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- Thornton manor house was destroyed during the civil war and never rebuilt, although in 1646 Sir William Lister received compensation of £1500 for damage to his estate and the loss of his son Colonel William Lister who was killed fighting for the parliamentarians in 1642. Sir William fought at Marston Moor in 1644 and in 1645 was member of parliament for the West Riding and the city of York.
William, son of Colonel William Lister, married Martha, daughter of Stephen Bright of Carbrook and died without issue. The estate went next to William's brother Christopher, whose son, another Christopher, also died childless and devised his estate to Thomas, second son of his aunt Anne , wife of Sir John Kaye of Woodsome, on condition that he changed his name to Lister. This Sir Thomas Kaye also died childless, devising the estate to his elder brother Sir Arthur Kaye and his male heirs, who in 1806 took the name Lister Kaye.
"Upon the humble Petition of Sir Wm. Lister, of Thornton, in Craven, in the County of Yorke, who hath had his House, Barns, and Stables, burnt to the Ground by Prince Rupert, and hath suffered great Losses otherwise: It is this Day Ordered, by the Lords and Commons in Parliament assembled, That the Committee for Sequestrations in London, Midd. and Westm. do provide the Petitioner a convenient House, and furnish it with convenient Household-stuff and Necessaries." Is this him? No, probably his father? [2, 4]
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