieval times it divided the two manors from each other, and they were known as 1333 'Halebourne Estebrouk' and 1396 'Halibourne Westbrouk' (cf ALTON).
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