William Lacy (Catholic priest)
Blessed William Lacy | |
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William Lacy (Lacey) (died 1582) was an English Catholic priest and martyr. He and fellow priest Richard Kirkman were executed at York on 22 August 1582.
Biography
William was born at Houghton or Tosside, West Riding). He married a widow, named Cresswell, whose sons, Arthur and Joseph, became Jesuits. Little is related of his family by his biographers. He had a brother Ralph of Preston in Amounderness, a sister Barbara, and nephews (apparently her sons) Robert and William (Cal. S. P., Dom. add. 1566-79, London, 1871, p. 562). He held a position of emolument under the Crown, possibly as coroner, till about 1565. One of this name, probably a relative, was a coroner for the West Riding in 1581-2 (Dasent, "Acts of the Privy Council", xiii, 358).[1]
He was one of those gentlemen whose house was open to priests that came from the colleges abroad. Having been advised by them that he could not in good conscience attend Protestant churches, his absence was noted and he was forced to give up his position. He was subject to repeated fines, until he had to leave his home and stay with friends, but never long in one place. For fourteen years he suffered persecution for his faith, which included imprisonment at Hull. After the death of his wife, he went abroad and arrived at Reims, 22 June 1580. On 25 September following he went on to
He was arrested after a Mass said by Thomas Bell, afterwards an apostate, in York Castle, 22 July 1582. He suffered great hardships, being loaded with heavy irons, confined in an underground dungeon, and subjected to numerous examinations. He was arraigned on 11 August, probably under the
Blessed Richard Kirkman | |
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Priest and Martyr | |
Born | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII |
Feast | 22 August |
Attributes | Noose in neck, book, martyr's palm |
Richard Kirkman
Richard Kirkman was born at
He left for the English mission on 3 August 1579, with
See also
References
- ^ a b Wainewright, John. "Bl. William Lacy." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 27 March 2020 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Challoner, Richard. Memoirs of Missionary Priests, Thomas Richardson & son, 1843, p. 128 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Book of Saints – Richard Kirkman". CatholicSaints.Info. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ "New Catholic Dictionary – Blessed Richard Kirkman". CatholicSaints.Info. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Camm OSB, Bede. "The Blessed Richard Kirkman", Lives of the English Martyrs Declared Blessed by Pope Leo XIII, in 1886 and 1895: Martyrs under Queen Elizabeth, Burns and Oates, 1905, p. 578 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Bl. William Lacy". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.