# Robert de Ogle

By [nirv](https://paragraph.com/@nirv) · 2022-12-11

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**Sir Robert de Ogle**[\[a\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Ogle#cite_note-2) (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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Douglas,_Lord_of_Liddesdale) in 1345, fought at [Neville's Cross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neville%27s_Cross) in 1346 and took three nobles prisoner, and held [Berwick Castle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwick_Castle) against the Scots in 1355.

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