Mary Lacye

1614 - 1635  (20 years)

• Name	Mary Lacye  [1]
  Birth	Jun 1614	St Bride, London, England
  Baptism	St Bride, London, England
  Gender	Female
  Witchcraft Accusation	1635	Shropshire, England   [2]
  	Accused of witchcraft - drowned to prove her innocence
  Death	1635	Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
  	Cause: Executed for Witchcraft
  	Drowned proving her innocence of witchcraft
  Person ID	I6039	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Lacey,   b. Aug 1586, St. Giles, Middlesex, England d. 1670, England (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Haworth,   b. 1588, Yorkshire, England d. England
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 Nov 1608	Halifax, Yorkshire, England
  	(St John the Baptist)
  Family ID	F385	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Garner,   b. 1604, Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England d. 1643, Henrico County, Virginia, USA (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	24 Oct 1631	Canterbury, Kent, England   [1]
  Family ID	F1741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Jun 1614 - St Bride, London, England Baptism - - St Bride, London, England Marriage - 24 Oct 1631 - Canterbury, Kent, England Witchcraft Accusation - Accused of witchcraft - drowned to prove her innocence - 1635 - Shropshire, England Death - Cause: Executed for Witchcraft - 1635 - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S518] Ancestry.com, Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records, 1539-1876, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2018;), Christenings, Marriages and Burialls in St Dunstan's, Canterbury, 1559-1800; Author: J Cowper; Publication Date: 1887; Publication Place: Canterbury, Kent, England. [S4233] The Witches of Shropshire, (Name: Danel.US;), The Witches of Shropshire - the Wives of Richard and Thomas Garner. The Witches of Shropshire - the Wives of Richard and Thomas Garner Was it about witchcraft or was it about gaining control of the Lion Inn? John Garner, born 1578 in Solihul, Warwickshire, England had three sons - Thomas, John, and Richard. They had each inherited a 1/3 interest in the Lion Inn, a carriage inn at Shrewbury, from their mother Joan Underwood’s dowry about 1631. Thomas married Mary Lacye. She was drowned as a witch in 1635 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Richard married Katharn. She was drowned as a witch in 1636 in Shropshire, England. Thomas and Richard took their children and immigrated to Virginia in 1636 and 1637. Richard “freely gave” his share of the inn to brother John, or so John said. John stayed in England. It is assumed that he was married. He still owned the inn in 1643 and he wanted quiet title to it. For information about the inn, which still exists, see: http://www.thelionhotelshrewsbury.co.uk http://www.danel.us/app/download/3212184/The%2BWitches%2Bof%2BShropshire.pdf History-Witches of Shropshire THE WITCHES OF SHROPSHIRE - THE WIVES OF RICHARD AND THOMAS GARDNER Was it about witchcraft or was it about gaining control of the Lion Inn?