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Thomas Lister (regicide)

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116:, because of his role in the trial and execution of Charles I and was tried for regicide. He knelt at the bar of the House of Lords and pleaded "deep repentance". He escaped with a light penalty, being forbidden to hold public office from 1660. 70:
and he was taken before the King's council. After his release he rose to become a lieutenant-colonel in the parliamentary army and deputy governor of Lincoln. In 1644 he served as
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and an MP. He was appointed a judge at the trial of Charles I, but on the restoration escaped with a light punishment.
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Lister was born in 1597, the eldest son of William and Griselle Lister (nÊe Rivett). He grew up at the family home,
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Parliaments but he once again represented the city in 1659 with the recall of the
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He died at Grays Inn in 1668 and his nephew, William, inherited his property.
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and also served as a member of the parliamentarian county committee.
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in 1647, replacing John Broxholme who had died. He survived
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in the Parliamentary records of the time (see for example
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Heritage of Britain, great moments of an island race
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Thomas Lister (Regicide)
English Civil War
Coleby Hall
Lincolnshire
Gray's Inn
English Civil War
Coleby Hall
high sheriff of Lincolnshire
Lincoln
Pride's Purge
trial of Charles I
the council of state
county of Lincolnshire
Protectorate
Rump Parliament
restoration
Indemnity and Oblivion Act
Indemnity and Oblivion Act



"Lister, Thomas (1597–1668)"
The history of Lincoln; Appendix
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Noble, Mark
History of the Commonwealth
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Categories
1597 births
1668 deaths

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