Robert de Ogle

Sir Robert de Ogle (c. 1305–1362) was an English soldier and feudal landowner in Northumbria who fought in the border conflicts with Scotland. He captured five Scottish knights near Newcastle in 1341 and was licensed to crenellate Ogle House. He distinguished himself in resisting the foray into Cumberland of Sir William Douglas in 1345, fought at Neville's Cross in 1346 and took three nobles prisoner, and held Berwick Castle against the Scots in 1355.

Robert off Ogill wes nere there-by
Wyth a gret rowte

Quotes about Robert de Ogle

• Syne efftyrwart a rade off were
  He made wyth displayid banere,
  Qwhare the knychtis, that he had made,
  Owtwartis to wyn thare schone than rade
  Wyth a rycht sturdy cumpany.
  Robert off Ogill wes nere there-by
  Wyth a gret rowte: and qwhen he sawe
  Thai knychtis swa cum, in till a schawe
  He wythdrw hym; for wys wes he
  And in till weris aẅyssé.
  Wyth-in myris in till a qwhawe,
  That wes lyand nere that schawe,
  The knychtis, that sawe his wyth-drawyng,
  Thai folowyd fast on in a lyng,
  And prekyd saw owt off aray,
  Qwhill off thare folk in myris lay,
  That thare leẅyd noucht fyfty
  Togyddyr in all that cumpany.
  Than Ogill turnyd, and abade:
  And thai in hy apon hym rade,
  And justyd off were apertly.
  Thare wes a bargane off felny.
  On bathe the halffis slayne war men.
  Bot the knychtis the wers had then,
  For thare folk ẅencust ware ilkane:
  And fyve knychtis in fycht war tane,
  Stwart, Eglyntown, and Cragy
  Boyde, [and] Fowlartown. Thir worthy
  Ogill has had till his presowne,
  And syne delyẅeryd thame for rawnsoune.
  • Andrew Wyntoun, The Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland
    (David Laing, ed. 1872. Vol. 2. pp. 467–468)