Thomas# Outlaw

  Notes:

Legend Of The Outlaw Family by Keith Shore. In Footprints (Northants FHS Publication) Sept 1980;
"......This same Thomas' grandfather was another Thomas, who took for his second wife Elizabeth Brunsell, dau of Samuel Brunsell, Rector of Bingham, Notts. Her uncle, Henry, married Anna Wren, sister to Sir Christopher Wren ....... however my own direct family seem to have lived in the area of Stretham, Wilburton and Hadenham (vicinity of Ely) as Lords of the Manor ...... they seem to have lived in the area for at least 6 generations and I have been able to trace my line back with some certainty to 1478."

Note from another source that Henry Brunsell was at one time Rector of Streatham.

Haddenham, Wilburton and Streatham are villages about 1 mile apart S/SE of Ely.

This marriage Thomas Outlaw and Elizabeth Brunsell happened 12 Oct 1675 in Stretham, Cambs. However don't know if relevant children from first or second marriage, although Samuel (born 1679) must be her son, so for now I'm going to assume she IS direct line.

Possibly he is the Thomas Outlaw grave shown in LITTLE WITCHINGHAM;
http://flickriver.com/photos/tags/littlewitchingham/interesting/ "Here lyeth the bodie of Thomas Outlaw of Cardeston Gent who died 15th May 1650". Cardeston is a 'lost' village close by.

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. 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.

Norfolk Archaeology By Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society says "The Outlaw family were the only family of much importance living in Little Witchingham in the seventeenth century, and owned the manors of ..."

A Miscellany, comprising: Baptisms recorded in the church book of the Old Meeting House, Norwich, 1657-1681; baptisms and deaths recorded in the church book of the Great Yarmouth Independent Church, 1643-1705; the account book of the "Baptised" Church in the city of Norwich, 1726-1745; some notes on the Blomefield mss. in the Bodleian Library; progress notes of Warden Woodward relating to the Norfolk property of New College, Oxford, 1659-1675, Norfolk Record Society, 1951 ; "Witchingham Parva Thomas Outlaw gent for lands late Ralph Outlaw his Father & before Robert Riches Esq xjd. More for the divided Lands late....."
The visitation of Norfolk, anno Domini 1664 by Sir Edward Bysshe has “The additions within brackets are from a grant to Thomas Outlaw of Witchingham, son of Rafe, in 1613. Harl. MS. 1105, fo. 27b.] [For earlier generations see Vis. of Norf., Harl. Soc. Pub. 32, p. 211.] Thomas Outlaw of ....”

Eynford Hundred Witchingham, Magna and Parva has;
Turtevile's Manor.
The site of it was in Wichingham Parva, or St. Faith's, and was given to St. Bennet's abbey, by Ernaldus, a Saxon; Hugh, the abbot, in the reign of King Stephen, granted it to Roger de Turtevile and his heirs, paying 10s. per ann. to the convent. ............ In the 14th of Charles I. Ralph Outlaw was lord; and in 1664, Thomas Outlaw.
and
Cley-Hall.
It came afterwards to the Outlaws, and Elizabeth Outlaw, widow, kept her first court on the last day of March, 1670. Thomas Outlaw of Wichingham Parva was living in 1620, and by Mary his wife, daughter of — Corie, was father of Ralph, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert, and sister of Sir Robert Kemp, of Spain's Hall, in Finchingfield, Essex, by whom he had Thomas, his son and heir, living in 1664, and had by Sarah his wife, daughter of William Hunt, Esq. of Hilderston, (son of Sir Thomas Hunt,) Ralph his son and heir, who married first Ursula, daughter of Richers Brown of Fulmerston; his 2d wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Adams of Norwich, and dying sans issue, about 1670, left part of his estate to — Brown of Saxthorp, and part to Elizabeth his wife, who afterwards married Gyles Cutting, an attorney.
Outlaw, argent, a saltire between four foxes, or wolves heads, couped, gules.

Pedigree of the Outlaws here (another FHS thing though) <http://www.norfolkfhs.org.uk/family/pedigree-list.asp?offset=1240>

Note wedding date shown, however Ely Episcopal Records state "Outlaw of Ely Trinitie and Mris. Eliz. Brunsell of Bingham co. Nott. md. Oct. 12. 1678" - ie 3 yrs later.

In National Archives, available for £3.50; Will of Thomas Outlaw, Gentleman of Ely Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire Date 20 February 1680

SAMUEL OUTLAWE, son of Thomas Outlawe, of the Isle of Ely, admitted sizar and matriculated Jesus College 1693; B.A. 1697; ordained deacon 1698; curate of Fotheringay 1698; priest 1699, and received government allowance to Leeward Isles in 1705.

In SOME NOTES ON THE BLOMEFIELD MSS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY Norfolk, Fersfield, Stretham; this is ".... three Roodes lying betweene the lands of Tho. Outlaw Gent towards the east and the lands of divers men ...." and ......"betweene the lands of the said Thomas Outlaw aswell on the East as West, & abutteth upon the highway by the meadow called Wiggotts Meadow"

In The Papers of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey 1586-1595 there are letter(s) to/from Thomas Outlaw.

Sir Robert Kempe's will includes "... and unto Elizabeth Outlaw, the dau of my nephew Thomas Outlaw, the sum of twenty pounds per annum". but this is the Witchingham Outlaw's.

London Gazette; 14 Feb 1677;
"Stolen February 13 out of the stable of Mr. Thomas Outlaw of Ely within the isle of Ely, and County of Cambridge, one pale Coloured Chesnut Mare, with a White face, and three white feet, the two fore feet, and the near foot behind, 14 hands high, about eight years old, and trot
all. Whosoever shall secure the said mare and give notice thereof to Mr. Thomas Gilbert at Ely House in Holborn, London or to the said Mr. Outlaw, shall have two guineas reward."
NB: Ely House was the site of the former Ely Palace - home of the Bishop of Ely. Indeed the Isle of Ely, administratively, also included Ely Place lying off Holborn Circus. The licence for the Mitre pub in Ely Court was issued in Cambridgeshire until the late 19th century. Neither the Metropolitan nor the City of London police had jurisdiction there.

Index of the Probate Records of the Consistory Court of Ely 1449-1858
Outlaw, Elizabeth bd Stretham 1660
Outlaw, Francis, Stretham 1663

Ely Episcopal Records
1671 Stretham (premises in) Fras.Outlaw (conveyance to)

http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/Rayner/outlaw-england.htm

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3324196&id=I1891 ;
A Margery Outlaw married a Wm Read ; 13 AUG 1699 in St James Church Stretham Cambridgeshire ; had 3 children.



ALL Outlaws in the Haddenham PR Transcripts found in the parish church;
1594 Marr Feb 10th WELCH John and OWTLAW Jone
1618 Bapt Sep 6th OUTLAW Rob son of Alex
1621 Marr Apr 30th OUTLAWE Lebbeus and IVAT Susan
1629 Bapt Jan 18th OWTLAW Alexander son of Alexander and Katherine
1633 Bapt Feb 10th OWTLAW Alice dau of Alexander and Katherine
1635 Bapt Apr 19th OWTLAW Sarah dau of Alexander and Katherine
1638 Bapt Jul 1st OWTLAWE Peeter son of Alexander and Katherine
1645 Marr Jan 30th OWTLAWE Robert and ALLIN Helen
1645 Bapt Oct 25th OWTLAW Robert son of Robert and Helen, but .....
1645 Burial Nov 25th OWTLAW Robert son of Robert and Helen
1647 Bapt Oct 20th OWTLAW Robert son of Robert and Helen, but .....
1648 Burial Apr 20th OWTLAW Robert son of Robert and Helen
1649 Bapt Feb 25th OWTLAW Leatise dau of Robert and Helen
1649 Burial Sept 7th OWTLAWE Robert
1651 Marr Jan 14th READ Robert and OWTLAW Helen (widow of the above presumably, rather than an unknown dau)
1661 Burial Oct 5th OWTLAWE John the Elder
1662 Burial Apr 26th OWTLAWE Alexander the Elder
1662 Bapt Dec 12th OWTLAWE Sarah dau of <blank> and Alice base (Don't know what base means, but presum bstrd dau of the 1633 Alice), but ........
1663 Burial Jan 22nd OWTLAWE Sarah base dau of Alice
1665 Burial May ?? OWTLAWE Katherine wid (BT May 9th?)

Apart from the following there is a gap of nearly 50 years, perhaps therefore different family ?
1696 Bapt Nov 24th OUTLOW Will son of Edwd and Mary

1713 Bapt Apr 22nd OUTLAW The son of (no name given) Mr Henry and Mary POSSIBLY OUR THOMAS although a yr out.
1716 Burial May 11th OUTLAW Anne dau of Issac and Elizabeth
1720 Marr May 22nd OUTLAW William and BRASIER Susan
1721 Burial Dec 12th OUTLAW Mary wife of Edward
1722 Bapt Jan 2nd OUTLAW Thomas son of William and Susan
1729 Burial Aug 11th OUTLAW William mortuary 10s (?)
1730 Burial Jul 29th OUTLAW Mary dau of Mary & Issac
1734 Burial Jul 3rd OUTLAW Mary wid
1737 Burial Oct 15th OUTLAW Edward
1745 Marr Sep 29th ANDERSON Edward and OUTLER Sarah
1753 Marr Oct 15th KEMPTON Richard and OUTLER Mary

Thomas# married Elizabeth# Brunsell, daughter of Samuel# Brunsell D.D. and Mary# Boughton, on 12 Oct 1675 in Stretham, Cambs.

Thomas# next married Anne.