The exact relationship between the
Picton
and
Wiston
branches of the family has never been determined. The
Wogans
of
Wiston
, great
landowners
in
Daugleddy
, became prominent in local affairs, particularly in the
15th and 16th cent.
A number of them were
knights
—
Sir
JOHN
WOGAN
(d.
1419
), his grandson,
Sir
HENRY
WOGAN
,
steward
of the earldom of
Pembroke
in
1448
(his wife was
Margaret
, daughter of
Sir
William
Thomas
, later
Herbert
, of
Raglan
)
, and his son,
Sir
JOHN
WOGAN
, whose wife was
Matilda
, daughter and heiress of
William
Clement
,
lord
of
Geneu'r-glyn
,
Cardiganshire
, and who d. at the
battle of Banbury
,
26 July 1469
(
H. T.
Evans
,
Wales and the Wars of the Roses
, 109-10, 176, 184). The latter's grandson,
Sir
JOHN
WOGAN
, was a
gentleman usher of the king's chamber
and was granted certain offices in
Pembrokeshire
and
Cardiganshire
in consideration of his services in
England
and abroad. He was
sheriff
of
Cardiganshire
in
1542
and
1556
, and of
Pembrokeshire
in
1543
and
1554
. He m.
Anne
, the heiress of
William ap Phillip
of
Stone Hall, Pembs.
He d.
23 Aug. 1557
. His
grandson,
JOHN
WOGAN
, who m.
Cecil
, daughter of
Sir
Edward
Carne
of
Ewenny Priory, Glam.
, was
sheriff
of
Cardiganshire
in
1564
, and of
Pembrokeshire
in
1567
and
1572
; he d.
4 May 1580
. His heir,
Sir
WILLIAM
WOGAN
(d.
1625
), was
knighted
before 1611
. He m.
Sybil
, daughter of
Sir
Hugh
Owen
of
Orielton
. Their son,
Sir
JOHN
WOGAN
(
1588
-
1644
), m.
Jane
, daughter of
Sir
Thomas
Colclough
of
Tintern
,
Wexfordshire
,
prior to 1628
. He was educated at
Jesus College
,
Oxford
. He was
sheriff
of
Pembrokeshire
in
1636
, and
Member of Parliament
for the same county in
1614
,
1620-2
,
1625
,
1626
,
1628-9
,
1640
, and
1640-4
.
Colonel
THOMAS
WOGAN
, the
regicide
, was the third son of
Sir
John
Wogan
and his wife
Jane
Colclough
. He was a well-known
parliamentarian
in the struggle between the king and Parliament, and held the rank of
captain
(later
colonel
). In
March 1648
he was ordered by
Cromwell
to go to
Wales
to
assist in the restoration of peace in Pembrokeshire
and the adjoining counties. He was praised by
colonel
Thomas
Horton
for his services in the fighting which culminated in the
battle of S. Fagans
on
8 May 1648
. He was
Member of Parliament
for the
borough of Cardigan
in
1646-53
when he
presented a petition from the town for a free school
. In
Jan. 1649
he acted as
one of the king's judges
and signed the death warrant. He sat in the
Rump Parliament
of
1659
. At the
Restoration
he was summoned to trial, and on
6 June 1660
was excepted from the
Act of Oblivion
. He surrendered on
27 June 1664
and was imprisoned, but on
27 July 1664
he escaped from the
Tower
with other prisoners. It seems that he fled to
Holland
, and in
1666
he was in
Utrecht
. He was still alive in
1669
(
Trans. Cymm
.,
1946-7
, 214).
The
Wogans
remained at
Wiston
until the estate was sold to
John
Campbell
(
lord Cawdor
)
in
1794
.
