Henry Lacy (bef. 1491 - bef. 1565)

Born before 1491 in England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 30 Jan 1565 at about age 74 in England

Biography

Birth and Parentage

Henry Lacy was the son of Thomas Lacy and Margaret St Lo.^[1] He was born by 1491.^[2]

Marriage and Children

He married Katherine Powdige or Powdich^[1] by 1527.^[2] They had foursomes and two daughters:

• Robert^[1][2]
• Thomas^[1]
• William^[1]
• Henry^[1]
• Frances, who married John Beville^[1][3]
• Jane who married Maurice Johnson^[1]

Life

Henry must have had a somewhat profligate youth. His father's will bequeathed his lands to Henry's mother, with reversion to Henry on her death provided that he had repented of his wanton and unfilial conduct.^[4]

Henry clearly did change his ways, for he became a leading personage of Stamford, Lincolnshire. In 1512 he was a member of the Second twelve of the Borough; from 1513 until his death he was one of the First Twelve, the governing body of the town.^[1][2] For much of his adult life he was Deputy Steward of the manor of Stamford.^[2] He was a Stamford Alderman in 1521/2, 1531/2 and 1539/40.^[1]

He held lands in Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire. In 1532 he acquired a 52-year lease of Lincolnshire lands and buildings that had belongs to the convent of Stamford.^[1] In 1547 Henry and his brother Edward sold their property at Grantchester, Cambridgeshire.^[1][4]

He represented Stamford in Parliament three times, in 1536, 1542 and 1545.^[1][2]

Death

Henry died in 1564: his will, dated 1 May 1564, was proved on 30 January 1564/5.^[1][2] He left property in Stamford, Lincolnshire and elsewhere. His main heir was his son Thomas, with a condition that Thomas provide for Henry's grandson Bennet, son of Robert, to be educated at Cambridge.^[2] Robert had presumably died by then.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011, Vol. II, pp. 524-525
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} History of Parliament Online, entry for 'LACY, Henry (by 1491-1564/65), of Stamford, Lincs'
3. ↑ The Visitation of the County of Huntingdon 1613, Camden Society, 1849, p. 9, Internet Archive
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Diane K Bolton, G R Duncombe, R W Dunning, Jennifer I Kermode, A M Rowland, W B Stephens and A P M Wright, 'Parishes: Grantchester', in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely (Victoria County History of Cambridgeshire), Volume 5, ed. C R Elrington (London, 1973), pp. 198-214, British History Online.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011, Vol. II, p. 524