Lister (surname)

A 1533 Act of Parliament stated, "No person shall take in any crele, raw web, lister.... the young fry of salmon."

The name took hold in areas of England in the 16th century known for the woollen industry, mainly Yorkshire, but also Lancashire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk.

There is no official registry that recognizes a Lister/Lyster coat of arms, but Listers of Yorkshire-descent use the one granted to John Lyster de Derby.

The crest which appears atop the coat of arms is a dagger impaling a laurel wreath, from Carlow Ireland (Queen's County).

The family motto is variously 'Retinens vestigia famae' (Following in the footsteps of fame), or 'Facta, non verba' (Deeds, not words).

Lister coat of arms , Thomas Lister of Westby, County York, England. Taken from " Lyster Pioneers of Lower Canada and the West ", [ 1 ] which credits Thomas Lyttleton Lyster Denny's 1913 work, "Memorials of an ancient house" .
Lister-Lyster crest, taken of a plaque held by a British Columbia Lyster family