Roger Bigod 
Roger was born about 1150 in Norfolk, England. Roger's father was Hugh Bigod and his mother was Juliana De Vere. His paternal grandparents were Roger Bigod and Alice De Todeni; his maternal grandparents were Aubrey II De Vere and Adeliza De Clare. He was an only child. He died before August 2nd, 1221.General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> 2nd Earl Of Norfolk
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Roger Bigod, 2nd earl of Norfolk, who, in the 1st year of Richard I, had a charter dated at Westminster, 27 November, reconstituting him Earl of Norfolk and steward of the household, his lordship obtaining at the same time restitution of some manors, with grants of others, and confirmation of all his wide-spreading demesnes. In the same year he was made one of the ambassadors from the English monarch to Philip of France, for obtaining aid towards the recovery of the Holy Land. Upon return of King Richard from his captivity, the Earl of Norfolk assisted at the great council held by the king at Nottingham; and at his second coronation, his lordship was one of the four earls that carried the silken canopy over the monarch's head. In the reign of King John he was one of the barons that extorted the great Charters of Freedom from that prince, and was amongst the twenty-five lords appointed to enforce their fulfillment. His lordship m. Isabel, dau. of Hamelyn, Earl of Warrenne and Surrey, and had issue,
Hugh, his successor.
William, m. Margaret, dau of Robert de Sutton, with whom he acquired considerable property.
Thomas.
Margery, m. to William de Hastings.
Adeliza, m. to Alberic de Vere, Earl of Oxford.
Mary, m. to Ralph Fitz-Robert, Lord of Middlesham.
The earl d. in 1220 and was s. by his eldest son, Hugh Bigod, 3rd earl.
[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 53, Bigod, Earls of Norfolk]
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The Bigods held the hereditary office of steward (dapifer) of the royal household, and their chief castle was at Framlingham in Suffolk. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed, Vol. 3, pages 556/557, article Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk.)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0978 d.> 1041
- b.~ 1015 in Avranches, Normandy, France d.~ 1071
- b. in Calvados, Normandy, France d.08 Sep 1107 in Evesham, Suffolk, England
- b.~ 1095
- b.~ 0982 in Guerny, Eure, Normandy
- b.~ 1000 in Guerny, Eure, Normandy
- b.~ 1030 in Lincolnshire, England d.1088 in Belvoir Castle, Lincolnshire, England
- b.0972 d.25 Feb 1016-1017
- b.~ 1004
- d.1 Mar 1056-1057
- d.> 1136 in Belvoir, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1042
- b.~ 1150 in Norfolk, England d.<02 Aug 1221
- b.1062 in Hedingham, Essex, Eng d.15 May 1141 in London, Middlesex, England
- d.> 1090
- b.~ 1120 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.Bet 1199 and 1200
- b.~ 0979 in Brionne, Normandy, France d.~ 1040
- b.~ 1030 in Brionne, Normandy, France d.~ 1090 in England
- b.~ 1005
- b.~ 1065 in Tonbridge, Kent, England d.Bet 1114 and 1117
- b.~ 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1084 in France
- b.~ 1034 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.> 1113
- b.~ 1014 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1093 in Essex, England d.~ 1163 in St. Oswyth's Priory, Essex, England
- b.~ 1000
- b.~ 1030 in In Clermont, Beauvais, France d.1101
- b.~ 1000
- b.~ 1050 in Clermont, Beauvais, France
- b.~ 1010 in Montdidier, Somme, France d.~ 1063
- b.~ 1035 in Montdidier, Somme, France
- b.~ 1014 in Roucy, Aisne, France d.1063
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They had a son named Hugh.
Family Notes
CHAN17 May 2004
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Children
Hugh Bigod
Hugh was born about 1186 in Thetford, Norfolk, England. He died in Lewes, Sussex, England. He was buried in Thetford Church, Thetford, Norfolk, England.
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