 Abt 1537 - 1613 (~ 76 years)
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| Name |
Lister, Charles |
| Born |
Abt 1537 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
26 Nov 1613 |
New Windsor, Berkshire, England |
| Person ID |
I08363 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 May 2015 |
| Father |
Lister, Michael, b. Abt 1506, England , bur. 1 Aug 1551, Hurstbourne Park, Hampshire, England (Age ~ 45 years) |
| Mother |
Horseman, Margery, b. Abt 1515, England , d. Aft 1551 (Age ~ 37 years) |
| Married |
27 Jun 1537 |
England |
| Family ID |
F02514 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Mentioned in the will of his Aunt Elizabeth Blount.
Here lyeth the body of Charles Lister, Esq. of New Windsor Co. Berks, son of Sir Michael Lister, Kt. of the Bath, son and heir of Sir Richard Lister, Knight, Lord Chiefe Justice of England, and Master of the Court of Wards and Livery. He gave unto his Kinswomen for their preferment in marriage locot. For the foundation of an Hospital here in this towne, and for the maintenance thereof 600I. the remainder of his estate to his Godson, Lister Blount, son of Sir Richard Blount, Kt. his executor, who in memory of so worthy a Kinsman caused this monument to be erected. He deceased Nov. 26, 1613."
Lyster's Hospital. Charles Lyster, by will dated 23d October 1613, devised to Sir Richard Blount, a lease for 1,000 years, of certain lands called Coxwell, in Berkshire, to, the end that it might be sold, and the produce employed towards erecting and maintaining for ever an hospital for relieving a convenient number of poor people, or a free school, for bringing up a convenient number of poor children within the towns of Bicester or Mapledurham, as Sir Richard Blount should think convenient ; and the will contained directions that if those to whom it appertained should pay to Sir Richard Blount, 600 /. in order to redeem Coxwell lease, according to an order made in the court of wards and liverys, then testator gave the 600/. to Sir Richard Blount for the same uses.
We could not obtain any account of the early history of this charity. It is stated on an old paper produced to us, that King Charles II, by letters patent, vested the government of the hospital in Sir Richard Blount and his heirs male, and appointed them perpetual governors ; but on examining at the enrolment office, no such charter could be discovered.
We have not learnt that any part of this bequest was laid out at Bicester ; it appears, however, that an almshouse was built at Mapledurham, comprizing six rooms, all on the ground floor, for the occupation of six poor people, with a small garden attached to each. This almshouse is still existing, and is in good repair. It contains two poor men, and four poor women, appointed from the poor of Mapledurham parish, by Michael Blount, esq. whose family appear always to have had the government of this charity. Each poor person receives 1*. 6d. a week in money, and two loads of billet wood every year, which are supplied by Mr. Blount, who considers his estate chargeable to that extent; the same sum having been paid, and the same quantity of wood furnished by his family as far back as can be remembered. The almshouse is kept in repair by Mr. Blount, and has been constantly by his family.
Thomas Stanley, esq.
Charles Lyster, esq., James Bankes, and Richard Bankes 20 messuages with lands in Wrenthorpe, Allerthorpe, Owthethorpe, Stanley, and Wakefeld
From: 'Yorkshire Fines: 1569', Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]: part 1: 1486-1571 (1887), pp. 364-368. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49644 Date accessed: 15 February 2012.
John Savile, esq. Charles Lyster, esq. 3 messuages and 6 cottages with lands in Wrenthorpe.
From: 'Yorkshire Fines: 1583', Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]: part 2: 1571-83 (1888), pp. 192-196. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=49662 Date accessed: 15 February 2012.
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