Daniel & Samuel Lysons

Daniel and Samuel Lysons were the sons of the Rev. Samuel Lysons (1730-1804) and Mary Peach Lysons of Gloucestershire, England. Daniel Lysons (1762-1834) graduated from Oxford, and served as the curate of Putney (London, England) from 1789 to 1800. He was a noteworthy antiquary and topographer, and published Environs of London in four volumes from 1792 to 1796. After attending Bath grammar school and St. Mary Hall, Oxford, Lysons became, in 1790, curate of Putney, where he began work on The Environs. Horace Walpole, ever the bustling antiquarian, encouraged Lysons and appointed him his personal chaplain. The work is dedicated to Walpole. 5 volumes, 4to In 1800, he inherited the family estates at Gloucestershire from his uncle, and the following year married Sarah Hardy (ca. 1780-1808). In 1813, he married Josepha Catherine Susanna Cooper (ca. 1781-1868). Daniel's younger brother Samuel Lysons (1763-1819) began studying law in Bath in 1780, where he first befriended Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821) in January of 1784. He later courted two of Mrs. Piozzi's daughters, unsuccessfully. He relocated to London, was called to the bar in 1798, then served as Keeper of the Records in London from 1803 until his death in 1819. Samuel was also an engraver and antiquary, serving as director of the Society of Antiquaries from 1798 to 1809. He illustrated his brother's Environs of London, and the two collaborated on Magna Britannia, Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain, published in several volumes from 1806 to 1822. The work was cut short by Samuel's death in 1819.

 

BEDFORDSHIRE. List of plates l. Map of Bedfordshire, lI. Roman Urns found at Sandy.,.&c. 1I1. Plan of the Remains of the Priory Church at Dunstaple, IV. Inside View of Part of the Nave of Dunstaple Church, V. Ancient Fonts in Bedfordshire, VI. Baptistery at Luton, VII. Stone Stalls in Luton Church, VIII. Plan of Toternhoe Castle, IX. West: View of Felmersham Church, X. Part of the W enlock Chapel, and Chancel of Luton Church, XI. South East View of Wimington Church, XII. Tomb of John Curteys and Albreda his Wife in Wimington Church, .

BE R K S H I R E. List of plates . . sold bound with Bedforshire & Buckinhamshire hence the numbering XIII. Map of Berkshire, XIV. Architectural Ornaments in Avington Church, XV. Inscriptions in Wolhampton and Sunning-Hill Churches; and the Hungerford Horn, 'XVI. Architectural Ornaments in Padworth Church, XVII. Ancient Bas-relief, &c. in Charney Chapel and Doorways of Bucklebury, and Thatcham Churches, XVIII. Welford Church, XIX. Door of Tidmarsh Church, and leaden Font in Childrey Church XX. Doorways of Shillingford and Sparsholt Churches, XXI. Fonts in Avington, Shefford and Sutton-Courtney Churches, XXII. Stone Stalls in Faringdon and WeIford Churches, XXIII. Part XXIII. Part of the Remains of Abingdon,Abbey, XXIV. Cumner-Place, XXV. View of the White-horse Hill, &c. XXVI. Door of Appleton Manor-housé XXVII. Plan of the Town of Reading, XXVIII. West View of Windsor Castle, XXIX. A General Plan of Windsor CastIe, XXX. Plan of the Ground floor 'of the upper Ward in Windsor Castle, XXXI. Seals of St. George's Chapel at Windsor, and of Luffield Priory, .

BU C K I N G H A M S H 1 R E. List of plates  . . sold bound with Bedforshire & Buckinhamshire hence the numbering XXXII. Map of Buckinghamshire, XXXIII. Plan of Stewkley Church, and CapitaIs of Pillars and Arches at the West-end of,. XXXIV. Inside View of the, Chancel of Stewkley Church XXXV. Doorway of Dinton Church, XXXVI. Door of Water-Stratford-Church XXXVII. Ancient stained Glass in Cheíham-Bois and Chetwode Churches, XXXVIII. Fonts in Aylesbury and Maids-Morton Churches, XXXIX. Stone Stalls in Maids-Morton Church XL. Tomb of Elizabeth Lady Clinton, in Haversham Church; XLI. Ruins of the Hall of Ailieridge-Houfe, XLII. Inside View of the Chancel of Chetwode Church XLIII. North-East View of Hillesdon Church, XLlV. South-east View of Stewkley Church, .PLUS Transverse Section of Streetley Church South Doorway of Streetley Church