Feastday: August 22
Death: 1582
Martyr of England. Born in Horton, West Riding, Yorkshire, he distinguished himself as a lawyer and as an ardent Catholic, using his house as a refuge for the much-oppressed Catholics of the time. Following the death of his second wife in 1579, he left England and studied at Reims, France, in preparation for his eventual ordination at Rome. William returned to England and worked in the area of Yorkshire until his arrest. He was arrested in York Prison while participating in the Eucharistic ceremony being sung in the cell of Blessed Thomas Bell. Condemned, he was executed at Knavesmaire,just outside of York with Blessed Richard Kirkman. William was beatified in 1886.
William Lacy or Bill Lacy could refer to:
- William Lacy (Catholic priest) (died 1582), English Catholic priest and martyr
- William Henry Lacy (1858-1925), American Methodist missionary to China
- William S. B. Lacy (1910-1978), American Diplomat
- Bill N. Lacy (born 1933), American academic
- William H. Lacy Jr. (1945-2016), American businessman
- Bill Lacy (political operative), Director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics
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