1610 - Ralph Outlaw admitted to
Gray's Inn - London
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 II. 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.) "Here under resteth ye body of
Ralph Outlaw, Rector of Bintry, who was son of Ralph Outlaw, of Little
Wichingham, in the county of Norfolk. He departed this life ye first day
of February, 1688, aged 68 yeres. " Reader, pray stay, death's
trophies view and see In them what thou thyself, ere long, must be. From
"A
visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentleman of Great
Britain by Bernard Burke" (section about the Heddings) 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)] 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.
In 1620 we
find the eldest branch of the family seated at Little Witchingham, in
Norfolk, but in 1670 that branch became extinct, 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.
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 [after the Norman Conquest] and may indeed
have been purchased with the specific aim of creating a hospital.
When the fraternity at Denny was arrested in 1308,
Families of County
Limerick: This is the 5th book in our 32 volume 'Irish Families' series. It focuses only on families found in County Limerick and includes families of all religions and backgrounds, including old Irish families and settler families. It follows the master volume to the set, "The Book of Irish Families, great & small" which contains information on families from all of Ireland.
Outlaw, Outlawe
Inquisition Ireland
1317 Dame Alice Kyteler was charged with Heretical sorcery. She
had been married four times
1. William Outlawe of Kilkenny, a banker
2. Adam le Blund of Callan
3. Richard de Valle
4. Sir John le Poer
Three of which is stated that she had poisoned and the fourth deprived.
Alice Kyteler escaped to England but not before she had named her
accomplices. Of all the people that she had named, Petronilla, her maid,
was condemed to death after torture til confession. She was burned alive
November 3 1324 under Bishop Richard de Ledrede. The others were either
burned, whipped, banished, or excommmunicated.
Kilkenny,
Ireland's Medieval City
"Proceedings against Dame Alice Kyteler", Camden Society,
(London, 1843)
Lea, Henry Charles, "History of the Inquisition of the Middle
Ages" (New York, 1887,1955,; London, 1888) "Transactions of the
Ossory Archaeology Society", Vol. I (1889)
Witchcraft
in Medieval Kilkenny
Kilkenny's medieval witch- Dame Alice Kyteler
Dame Alice Kyteler was born at Kyteler's House, Kilkenny, where her
father carried on a banking business, in the year 1280. Her family came
to Ireland after the Norman conquest of 1169. When her father died in
1298, Alice, who was an only child, inherited his business and properties.
After his death she married one of his former associates, William
Outlawe, who was also a highly successful banker from Coal Market Street
and like her father, of Norman stock. This man was the brother of Roger
Outlawe, Chancellor of all Ireland, whose position and power could one
day play a dramatic part in the saga of witchcraft and heresy for which
she would be charged, found guilty and sentenced to death. ... Dame Alice
and her disciples were condemned to be whipped through the streets, tied
at the back of a horse and cart after which Alice, as chief priestess and
instigator would be burned to the stake.
But by the political power of the Chancellor of all Ireland, her former
brother-in-law Sir Roger Outlawe, her escape was organised. Her guards
were beaten senseless and Dame Alice was released from the dungeons
beneath Kilkenny Castle and freed from the sentence of death that hung
over her.
William
Oultawe, Alyce Kyteler’s son by her first husband, was imprisoned
for nine weeks and fined. He was then allowed to recant and receive
Church sacraments, on condition that he make a pilgrimage to the Shrine
of St. Thomas at Canterbury, and pay for the re-roofing in lead of St.
Canice’s--today called St. Mary’s--Cathedral in Kilkenny Town. (Modern
Kilkenny residents still wink at the witchly irony that this penance
caused the too-heavy roof to cave in, as described in Chapter XVII.)
Secondhand
Historical Books of Irish Interest (Part 1 of 2)
MCNEILL, CHARLES: Register Of Chapter
Acts Of The Hospital Of Saint John Of Jerusalem In Ireland 1326 - 1339
Under The Grand Prior, Sir Roger Outlawe. The
Stationary Office, 172pp. Cloth. £30.00
From 1311 to 1340 the office was held by the Irish knight Sir Roger Outlawe, who
was also Lord Justice of
the kingdom. [He died in office1340] ... The Priory of Kilmainham
History and antiquities of Kilkenny (County and City): Volume 1 By William Healy
The Royal Hospital for disabled or superannuated soldiers, founded by
Charles II, in 1679, now occupies the site of the ancient Priory of
Kilmainham. Its chapel has a stained glass window, which is said to
have originally belonged to the Hospitallers' Chapel.
This is the sole traditional remnant of the Knight
Hospitallers of Kilmainham, the proudest and most chivalrous order of
Knights that ever figured in the drama of human existence, or brightened
the pages of history with deeds of glory.
Lord of Slanes
1174 - Priory of KILMAINHAM was erected on the site
of KILMAIGNEND by RICHARD STRONGBROW, EARL OF PEMBROKE for the. KNIGHTS
TEMPLARS dedicated to ST. JOHN
John Fitz Nicholas of Slanes is the first recorded
holder of the Manor. Fitz Nicholas of Slanes entered into rebellion
with Edward Bruce (1318) which ended in failure at the Battle of Faughart.
For his bad judgment Fitz Nicholas was forced to forfeit his lands. Three
(3) years later, Edward II granted the
Lordship to the Priory of St. John of Jerusalem.
Isle of Ely - Priory of Barnwell
- John de Bernewelle, or John Outlawe,
elected March 1392, died Nov. 1408 - John de Bernewelle, (fn. 213)
whose personal name was Outlawe; (fn. 214) possibly a canon of West
Dereham, and one of the three brothers of that name
- Grant to Henry de Tangmere and John de Bernewell,
burgesses, of a
messuage as in 58, 60, and 61. Witnesses: Robert de Brugham, mayor;
Philip Caylly; Daniel de Felsted; John de Wystowe; Thomas Holm.
Creator: Simon de Scaupwyke. 1 membrane; vellum; Manuscript.5 Nov.
1347
- Both
St. John's Hospital and Barnwell Priory were built on common land
1661, Ralph
Outlaw, A. M. Tho. Thorowgood, rector of Cressingham Magna.
St Michael, Great Cressingham
The church of
Cressingham-Magna is an uniform building of flint, boulder, &c. and copings of free-stone, consisting of a nave, north and south isles, and a chancel all covered with lead, and is dedicated to St. Michael; the nave is about 48 feet long, and, together with the isles, about 42 feet wide, the vault of the nave is supported by pillars, each formed of 4 pilasters joined together, which bear up 8 neat arches, four on each side, and as many windows over them; the roof is of oak, having principals whereon are carved the effigies of bishops, priests, &c. At the west end of the nave stands the tower, of the same materials as the church, with a wooden cap covered with lead, and a weathercock thereon; in this tower hang four modern bells: in this tower (fn. 20) is a bell-sollar, or place for the ringers; such places were in ancient time frequently erected by the gifts of
well disposed persons, for the greater convenience and decency of their processions, that the priest and people coming in at the western door might not be any way incommoded by the ropes and
ringers.
From: 'Hundred of South Greenhoe: Great-Cressingham', An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 6 (1807), pp. 94-107. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=78234 Date accessed: 19 February 2010.
THE
BELIEF AND RITUAL IN ENGLAND BEFORE AND AFTER THE COMING OF THE NORMANS BY
DANIEL ROCK, D.D. PART I. CHAP. VIII.
88 Lego portatori campanse orantis circa villam de Tykhull vjd. die
exequiarum pro anima mea (Test. Ebor., p. 141). Sir Adam Outlaw, priest,
bequeaths a tenement to the West Lynn town bellman, on condition that on
the vigil of Sir Adam s "yere day" this bellman " pray
for the souls of Thomas of Acre and Muriel his wife, his (Sir Adam
s) soul, and the souls of his benefactors, with his bell going about
the town," &c. (Blomefield, Norfolk, viii. 536).
1610 - Ralph Outlaw admitted to
Gray's Inn - London
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.
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Outlaw Genealogy Page
 I am an Outlaw. Our family story is that we originally descended from
Edward "The Outlaw" Bruce, brother of Robert "The
Bruce". After Edward Bruce was declared an outlaw by the King of
England (for his fight against him in Ireland), his families in England
took the name of Outlaw. I doubt this story, more likely we relate to the
early Saxon clan royalty as shown on the left panel. This explains the
early Irish legend.
So are we related to the Templar Knight Roger
Outlawe? Are we Norman or Saxon?
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 ...
Some References:
"One of the largest and most prosperous
plantation in the Windsor Township during the antebellum era was the
David Outlaw Plantation of Indian Woods"
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Liberty
Hall - Captain Outlaw Indian Woods
Windsor [ Send me a Photo! ]
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.
Liberty Hall - Indian
Woods Road, Windsor - Satellite map
Liberty Hall is a majestic, but mostly unnoticed,
historical home located just outside of Windsor on Indian Woods
Road.
The house was once the home of Captain Edward Outlaw and is
listed on the National Register and is being renovated. The
exterior of the house is a rare example of the Italianate
architecture and the interior is trimmed with Greek revival
woodwork. The house was built in the 1850's by Lewis Bond. Bond and
his family moved to Tennessee and the house was sold to his sister
and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. John Peter Rascoe.
They gave the house
to their daughter, Lucy Rascoe, soon after her marriage in 1868 to
Captain Outlaw.
Tradition maintains that a Northerner, S.L. Pennoyer, was the
contractor for the house and that it took three years to complete.
Pennoyer is buried in the Rascoe family graveyard that is near the
house.
Edward Outlaw was born in 1840 in Bertie Co. After the death of his
parents, his uncle, Col. David Outlaw, became responsible for his
care. The colonel was a member of the legislature and was a United
States Congressman from 1848-1850.
Capt. Outlaw attended the
University of North Carolina before enlisting in the Confederate
Army, serving in Company C of the 11th NC Regiment. He came through
the war without a scratch although it was said that he would charge
the enemy at a moments' notice. After the war, he returned to Bertie
Co. to serve as a commissioner, a state representative, and a
sheriff. He died in 1921 at Nags Head and was buried in his
Confederate uniform.
He, his wife, and two of their 10 children are buried in the
cemetery of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Windsor. Liberty Hall has
remained in the family through the years. The present owners are
Carlton and Lucy Gillam of Windsor. She is a descendent of Captain
Outlaw's wife.
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.
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The lost Town of Cashy
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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.
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Dossey
A. Outlaw Plantation - Mississippi National Register of
Historic Places
- [send me a photo!]
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"
 Alain Outlaw peering into Colonel Joseph
Bridger's tomb.
- OUTLAW: See also Joseph
Anderson; Alexander
Outlaw Anderson; Paul
Davis Grady; Outlaw
Josey Wales IV.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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
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
 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.
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I am an Outlaw. Our family story is that we originally descended from
Edward "The Outlaw" Bruce, brother of Robert "The
Bruce". After Edward Bruce was declared an outlaw by the King of
England (for his fight against him in Ireland), his families in England
took the name of Outlaw. I doubt this story, more likely we relate to the
early Saxon clan royalty as shown on the left panel. This explains the
early Irish legend.
Spain's Hall
Baz (Bass)
Outlaw - Texas Ranger - (From Georgia) "Little Wolf"