The Minor Family of Somerset

Plaque on wall of Halifax Parish Church along with King memorial
s. Also Jacob Lister of Shibden Hall Nov 14th 1729 age 56 als
o Mary wife of above d Jan 51756 aged 79 yrs.
James second son of Samuel of Upperbrea of Shibden to whichhe s
ucceeded on the death of his cousin Samuel in 1702. b 11 May 16
73, bur Halifax 17 Nov 1729
Monumental and other Inscriptions Halifax parish Church.Pg 25.
Lister ON A WHITE MARBLE MONUMENT AT THE SOUTH-West CORNER OF T
HE SOUTH AISLE. ARMS, ERMINE, ON A FESS SABLE, THREE MULLTES OR
, A CANTON GULES.Lister.
H.S.E.
Jacobus Lister, de Shibden-Hall, Gen.
Qui Nov 14, A.D. 1729AET 56, triste Sui desiderium
Viduae Liberisq; decem reliquit.
Prosiliunt Lacrymae, sed adest spes certa salutis
Chrisus, qui mortis vincula rupta dedit:
Hic jubet ut memores recolamus gaudia Vitae
Centurae, & Caeli quae bona vicishabet
In the same grave is interr'd the body of
MARY, widow of the said JAMES Lister;
She dy'd Jan 5th 1767, aged 79.
Bless'd are the dead, Proclaims theVoice Above,
Who dy in Christ, abiding in his Love:
They rest from Labour inthe peaceful Tomb,
Shall rise to Glory in the Life to come.
L.L.F.N.M.P.C.(3)1756.
footnotes. Jacobus Lister, the son of Samuel Lister, of Upperbr
ea, by his wife Mary, daughter of James Holdsworth of Place, i
n Southowram. Hemarried Mary, daughter of William Issot, of Ho
rbury, and succeeded his cousin, Samuel Lister, in the Shibden H
all estates
(3) Johannes Lister filius natu maximus poni curavit. This Joh
n was a clergyman and died at Shibden Hall.
Halifax Parish Church. Also the body of James Lister, of Shibde
n Hall, gentleman, who died Nov 14th 1729 and of Mary his widow
n Jan 5th 1756
From History of Northowram
"James Lister, second son of the above Samuel, born May 11th167
3, succeeded to the Shibden Hall estates under the will of his c
ousin, Samuel Lister. He married Mary, daughter of William Isso
tt, of Horbury, May 25th, 1699, and by her had twelve children
, viz.,
Samuel, Martha, John, James, Samuel, Thomas, Mary, William, Jere
my, Japhet, Phoebe, and Joseph
As far as the author has been able to find out, John Issott, o
f Horbury, and brotherof the above Mary Issott, entered Frankla
nd's Academy to prepare for the Nonconformist Ministry, and wa
s a student there along with Oliver Heywood's two sons, John an
d Eliezer. He subsequently became assistant to Mr. Frankland bo
th as a preacher and teacher. His ordination took place at Rich
ard Mitchell's in Craven, July 8th, 1678. The persons conductin
g the service being Mr. Frankland, Mr. Heywood, and Mr. Joseph D
awson.
He subsequently, however, leftEngland on account of the intoler
ance exercised against Nonconformist Ministers, an excommunicati
on having previously been issued against him. In the year 1703
, we find that a certificate of absolution was Granted, and wa
s forwarded from York, to Mr. James Lister, his borther-in-law
, who was then residing at, and was the owner of Shibden Hall es
tates. The following is a translation of the indulgence:-
"KNIGHTLY CHETWOOD, Professor of Sacred Theology, Keepr of th
e Archives a York, in the Cathedral of the Metropolitan Church o
fthe blessed Peter, legally founded at York.
To all the singular, Rectors, Vicars, Curates, and Clerks, whoms
oever throughout the Archbishopric of York everywhere being, --G
reeting to you, we order that you publicly announce, and effecti
vely declare in your Parish Churches and Chapels, that Joh Issot
t, of Horbury in the Archbishopric aforesiad, has been and is AB
SOLVED from the sentenc of excommunication by our authority lai
d aghains him, until the said JohnIssott shall return to this o
ur Kingdom of England on SunDays and other Feast -Days during th
e time of Divine Service. Given at York under the seal of our o
ffice aforesaid, 23rd Day of the month of Feby., 1703. Richar
d Brathwaite, Registrar."
It is not known, however, not