University Archives
Ogle family, of Flamborough
The Ogle family has roots in pre-conquest Northumberland, where it had extensive properties including the castles of Ogle and Bothal. They were involved in border battles with the Scots and Lord Ogle was one of the English leaders at the Battle of Flodden. John (d.1605) and Jennet Ogle (d.1614) arrived in Flamborough in the mid-sixteenth century. Their son, George Ogle (d.1638), served in Ireland with Robert Constable and in the 1630s was a churchwarden at St Oswald's in Flamborough. Two branches of the family existed in the mid-seventeenth century and they owned considerable property in Flamborough. The bulk of the papers are those of the line of the family started with William Ogle (1671-1757). His son, William Ogle (1736-1788) was one of the largest landowners in Flamborourgh and at enclosure in 1767 he and his younger brother, John Ogle (1742-1796), received 118 and 169 acres respectively. A number of the letters and diaries surviving are those of John Ogle, who went into the church. The other concentration of papers in the collection are those of another clergyman, John Furniss Ogle (1781-1850). The correspondence of their wives also survives and 300 surviving letters throw light on local affairs, parliamentary elections and smuggling. There are a few estate papers largely for Flamborough 1629-1821. [DOG]