Ogle of Causey Park
The manor of Causey Park was a possession of the Ogles, acquired with Bothal as a result of intermarriage with the Bertram family in the 14th century. Robert 4th Baron Ogle granted the estate to his younger brother Sir William Ogle (1493–1542) whose grandson John built a new tower house on the site of the earlier Pele tower in 1589.
His great grandson James (1634–1664) married his cousin Jane Ogle of Burradon thereby merging the two branches of the family. James Ogle was a Royalist during the Civil War, was regarded as a delinquent by Parliament and was charged with treason. His estates were forfeit but he was pardoned and allowed to compound for £324 for the return of his property.
James' son William Ogle (1653–1718) was Member of Parliament for Northumberland 1685-89. William’s son Henry Ogle (1685–1761) was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1737. In addition to the Ogle estates of Causey Park and Burradon he inherited through his wife Anne Orde a third of the substantial North Durham properties of William Orde MP of Sandybank. He substantially extended and improved Causey Park House in the 18th century.
After some 400 years of Ogle ownership the estates were sold by William Wallis Ogle in 1849
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