Dr M M Gilchrist

Sir John Lister (ledger usually covered by carpet)

Memorials

Floor Slab – Sir John Lister

Catalogue ID: 581
NADFAS ID: 1354

Description

Currently under carpet in Choir, grey stone heraldic ledger commemorating Sir John Lister (1587-1640), merchant, Mayor, MP and knight; son of John Lister snr, husband of Elizabeth (née Arminge/Airmyn). There is a heraldic achievement in a roundel approx 840 mm in diameter: Lister arms are ermine, on a fess sable 3 mullets or (ermine, with a black horizontal band on which are 3 gold/yellow stars). The crest is a stag's head erminois, attired argent (ermine-patterned, with white/silver antlers).

Inscription and donor(s)

HERE LIETH THE BODY OF THE RIGHT WORSLL/SIR JOHN LISTER KNT/TWICE MAIOR OF TH/E TOWNE WHO DIED BEING BUR/GESS OF PARLIAMENT DECEMBER 23 A.D. 1640

Subjects

Forename(s) Family name Dates
John Lister 1640

Physical attributes & manufacture

Location of manufacture
Hull?
Date of manufacture
1640
Dimension Value Notes
Length 2920mm
Width 1750mm

Location

Late 19th Century
Chancel
Great Aisle of the Chancel (Gent, 1735)

Condition

1986

Heraldry is in reasonably good condition, but lettering worn, as described in NADFAS (1986).

References

Thomas Gent, Annales Regioduni Hullini (York, 1735), p 35

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D. Alleyne Walter, ""The Armorial Ledger Stones in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Hull"", The Reliquary Quarterly, vol. III (New Series), 1889, p, 41 & pl. VII

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Collier & Lawrance, ""Ancient Heraldry in the Deanery of Harthill"", Yorkshire Archæological Journal 26 (1922), p 126

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NADFAS (1986)

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History of Parliament online: http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1604-1629/member/lister-john-1587-1640

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