Roger BIGOD, 2nd Earl of Norfolk

1150 - Bef 1221  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Roger BIGOD  [1]
  Suffix	2nd Earl of Norfolk
  Birth	May 1150	Thetford, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	KHH7-5JH
  TitleOfNobility	1177  [2]
  	2nd Earl of Norfolk
  Occupation	Bef 1221	ROGER BIGOD’S REBELLION   [2]
  	Constable at Norwich Castle
  Burial	Aug 1221	Thetford Priory, Thetford, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Death	Bef 2 Aug 1221	Thetford, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Person ID	I594785369	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Hugh BIGOD, Earl of Norfolk,   b. 1095, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England d. 6 Mar 1175, Palestine (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Juliana DE VERE,   b. 1 Nov 1116, England d. 26 Dec 1194, Norfolk, England (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F536734198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ida DE TOSNY,   b. Abt 1154, Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England d. 31 Mar 1204, Ripon, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 50 years)
  Marriage	1181	Of England   [2]
  Children	1. Margery BIGOD,   b. 1177, Spennithorne, Yorkshire, England d. 1237, Thetford, Lincolnshire, England (Age 60 years)   2. Mary BIGOD,   b. 1180, Ryedale, Yorkshire, England d. 7 Dec 1252, London, Middlesex, England (Age 72 years)   3. John LE BIGOD,   b. Aft 1183, England d. Yes, date unknown   4. Hugh BIGOD, Earl Of Norfolk & Suffolk,   b. Abt 1186, Thetford, Norfolk, England d. 11 Feb 1225, Thetford, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 39 years)   5. William le BIGOD,   b. Abt 1188, Thetford, Norfolk, England d. Abt 1240 (Age ~ 52 years)   6. Basilla BIGOD,   b. Abt 1190, Europe d. Europe   7. Margaret LE BIGOD,   b. Abt 1192, of Thetford, Norfolk, England d. 31 Mar 1237, Thetford, Lincolnshire, England (Age ~ 45 years)   8. Alice LE BIGOD,   b. 1192, Thetford, Norfolk, England d. Oct 1214, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England (Age 22 years)   9. Ida LE BIGOD,   b. Abt 1196, of Thetford, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F536734197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Roger Bigod (c. 1144/1150 – 1221) was the son of Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk and his first wife, Juliana de Vere. Although his father died 1176 or 1177, Roger did not succeed to the earldom of Norfolk until 1189 for his claim had been disputed by his stepmother for her sons by Earl Hugh in the reign of Henry II. Richard I confirmed him in his earldom and other honours, and also sent him as an ambassador to France in the same year. Roger inherited his father's office as royal steward. He took part in the negotiations for the release of Richard from prison, and after the king's return to England became a justiciar. During the Revolt of 1173– 74, Roger remained loyal to the king while his father sided with the king's rebellious sons. Roger fought at the Battle of Fornham on 17 October 1173, where the royalist force defeated a rebel force led by Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester.[1] In most of the years of the reign of King John, the earl was frequently with the king or on royal business. Yet Roger was to be one of the leaders of the baronial party which obtained John's assent to Magna Carta, and his name and that of his son and heir Hugh II appear among the twenty-five barons who were to ensure the king's adherence to the terms of that document. The pair were excommunicated by the pope in December 1215, and in 1216 John marched to East Anglia with a force of mercenaries and laid siege to Roger's seat of Framlingham Castle. Bigod was away, but Framlingham's garrison has 26 knights, 20 sergeants-at-arms, 7 crossbowmen, 1 chaplain and 3 others, perhaps enough to hold out until Roger returned to command support. Yet the castle surrendered two days, most likely for political expediency. The loss of the castle was temporary (Bigod made peace with the regents of John's son Henry III in 1217) but Roger seems to have retired from public life after this time. He died in 1221, his lands intact, the Bigod powerhouse secured and himself a respected figure. Around Christmas 1181, Roger married Ida, apparently Ida de Tosny (or Ida de Toesny),[2] and by her had a number of children including: 1. Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk who married in 1206/ 1207, 2. Maud, a daughter of William Marshal 3. William Bigod 4. Ralph Bigod 5. Roger Bigod 6. Margery, married William de Hastings 7. Mary Bigod, married Ralph fitz Robert[3] Many historians, including Marc Morris have speculated that the couple had a third daughter, Alice, who married Aubrey de Vere IV, Earl of Oxford as his second wife. If so, the marriage would have been well within the bounds of consanguinity, for the couple would have been quite closely related, a daughter of the second earl of Norfolk being first cousin once removed to the second earl of Oxford. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bigod,_2nd_Earl_of_Norfolk

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Dec 2024), entry for Hugh BIGOD, person ID K87Y-T65. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Dec 2024), entry for Roger Bigod, person ID KHH7-5JH. (Reliability: 3).