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An Ogle in Action: Mbale, Uganda

Posted on March 15, 2018November 4, 2018 by Barry Ogle

Hello, I’m your Ogle relative, Barry.

I’d like to share my recent trips over to Mbale, Uganda in Africa

Originally published in the spring 2018 issue of Ogling for Ogles 30(1).

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Ogle Surname Origin -

The name Ogle and its many derivations are so ancient that the exact origin, spelling and true meaning of the name may be lost in antiquity.

The Ogle name may have come from the Celts who immigrated from Western Europe to the British Isles as early as 1000 BC.
The Swedish name Ogell, which existed in the eighth century, may have been the source of our name.
Some researchers believe the name Ogle, or its equivalent, was Gotho-Scandinavian, possibly from Jutland.

The First Ogle-

Humphrey de Ogle, is the first identified Ogle (or Hoggell), ancestor among the English. In about the 11th century, he was granted, “all such lands and liberties as he or any of his predecessors had before the coming of the Normans.” To regain his land from the Norman conquerors of England, knowing his “predecessors” was of prime importance to the Saxon, Humphrey de Ogle.

Historians record that only a handful of Saxon families survived the Norman takeover in Northumberland. The Ogles of Ogle (a small hamlet) and the Roddams of Roddam, who probably did homage for their lands, were among the few survivors.

Descendants:

The history of the Ogles in England, during the 600 years following the landing of William the Conqueror in 1066, is rich and colorful. It kept close pace with events in Northumberland — the wild border region between Scotland and England — where the Ogles originated, expanded and flourished.

Scores of English Border families in Northumberland held their lands in fief of the king for wars and raids on the Scottish Border. Many Ogles were knighted for service to Crown and Country. At least seven lords and thirty knights descended from Humphrey Ogle, Esq.

American Ogles are probable descendants of King Edward I, through the children of Sir Robert Ogle (1380-1436) of Ogle Castle and Matilda (Maude) Grey, daughter of Sir Thomas Grey of Heton and Joan de Mowbray. In 1399, Maude married Sir Robert Ogle. They had several children.

Source: https://www.ogles.org/ogle-origins/

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Ogle Castle - Northumberland

Ogle Castle is a moated site situated on the left bank of the Ogle Burn. Sir Robert Ogle was granted a licence to crenellate in 1341. David II of Scotland was brought here having been captured at the battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. Only the west wing remains from that period, this was the tower house which had a projecting latrine. Still showing on the western and northern sides are parts of a double moat around a platform 45M across. The rest of the house appears to be 16th and 17th century work.

Following the death in 1629 of Catherine youngest daughter of Lord Cuthbert Ogle the Castle passed to William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was sold to James Moseley having been confiscated by Parliament in 1653. Moseley made the Castle habitable again following damage caused during the Civil War. Before that damage there would have been a curtain wall flanked by D shaped towers and an outer wall on the bank between the moats. In the 1660s Earl William got the castle back and was created a Duke. Part of a round tower was was situated west of the house in the 1780s. The Castle was purchased in 1809 by Thomas Brown. It later came into the hands of the Piele family and is currently owned and occupied by the Boanas family.

From the Gatehouse:- At the eastern end of the north row of the deserted medieval village of Ogle are the remains of a large enclosure bounded by an earthen bank standing to a height of 1m. Within the enclosure are the partially infilled remains of a double moated site. Part of the inner moat on the northern side and all of its western arm survive well where they are on average 2m deep. At the north west corner the inner moat stands up to 4m deep. Part of the southern arm of the outer moat also survives as a slight earthwork 0.4m deep.

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Oggle; Ogill.

Source: http://www.northofthetyne.co.uk/OgleCastle.html

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Ogle Castle - Northumberland

Ogle Castle is a moated site situated on the left bank of the Ogle Burn. Sir Robert Ogle was granted a licence to crenellate in 1341. David II of Scotland was brought here having been captured at the battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. Only the west wing remains from that period, this was the tower house which had a projecting latrine. Still showing on the western and northern sides are parts of a double moat around a platform 45M across. The rest of the house appears to be 16th and 17th century work.

Following the death in 1629 of Catherine youngest daughter of Lord Cuthbert Ogle the Castle passed to William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was sold to James Moseley having been confiscated by Parliament in 1653. Moseley made the Castle habitable again following damage caused during the Civil War. Before that damage there would have been a curtain wall flanked by D shaped towers and an outer wall on the bank between the moats. In the 1660s Earl William got the castle back and was created a Duke. Part of a round tower was was situated west of the house in the 1780s. The Castle was purchased in 1809 by Thomas Brown. It later came into the hands of the Piele family and is currently owned and occupied by the Boanas family.

From the Gatehouse:- At the eastern end of the north row of the deserted medieval village of Ogle are the remains of a large enclosure bounded by an earthen bank standing to a height of 1m. Within the enclosure are the partially infilled remains of a double moated site. Part of the inner moat on the northern side and all of its western arm survive well where they are on average 2m deep. At the north west corner the inner moat stands up to 4m deep. Part of the southern arm of the outer moat also survives as a slight earthwork 0.4m deep.

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Oggle; Ogill.

Source: http://www.northofthetyne.co.uk/OgleCastle.html

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