Bridget Pigot

  General Notes:

Per Weis' Ancestral Roots. . ., 8th Edition, 170A:39, she was daughter of Bartholowmew Pigot of Aston Rowen, Oxfordshire, England and widow of Thomas Banister of Brokden.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Will ¹⁵⁸
Bridget's will, dated 1 Mar 1600/01, asks to be buried in Gisburne parish church next to her husband. She mentions her son Michael Lyster, son Martin Lyster, son-in-law, Thomas Southworth, Esq., son-in-law John Lacye, Esq. and his wife "Ellinge," her son Matthew Lyster, daughter, Rosamond Southword, niece, granddaughter Bridgett Southworth, step-daughter in law Elizabeth Tempest, and Edmund Lister, her "son departed"
~Memorials of an Ancient House . . . , p.180

Bridget married Sir William Lister Esquire, son of Christopher Lister and Eleanor Clayton.¹⁵⁸ (Sir William Lister Esquire was born about 1512-1524 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, died After 1 Sep 1582 and before 4 Oct 1582 in Thornton, Yorkshire, England ¹⁵⁸ and was buried on 4 Oct 1582 in Gisburne, England ¹⁵⁸.)