matilda listh cramer 1836-1870 middlesex township

He survived Pride's Purge (the military coup that ejected from parliament MPs that did not support the army) and continued as the city's MP until 1653. for Lincoln in 1647, replacing John Broxholme who had died.

In 1644 he served as high sheriff of Lincolnshire and also served as a member of the parliamentarian county committee. After his release he rose to become a lieutenant-colonel in the parliamentary army and deputy governor of Lincoln. On the outbreak of the English Civil War, Lister was arrested by a party of 60 royalist troopers led by the sheriff of Lincolnshire who broke into Coleby Hall and he was taken before the King's council. He grew up at the family home, Coleby Hall in Lincolnshire and was admitted to Gray's Inn 1616.

Lister was born in 1597, the eldest son of William and Griselle Lister (née Rivett).

He was appointed a judge at the trial of Charles I, but on the restoration escaped with a light punishment. Thomas Lister (1597–1668) was colonel in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War and an MP.

Matilda listh cramer 1836-1870 middlesex township