An outlaw was said to bear a "wolf's head"

Outlawe Timeline   -        Isle of Ely - History 
King Edwy - King Edgar - Outlawe - Dunstan

From "A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentleman of Great Britain by Bernard Burke"  it says ; 

"The Outlaws derive their descent from a family who were banished to Ireland by King Edwy, for political offences A.D.900.  [More likely ~955-957AD see Dunstan link ]

[See: Was the Outlawe's banishment associated with Saint Dunstan? (patron Saint of Goldsmiths)] or Earl Harold?

Ireland was at that time overrun by wolves, and they redeemed the liberty of returning the next year, when King Edgar reigned, by sending in so many wolves' heads to the government. 

They were also able to prove their innocence of the crime imputed to them ; and, ever since, their arms have been, argent, a saltier gules, between four wolves' heads, couped, proper; but so indignant were they at their unjust condemnation that they determined to retain the name of Outlawe, in order, as they said, to cast obloquy on the unjust monarch who banished them. 

ARMS Argent a saltire gules between four wolves' heads couped proper. 
CREST A demi-wolf proper wounded in the shoulder by an  arrow or head and feathers argent embrued gules. (British Museum-Stowe).

Ancient Translations

ARMS Silver: a red saltire between four wolve's heads severed and in natural color.

CREST One half a wolf couped proper pierced through the side with a gold arrow, feathered and headed in silver. the arrow lying bent to the right.

Heraldry link

Arms: On a saltire, between four wolves' heads couped, a crescent (Outlaw of Little Witchingham, co. Norfolk, granted 1613, Argent, a saltire gules between four wolves' heads, couped proper.) 

Crest: A demi-wolf, pierced through the side with an arrow, feathered and headed, the arrow lying sinister bend ways (Outlaw, A demi-wolf proper, pierced through the side with an arrow or, feathered and headed argent, the arrow lying sinister bendways.) 

 College of Arms is the official repository of the coats of arms and pedigrees of English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth families and their descendants.

All the places in Hichin which were not in Harold's hands in 1066 were held BY HIS 'MEN'

1175 - Treaty of Windsor , 
Henry II became the High King of Ireland. 
This Treaty resulted in large scale emigration from England to Ireland

1200-1250 - Deed of grant, Lynn - 1d annual rent from a certain [piece of land] 4 feet wide in Damgate held by Peter Strac - Grant by Laurence Outlaw (utlator) of Len [Lynn] to the Hospital of the Blessed Mary Magdalen of Len and to the infirm brothers there for the souls of his parents and his benefactors, the 1d to come from his purse during his lifetime  Anglo-Norman Studies Proceedings of ... - Google Books - 

There was an epidemic of leprosy in Europe from 1000 to 1200 A.D., which was probably started by the returning soldiers of the Crusades. Leprosy occurred in Britain from 625 to 1798, and at one time there were 326 lazar houses (leprosaria) in Great Britain.

1207 - Hubert de Burgh purchased of Roger de Burnham and Julian, his wife, William de Noiers, Robert Fitz Ralph, and Alice his wife, and Robert de Utlagh, their several nine parts of two knights fees in Runton and Beeston and Hinderingham, for which they paid castle gaurd to Dover. 9th of King John * The Norfolk antiquarian miscellany - West Runton  - Beeston Regis -  Hindringham

1230 - Alan le Utlage -  county of Essex
1250 - Willelmum le Utlag - Close Rolls,  Henry III 
1270 - Hugo le Utlagh - Close Rolls,  Henry III 
1273 - Richard Utlawe, County Bedford,  Hundred Rolls. 
1283 - Warin le Utlagh v. Thomas de Hereford, in Swanetun.
1288 - Thomas Utlagh - Close Rolls, Edward I 
1295 - Warin le Utlag,in Qeywode. (Bishop of Norwich)
1296 - Willmo le Utlagh - Sussex :  rape of Arundel

Outlawe Family History in Ireland

Kilkenny Castle

1298 - Dame Alice Kyteler marries William Outlawe brother of Sir Roger Outlawe, Chancellor of all Ireland 
Her family came to Ireland after the Norman conquest of 1169

1311-1340 - Sir Roger Outlawe - The Grand Prior - Hospital Of Saint John Of Jerusalem In Ireland - Priory of Kilmainham - Lord Justice of Ireland 

1324 - Dame Alice Kyteler was charged with heretical sorcery escapes to England with help from Brother-in-law Sir Roger Outlawe

1324 - William Outlawe nephew of Sir Roger Outlaw is ordered to make pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury 

Templar house: The Preceptory of Denny in Cambridgshire, part of which is extant, was a hospital for sick and superannuated brothers. The original priory, belonging to the monks of nearby Ely, passed to the Templar hands in 1170  and may indeed have been purchased with the specific aim of creating a hospital... the fraternity at Denny was arrested in 1308,  Both St. John's Hospital and Barnwell Priory were built on common land 

1347 -  Grant to Henry de Tangmere and John de Bernewell, burgesses, of a messuage as in 58, 60, and 61. 

1403 -  Simon Outlawe at Baas Manor - Hertfordshire.- Westminster. (near Hichin and Hertford Castle)

1456 - Kings Lynn - John Outlawe, the son of Richard Outlawe, upon whom was conferred the freedom of our burgh

1463 - accompanied Sir John Howard to Wales  - Rechard Owtlawe mayster of the Mary Talbott of Lynne - John Owtlawe  - Crew.

1501 - Sir ADAM OUTLAWE, of West Lenn (Lynn), St. Peters, priest, died 1501 

1504-5 - Thomas Outlawe wardeyn - The Pewterers' Company (London) 

1533-44 - Adam Owtlawe mariner working for Sir Francis Bryan -  Great Shallop of Dover (Adam Owtlawe, c)  - Cavendishe Shallopp (Adam Owtlawe, c.) November 28   The Newe Barke 160 t., 120 m., Adam Owtlawe.

1595 - Queen Elizabeth's Counsel at York -  
Richard Outlawe the pursuivant attending  - 
William Outlaw, little Will, the pursuivant's son  (Pursuivant - Messenger)

1610 - Ralph Outlaw admitted to Gray's Inn  - London

Spain's Hall - Essex

1615 - Elizabeth Kempe marries Ralph Outlaw son Robert born 1626 - (Born ten years later ? really?)

1644- Robert Kempe Knighted by Oliver Cromwell at Spain's Hall 7th Aug 1644 (brother of Elizabeth Kempe)

1658 - John Outlawe of Lymehouse Shipwright and Elizeabeth Baker of Radcliffe, W. (marriage)

1661, Ralph Outlaw, A. M. Tho. Thorowgood, rector of Cressingham Magna.

St Michael, Great Cressingham

In 1620 we find the eldest branch of the family seated at Little Witchingham, in Norfolk, but in 1670 that branch became extinct [in England], and a cousin, Henry Outlaw, Attorney-at-law, of Haddenham, in Cambridgeshire, then became the representative. He married a lady of good fortune, Miss Hare of Beckenham, in Kent, whose fortune was invested in the South Sea speculation ; after her husbands death, when she was quite advanced in years, she was taking a nap after dinner, according to her usual custom, when a neighbour, half frantic, rushed in, and throwing up his arms in an excited manner, exclaimed "Oh! Mrs Outlaw, we are all ruined! the South Sea speculation is all a bubble! we have lost everything!" she was so alarmed that she had a paralytic stroke, and died. 

Her only son Thomas, married Sarah Underwood, co-heiress of Thomas Underwood Esq., and their eldest son, Robert Outlaw, was Rector of Longford, in the county of Salop". So this gives us the name of Thomas' parents.

The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, and its Grand priory of England
In 1540 Henry VIII dissolves Hospitaller's , The greater number of the Knights retired to Malta, and of those who remained several were executed, being charged with having denied the King's supremacy. Of these, Sir Adrian Fortescue, Sir Thomas Dingley and Sir Marmaduke Bowes, were beheaded on Tower Hill, and Sir David Gunston was hanged, drawn and quartered at St. Thomas Waterings, in Southwark.

Knights of Saint Thomas 
It was established in 1191, at Acre,...The purpose of the Order was tending to the sick and wounded, and burying the Christian knights who fell in battle in the Holy Land...about the year 1279, as the purposes of the Order shifted from that of religious hospitallers to a more military role...At the fall of Acre, 12 May 1291, the Master and nine knights of the Order were killed...London premises being reported as being in ruins by 1330.

Shield of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem, 12th Century
As already mentioned, the Knights Hospitaller were actually formed before the Templars (circa 1070); however they did not become a military order until some time later. The early history of the Hospitallers is actually more obscure than that of the Templars, though it has not attracted the same amount of legends. This is largely due to the sensational manner of the fall of the Templars. The first military brethren employed by the Hospitallers may have just attached themselves to the Hospitallers, rather than being full members of the Order; because initially the Hospitallers saw their primary duty as being the care of pilgrims, rather than fighting the Saracens. However, it was soon realized that the care of pilgrims included making sure that they reached their destinations safely, as well as the protection of the Order's hospitals. By the 1130s the Hospitallers were being given castles to re-build and garrison; and by the 1160s the Order was accepting full-time military brethren. These men carried black shields emblazoned with a white cross.

Shield of the Knights Hospitaller of St. Thomas of Canterbury in Acre
The Knights of St. Thomas was an English order which was formed during the Third Crusade. It was never a large order, and it eventually disappeared in the mid-fourteenth century. However, it is known that a contingent fought in the defence of Acre in 1291; and they may even have taken part in the notable sortie on the night of the 15th April. The Crusaders sallied forth against the Saracen besiegers, and initially took them by surprise. Unfortunately, they pressed their advantage too far, and some of the Crusaders' horses tripped over the Saracens' tent ropes in the darkness. This allowed the Saracens to rally, and the Crusaders were repulsed with heavy losses.

The Gaspe Valpys - NOTE: Old Jersey surnames beginning with a “U” appear to be mostly British, such as Underwood, Upton, Urquhart, Usher, Udall, Utley, Unwin, and Upson. 
One very old J surname, L'Utlagh, the Outlaw, appeared in Grt. Britain in the English form

Outlaw Genealogy Page

I am an Outlaw. Our family story is that we relate to the early Saxon clan royalty as shown on the left panel.  

We descended from either men of King Edgar and St. Dunstan or men of King Harold II  that were finally defeated at Isle of Ely with Hereward the Outlaw (Wake). This explains the early Irish legend and our name. It appears that a few Saxon Utlagh's retained some of their lands after the conquest, while the majority were left landless and without position around Norfolk at the Isle of Ely. Very much the Ivanhoe story.

We are probably related to Knight of St. John Sir Roger Outlawe in Ireland. 
Like our name, We are Saxon in origins.

Our family is one of the original American Southern Families, coming from Norfolk England to Norfolk Virginia in 1680. 
The Outlaw Family have served and fought in the French Indian Wars, The Revolution, War of 1812, War between the States, WWI, WWII, Korean Conflict ...  

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    Edward the Bruce King of Ireland d. 1318

Captain John Outlaw -  Sailor and Shipwright - Born: Limehouse, England -Died: 1696 or 1697, possibly in Acadia  1658 - Nov 16 - John Outlawe of Lymehouse Shipwright and Elizeabeth Baker of Radcliffe, W.   1659 - Matthew Kemp in Virginia - son of Edmond Kemp who was  nephew of Sir Robert Kemp (and Cousin to Edward and John Outlaw) 1665 - Capt. John Outlaw  - sails "The Olive Branch" ship of six guns with 96 men of crew back to Virginia from Florida. Part of Edward Morgan's fleet preparing to attack the Dutch West Indies 1678 - Edward Outlaw 1st / Elizabeth Davenall - Western Branch Elizabeth River - Portsmouth Virginia  1721 - Edward Outlaw 2nd / Anne Ivey - Outlaw's Landing - Edenton Chowan-Bertie 1745 - Edward Outlaw 3rd / Patience Whitfield - Outlaws Bridge (Road) - Outlaws Place - Albertson, Duplin County 1850 - Edward Outlaw's Liberty Hall - Indian Woods Road, Windsor - Bertie - History  The "Outlaw House" or "Liberty Hall" in Windsor, Bertie Co., NC, off now SR 1108 at the corner of Indian Woods Rd. and Grabtown Rd. Rhodes House - The Inn at Grays Landing Windsor N.C.  This Georgian period dwelling was built in 1790 and is one of the oldest houses in Windsor. Previous owners include: John Johnson, attorney, (first owner); Elisha Rhodes, appointed by President Van Buren as US Consul to the Port of Galveston, Republic of Texas. William Henry Rhodes (his son)- one of the first science fiction writers David Outlaw - a pro-Unionist Congressman before the Civil War. It has been restored and is now the King Street Bed and Breakfast and is run by Susan and Ray Beale. 401 South King Street, Windsor, NC 27983 Outlaw Chapel OUTLAW'S CHAPEL - [send me a photo!] The chapel mentioned above located on Wm Dukenfield's land, [Merry Hill] was nearly a day's journey to Cashy, the location of the new County Courthouse. In 1760, the families who lived there: Lockhart's, Outlaw's, Hill's, Gray's, Whitmel's and Clifton's wanted a church of their own. In studying the Court Minutes, Harry Thompson was able to determine that a chapel (first known as simply Cashy Chapel) did exist as it is mentioned in various ways.  A deed dated Nov 12, 1777 from Ralph Outlaw and David Outlaw to Alexander How and Humphree Hardee, Church Wardens for Society Parish, an acre of land on the Outlaw plantation is the indication of this Chapel. The Chapel can also be seen on the Collet and Mouzon maps. The exact location is not known, nor are there any known records from this Chapel. We can assume that it was active while the town of Cashy was thriving (1744-1769). The Revolution brought about a disregard for the Church of England, and no doubt affected this Chapel as well...and it may have been used by Baptists and Methodists. The first record of Episcopal services in Windsor is about 1830, so those years in between are missing in our history. Resource:Episcopal Church in Bertie Co. (1701-1990) from its Anglican roots to the twentieth Century. Published by St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. (1991) $35 (Available in Hope Plantation Bookstore) 256 pgs. Photos. The lost Town of Cashy Merry Hill - Near this is the old Fannie Pugh place, now owned by Mike Smithwick and Sutton Phelps . Tis said that much of Blackbeard's treasures have been and are buried on the creek and river farms nearby. Dossey A. Outlaw Plantation  - Mississippi National Register of Historic Places -  MISSISSIPPI, OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Outlaw, Dossey A., Plantation, 2173 Oktoc Rd., Starkville, 02000354, LISTED, 4/11/02 Dossey A. Outlaw came to Oktibbeha County from North Carolina at the age of nineteen. He was a member of the first board of Police of the county when he was but twenty-one. Outlaw and Beverly had the first brick store in Starkville. Outlaw bought large tracts of land from the Indians. He returned to North Carolina and married Clara Eliza Harris, Jan. 29, 1835. He remained in North Carolina a few months. When he returned to Mississippi his wife's mother came with them; also his half brother Napoleon Askew; also his stepfather, David O. Askew, his step-father wife, and their children then born unto them. Also among this crowd coming to Mississippi from Bertie County, North Carolina was Coom Morgan who was dissatisfied at home. He remained in Outlaw's employ until after the War between the States. Hence we see the origin of Morgantown of this county, for it is made of descendants of Mr. Morgan, who was so esteemed by the Outlaws." info from Mr. P G Suddeth. in "1937 History of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi" Jeremiah Outlaw - William Dossey Outlaw - Origins William Dossey Birth: 1778 - North Carolina, USA Death: 1853 - Marengo, Alabama, USA  Mary E Outlaw Birth: 1792  William Dossey - Compiler of " Choice" a hymn book extensively used in southern states  He was very popular in Bertie County North Carolina where he was a minister and married Mary Outlaw. Many children were named after him.... Ann Eliza Dossey - Daughter  Birth: 1814 - Darlington, Darlington, South Carolina, USA Death: 1900 - Marengo, Alabama, USA Baptists in North America: an historical perspective  By William H. Brackney Baptist hymn writers and their hymns By Henry Sweetser Burrage William Dossey - Compiler of " Choice" a hymn book extensively used in southern states  Bertie County - PETITIONS Against KING GEORGE Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution  By North Carolina D A R,  National Society Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina,  Gertrude May, Sloan Hay Edward Outlaw James Outlaw John Outlaw Lewis Outlaw Aaron Outlaw CONFEDERATE IRREGULAR WARFARE 1861 - 1865 Confederate Heroes Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations Search Outlaw in the Confederate Pension Application Files - Texas State Archives The War Between The States - South Carolina SIXTH GENERATION  NINTH GENERATION  TWELFTH GENERATION English Names of the 1500s Edward Outlaw ca 1727 Rear Admiral Edward Cobb Outlaw  U.S. Aces of WWII - Navy Cross   Lieutenant Commander Edward C. Outlaw, Commander Fighting Squadron 32 and Air Group 32, with other VF-32 pilots in flight quarters after a sweep over Truk, 29 April 1944. Note steward serving drinks, status boards on the bulkhead and ventilator on the overhead. Vicksburg WWII First Armored Amphibian Battalion - Outlaw, Joseph L. Baz (Bass) Outlaw - Texas Ranger - (From Georgia) "Little Wolf"          Alain Outlaw - Archaeologist Alain Outlaw peering into Colonel Joseph Bridger's tomb. The Exhumation of Colonel Joseph Bridger  An early seventeenth-century village known as Argall Towne has been discovered near Jamestown, Virginia. People lived at the village, on land owned by Samuel Argall, for two years. Archaeologist Alain Outlaw has been looking for it for the past 32 years.   Governor's Land: Archaeology Of Early Seventeenth-century Virginia Settlements (Hardcover - 1990-04-30) by Alain C. Outlaw   Alain Outlaw of Archaeological & Cultural Solutions, has been looking for Argall Towne since 1975.  The elusive, short-lived settlement was started in 1617 near Jamestown, Virginia, by Capt. Samuel Argall, best known for kidnapping Pocahontas in 1613. The village was short-lived, with most of its residents moving soon after to Martin’s Hundred near Carter’s Grove Plantation. Political Graveyard OUTLAW: See also Joseph Anderson; Alexander Outlaw Anderson; Paul Davis Grady Outlaw, Arthur R. — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Mayor of Mobile, Ala., 1967. Still living as of 1967. Outlaw, Cabell — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1964. Still living as of 1964. Outlaw, David (1806-1868) — of North Carolina. Born in North Carolina, 1806. Cousin of George Outlaw. U.S. Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1847-53; member of North Carolina state legislature. Died in 1868. Interment at Episcopal Cemetery, Windsor, N.C. See also: congressional biography. Outlaw, G. C. — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944. Still living as of 1944. Outlaw, George (d. 1825) — of North Carolina. Born near Windsor, Bertie County, N.C. Cousin of David Outlaw. Member of North Carolina house of commons, 1796-97; member of North Carolina state senate, 1802, 1806-08, 1810-14, 1817, 1821-22; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1825. Died in Windsor, Bertie County, N.C., August 15, 1825. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Bertie County, N.C. See also: congressional biography. Outlaw, Harry — of Hearne, Robertson County, Tex. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988. Still living as of 1988. Outlaw, Lisa P. — of Alabama. Reform candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 2000. Female. Still living as of 2000. Outlaw, N. C. — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas, 1956. Still living as of 1956. The Outlaw's - Wolves and their Wolfhounds The Disappearance of Wolves in the British Isles One of the nicknames used for Ireland at this time was “wolf-land”. The presence of wolf throughout the Midlandian ice age which probably reached its peak around 18,000-20,000BP.  The last wolf is said to have been killed in 1786   Wolves in Ireland - The ringforts, a common feature of the Irish landscape, were built partly as a defense against wolves and to protect livestock, over the period 1000 BC to AD 1000. Scottish Deerhound Club of America   The most perfect creature of Heaven.         Irish Wolfhound History               Ogam - Ogham in America - Ancient Irish script found in Virginia and Carolina At the time of sunrise, a ray grazes the notch on the left side on Christmas Day, the first season of the year, the season of the blessed advent of the savior Lord Christ. Behold he is born of Mary, a woman. America’s First Christmas Card - Saint Benedict Center  Saint Brendan’s account of his travels across the Atlantic, certainly predates the Viking voyages by some 400 years and establishes Irish visitors as early as the Sixth Century A.D., but no evidence had ever been found to support that claim. Sacred Landscapes Prehistoric or Not Part 3 Robin Hood -  The idea of Robin Hood as a high-minded Saxon fighting Norman lords also originates in the 19th century. The most notable contributions to this idea of Robin are Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry's Histoire de la Conquête de l'Angleterre par les Normands (1825) and Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1819). In this last work in particular, the modern Robin Hood - "King of Outlaws and prince of good fellows!" as Richard the Lionheart calls him - makes his debut.