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.

 

Cheshire . . . List of plates l. Map of the County, 11. Roman Altar, found at Chester in the year 1693, in the possession of the Rev. Charles Prescot, IlI. Roman Altar, found at Chester in 1779, in the,possession of' John Egerton Esq. of OuIton, M.P. IV. Roman .Antiquities at Chester" V. Part of the Nave of of St. John's Church in Chester, VI. Internal Elevation of part of the Nave' of St. John's Church;' VII. Specimens of Saxon Architecture in Cheshire, VIII. Internal Elevation of part oE. the 'Nave of Chester' Cathedral, IX. East View of. Nantwich Church. X. Inside View of the North Transept, and part of the Chancel of Nantwich Church, . XI. One of the Wooden Stalls in the Chancel bf Nantwich Church, XII. Gravestones of Rad. ,de Valletorta in Chester Cathedral, and John le Serjean in St. John's Church at Chester, XIII. Shrine of St. Werburgh, in Chester Cathedral, XIV. Monument of Sir Hugh Calveley in Bunbury Church, XV.Monument of Sir Robert Fulshurst: in Bartholmey Church XVI. Fragments of sculpted stone in the Chapter House at Chester XVII. Plan of the Abbey, of St. Werburgh at Chester, XVIII.Plan of the Monastery of Benedictine Nuns at Chester,' &c., XIX. Ruins of the East End of St. John's Church in Chester XX Plan, of a Roman Hypocaust XX. Plan and Sketch oF the Ancient Castle at Chester XXI. View of Hugh Lupus's-Hall, &c. XXII. View of Saighton-Hall, on of the Seats of the Abbots oF Chester XXIII. South.. East-View of Littlé-Moreton-HaIl, XXIV. View of the Southside of the Court of Little-Moreton-HaIl, , XXV.Elevation of Crewe-Hall, XXVI. Four Sides of part of ancient Cross, remaining in the Market-place at Sandbach' XXVII. Four Sides of a fragment of another Cross, which formerly stood in the Market-place at Sandbach, now in the possession of John Egerton Esq. of OuIton, M. P. XXVIII. Plan and Elevation of as much as could be restored the Sandbach Crosses, XXIX. Hugh Lupus's Sword, &c. XXX. Plan of the County-Hall, Gaol, &c., at Chester, . XXXI. Part of,the Nave and Cloisters of ,Chester Cathedra], and of the Bishop's Palace adjoining XXXII. North-east View of Chester Cathedral XXXIII. Plan of Chester Cathedral, XXXIV .Plan of the City of Chester, XXXV. The Court-yard of Hooton Hall, the Ancient Seat of the Stanley Family, from a drawing in the Collection of the late William Nichols Esq., .