The Oglander Collection

Estate and family records of the Oglander family of Nunwell, Isle of Wight

The Oglander family had estates in Dorset and the Isle of Wight, and are known to have been on the island since at least the early 12th century. The collections main interest centres on the papers of Sir John Oglander which are especially rich from the 1620s to 1640s, and include common place books, and documents relating to his duties as a deputy-lieutenant, and as a sheriff. The latter include ship money returns for 1637, muster rolls for the 1620s and 1630s, and papers relating to the billeting of Scottish troops on the Isle of Wight, also in the 1620's. The shrievalty papers contain material of interest relating to mainland Hampshire.

In the early 19th century Captain Henry Oglander, an advocate of army reform, was stationed overseas both in the Mediterranean and in India. His correspondence from 1807-39, is an underused source potentially of considerable interest to students of the history of the army in India.

A Title deeds of Nunwell

B Title deeds of Hardingshute

C Title deeds of Smallbrooke and Preston

D Title deeds of Preston Vavascour, otherwise Troublefield

E Title deeds of Writleston, otherwise Hill Farm

F Title deeds of Whitefield

G Title deeds of St. Helens, otherwise Eddington

H Title deeds of Park and Nettleston

I Title deeds of Westbrooke and Bridgehouse

J Title deeds of Bullen and Couthy Bottom

K Title deeds of Brading

L Title deeds of Bembridge

M Title deeds of Adgeston

N Title deeds of Sandown

O Title deeds of Ashey and Chillingwood

P Title deeds of Northwood and Ashey

Q Title deeds of Chale

R Title deeds of Compton in the parish of Freshwater

S Title deeds of Lyminton, Hampshire

T Title deeds of Alverstoke and Portsmouth

U Title deeds of Old Place Farm, Hampnett, Sussex

V Miscellaneous deeds not connected with the Oglander family

W Leases

X Court Rolls

Y Bonds

Z Wills and Family Settlements

AA Historical notes of Sir John Oglander of Nunwell (1585-1655)

BB Official Documents and Correspondence

CC Private Correspondence and Papers

DD Diaries and Papers of Rev. Henry Oglander, 1743-1814

EE Papers relating to the estate of Thomas Kemp of Beaulieu, 1613-1631

FF Accounts and other papers of Sir William Oglander, 6th Baronet (d. 1852); Sir Henry Oglander 7th Baronet (d. 1874); and the latter's widow, Louisa, Lady Oglander (d. 1894).

GG Papers of Major-General Henry Oglander (1788-1840)

HH-MM Catalogue marks reserved for uncatalogued portions of the collection

NN Papers of Dr John Oglander, of Merton College, Oxford (1777-1825)

OO Papers of William Anthony Glynn of Fairy Hill, Nettlestone (1807-1867)

PP Rentals, surveys, plans

QQ Grazing rights on Brading Down

RR Papers of the Oglanders as Trustees for Estates of others

SS Papers of the Strode family of Parnham, Dorset

TT Miscellaneous

UU Stray documents not related to the Oglanders