Thomas Lister (1597–1668) was colonel in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War and an MP.
On the outbreak of the English Civil War, Lister was arrested by a party of 60 royalist troopers led by the sheriff of Lincolnshire who broke into Coleby Hall and he was taken before the King's council.
He survived Pride's Purge (the military coup that ejected from parliament MPs that did not support the army) and continued as the city's MP until 1653.
[4] He was nominated as a judge in the trial of Charles I, but only attended a few sessions of the court and did not sign the death warrant.
At the restoration, he was excluded from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act, because of his role in the trial and execution of Charles I and was tried for regicide.