Roger Bigod , Earl Of Norfolk 
Roger was born in 1150 in Norfolk,England. Roger's father was Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk and his mother was Juliane deVere. His paternal grandparents were Earl Roger II Bigod and Adeliza de Tosni; his maternal grandparents were Earl Aubery II deVere and Adeliza Alice de Clare. He was an only child. He died at the age of 71 on August 2nd, 1221 in Thetford,Norfolk,England.General Notes
Was a Magna Carta Surety in 1215
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,
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.0963 in Normandy, France
- b.0989 in Normandy, France
- b.1015 in AvranCheshire, Normandy, France d.1071
- b.0994 in Normandy, France
- b.1038 d.15 Sep 1107 in Egersham,Norfolk,England
- b.0944
- b.0986 in St. Saveur, Seine-Maritime, France d.1045
- b.1022 in St. Saveur, Seine-Maritime, France
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1095 in Belvoir Castle,Leicestershire,England d.BEF 6 Mar 1175/1176 in Thetford Abbey,Norfolk,England
- b.0970 in Toeni, Eure, France d.1045 in Belvoir, Leicestershire, England
- b.1015 in Guerny,Eure,Normandy,France d.31 May 1038 in ConCheshire,Eure,France
- b.~ 0970 in Bayeux,Calvados,Normandie,France
- b.1030 in Belvoir Castle,Leicestershire,England d.Aug 1088
- b.0972 d.25 Feb 1017/1018
- b.1010 d.1079
- b.~ 0972 in Barcelona,Spain d.1057
- b.1066 in St. Sauveur,Normandy,France d.1136 in Belvoir Castle,Leicestershire,England
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.1015 in Italy d.1079
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.1042 d.16 Apr 1118 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England
- b.1150 in Norfolk,England d.02 Aug 1221 in Thetford,Norfolk,England
- b.1000 in Hedingham, Essex, England
- b.1030 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.1088 in Colne Priory
- b.1062 in Hedingham, Essex, England d.15 May 1141 in London,Middlesex,England-slain in a popular tumult
- b.1040 in France
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1116 in Hedingham,Essex,England d.Bet. 1199 - 1200
- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France d.1040 in Assassinated
- b.~ 1024 in Bienfaite, Normandy, France d.~ 1090 in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.~ 0984 in France d.> 1024
- b.< 1066 in Of, Clare, Suffolk, England d.1114/1117 in of Tonbridge, Kent, England & Cardigan, Wales
- b.~ 1010 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1085/1102 in Styford, Northumberland, England
- b.1034 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.1090
- b.~ 1014 in Longueville, Normandy, France d.Bet. 1038 - 1108 in France
- b.1096 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.1163 in St. Osyth's Priory,Essex,England
- b. in Of, Clermont, Oise, France d.> 1098
- b.~ 1030 in Of, Clermont, Oise, France d.1101
- b. in Of, Clermont, Oise, France
- b.1065 in Northamptonshire, England d.1117 in England
- b.~ 1021 in Of, Montdidier, Somme, France d.1063
- b.~ 1045 in Of, Montdidier, Somme, France d.~ 1110
- b.~ 1014 in Of, Roucy, Aisne, France d.1063
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Roger and Ida Isabel were married in a religious ceremony about 1185. They had a son named Hugh.
Family Notes
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Roger and Ida Isabel were married in a religious ceremony about 1185. They had a daughter named Mary.
They had a son named Hugh Le.
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