John Lister (died 1616)

John Lister (died 19 January 1616) was an English lead merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601

Lister was a lead merchant of Hull and in about 1590 he purchased a plot of land on the High Street overlooking the River Hull. He was a member of Hull Corporation and became an alderman and was mayor of Hull in 1592.^[1] Lister was elected Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull (Hull) in 1601.^[2]

Lister died in 1616 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Hull.^[3]

Lister married Anne Gayton, daughter of Robert Gayton. Their son John was also MP for Hull.^[1]

The house of the Lister family is now a museum known as the Wilberforce House Museum.^[1]

References

1. Hull City Council - Hull Museums Collection - The Lister family
2. Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 p 146
3. Thomas Gent History of Hull