Thomas Ogle

Sir Thomas Ogle was a sergeant-major involved in a plot to draw both Roman Catholics and Independents in attempt to reconvene the English Parliament at Oxford, to the benefit of Charles I and the detriment of the Roundheads.

In 1643, Sir Thomas Ogle was being held prisoner in Winchester House when he contacted John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, a moderate royalist based with the King in Oxford.

He suggested that London's Independents (advocates of Congregationalism) would be prepared to strike a deal with the King in return for religious toleration.

This view had been apparently been supported by Thomas Devenish, Keeper of Winchester House.

John Goodwin and fellow prominent Independent preacher, Philip Nye were also thanked for refusing "to meddle in the Business".