Roger Bigod , 2nd Earl of Norfolk, MCS 
Roger was born about 1150 in Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England. Roger's father was Hugh Bigod , 1st Earl of Norfolk and his mother was Juliana de Vere. His maternal grandparents were Aubrey II de Vere , Sheriff of London and Alice de Clare. He had a sister named Isabel. He was the younger of the two children. He died before August 2nd, 1221 in Thetford, Norfolk, England.General Notes
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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- b.~ 1095 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England d.~ 1177 in Thetford Church, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1150 in Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England d.<02 Aug 1221 in Thetford, Norfolk, England
- b.< 1090 in of Great Addington & Drayton, Northamptonshire, England d.15 May 1141 in Slain in a riot in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1116 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.> 1185
- b.~ 1093 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.~ 1163
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‌Roger and Ida de were married in a religious ceremony about 1180. They had a son and two daughters, named Hugh, Margaret and Mary.
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Children
Hugh Bigod , 3rd Earl of Norfolk, MCS
Hugh was born in 1186 in Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England. He died in Thetford, Norfolk, England. He was buried in Thetford Church, Norfolk, England.
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