UGLEY, (Essex) on the N. side of Stansted-Montfichet, and the E. side of the Stort. The manor, called Ugley-Hall, bel. to the descendants of the Oxford family, till it was united to the Duchy of Lancaster; of which it was held many years by the Leventhorps, till it was sold to Tho. Middleton of Stansted; after the death of whose son, without issue, the trustees sold it to Thomas Heath. Ugley-Hall was in the Wentworths family, and carried from thence by marriage to Cha. Musters, who gave it to his nephew, Fran. Musters. Several lands in this p. bel. formerly to the Priory of Berden, which were granted by Hen.VIII. to Hen. Parker, to be held in capite, and were afterwards the estate of the Leventhorps.