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Roger Bigod 2nd Earl of Norfolk


Preferred Parents:
Father: Hugh Bigod,   d. 1177
Mother: Juliana de Vere,   

Family 1: Ida de Toeni,    b. AFT 1160 in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, England    d. 31 MAR 1204 in Ripon, Yorkshire, England
  1. Mary Bigod, b. 1188 in Thetford, Norfolk, England     d. 31 MAR 1237 in Middleham, Yorkshire, England
  2. Margaret Bigod, b. 1182 in Norfolk, England     d. ABT 31 MAR 1237 in Norfolk, England
  3. Mary Bigod, b. ABT 1180 in Thetford, Norfolk, England     d. ABT 7 DEC 1252 in London, Middlesex, England
  4. Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl of Norfolk, b. 18 FEB 1186 in Thetford, Norfolk, England     d. 11 FEB 1225 in Thetford, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England
Family 2: Isabella De Warenne,    b. 1139 in Crownthorpe, Norfolk, England    d. 13 JUL 1203
  1. Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl of Norfolk, b. 18 FEB 1186 in Thetford, Norfolk, England     d. 11 FEB 1225 in Thetford, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England
  2. Margery Bigod, b. ABT 1194     d. 31 MAR 1237
Sources:
  1. Title: Find a Grave: Roger Bigod (1144-1220
    Publication: Name: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=69748517;
    Note: Bio found at Find a Grave Roger Bigod was the son of Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk and his first wife, Juliana de Vere. Although his father died in 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. 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 did not make peace with the regents of John's son Henry III until 1217. Around Christmas 1181, Roger married Ida de Tosny (or Ida de Toesny), and by her had a number of children including: Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, a Magna Carta surety, William Bigod Ralph Bigod Roger Bigod Margery, married William de Hastings Mary Bigod, married Ralph fitz Robert
    Page: Find a Grave
  2. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/15568974;
  3. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Roger Le Bigod II Earl of Norfolk -
    Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Bigod1, Hastings01
    Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3246398939
  4. Title: Roger Bigod in "The Magna charta barons and their American descendants..."
    Author: The Magna charta barons and their American descendants with the pedigrees of the founders of the Order of Runnemede deduced from the sureties for the enforcement of the statutes of the Magna charta of King John by Browning, Charles Henry
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/magnachartabaro00browgoog/page/n81/mode/1up;
    Note: BIOGRAPHIES OF THE SURETIES ROGER BIGOD Roger Bigod, or le Bigot, a feudal Baron, the first of this great family that settled in England, was in the Conqueror's time possessed of six lordships in Essex and one hundred and seventeen in Suffolk. Adhering to the party that took up arms against William Rufus, he fortified the castle of Norwich, and wasted the country around. At the accession of Henry I., being a witness of the king's laws and stanch in his interests, he obtained gifts of land from the crown, and was lord high steward in right of his wife. In 1103 he and his wife founded the abbey of Whetfor, in Norfolk, where he was buried in 1107, 7 Henry I. He m. before 1103, Adeliza, or Alice, who survived him, daughter of Hugh Grentemaisnil, lord of Hinckley, Ashby-Legers, County Northampton, lord high steward of England, d. s. p. m. 1098, by his wife Adelhyde, d. 1091, daughter of the Count de Beaumont, and had : Hugh Bigod, second son, who succeeded his elder brother, William, accidentally drowned s,p. with the king's children, 20 Henry I., as steward of the household to Henry I. He was mainly instrumental in raising Stephen, Earl of Boulogne, to the throne, upon the decease of Henry I., and was rewarded by him with the earldom of East Angles, or Norfolk, about 11 40. He was steadfast and faithful in his allegiance to King Stephen through the difficulties which beset that monarch, and gallantly defended Ipswich Castle against the Empress Maud and her son, but was finally obliged to surrender for want of timely relief. That he was a wealthy and powerful noble is evident from his certifying his knight's fees to be one hundred and sixty in 12 Henry II. He evidently enjoyed royal favor, as he was recreated Earl of Norfolk by Henry II., and obtained a grant of the office of lord high steward of the kingdom, which his father had held. Notwithstanding these and other equally substantial marks of the king's liberality, the Earl of Norfolk arrayed himself under the banner of Robert, Earl of Leicester, in the insurrection incited by that nobleman in favor of the king's son, 19 Henry II. His part in this rebellion cost him the loss of his strongest castles and the heavy fine of one thousand marks, over six hundred and sixty-six pounds. After this he made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and died 23 Henry II., 1177. He had by his first wife, Juliana, sister of Alberic de Vere, created, 1135, Earl of Oxford, great high chamberlain of England, and daughter of Alberic, second Baron de Vere, of Kensington, appointed by Henry I. great high chamberlain of England, by his wife Adeliza, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, of Tonebruge, Kent, and his wife Adeliza, daughter of Hugh, Count de Clermont : Roger Bigod, eldest son, who succeeded as second Earl of Norfolk, and was reconstituted in his earldom and the office of lord high steward by Richard I. upon his accession, by charter dated November 27, 1189, and also obtained at this time restitution of some manors his father had forfeited, with grants of others, and the confirmation of all demesnes he held. He was appointed, 1189, by King Richard one of the ambassadors from him to Philip of France, for obtaining aid towards the recovery of the Holy Land. Upon the return of King Richard from his captivity in Germany, the Earl assisted at a great council held by the king at Nottingham, 1194, and at this monarch's second coronation his lordship was one of the four earls that had the honor of carrying the silken canopy over the monarch's head. In 1200 the Earl of Norfolk was sent by King John as one of his messengers to summon William, King of Scotland, to do homage to him in Parliament at Lincoln, and subsequently attended King John into Poictou, and on his return was won over to their cause by the Barons and became one of the strongest advocates of the Charter of Liberty, and was elected one of the Sureties for the observance of this great instrument, for which he was excommunicated by Pope Innocent III. Heel. 5 Henry III., 1220- 21, having had issue by his wife Isabella, daughter of Hameline Plantagenet, d. 1202, fifth Earl of Surrey, in right of his wife, m. 1163-4, Isabella, cl. 1199, widow of Willam de Blois, d. s. p. 1160, a natural son of King Stephen (Hameline Plantagenet, b. before 1151, was a natural son of Geoffrey, Count of Anjou), and daughter and heiress of William, third Earl of Warren and Surrey, d. s.p. m. 1148 (by his wife Alice, or Adela de Talvas, or Talvace, d. 1174, daughter of William, Count of Alengon and Ponthieu, by his second wife, Alix, widow of Bertrand, Count de Tripoli, and daughter of Eudes, Duke of Burgundy, a crusader, d. 1102, a great-grandson of Robert the Pious, King of France), son of William, second Earl of Warren and Surrey, and his wife Isabel, or Elizabeth de Vermandois, daughter of Hugh the Great, son of Henry I., King of France : Hugh Bigod, third Earl of Norfolk. William Bigod, m. Margaret, daughter of Robert de Sutton. Thomas Bigod. Margery, wife of William de Hastings. Issue. Adeliza, wife of Alberic de Vere, Earl of Oxford ; d. s.p. Mary, wife of Ralph Fitz-Robert, of Middlehams. Arms. — Gules ; a Lion passant (are the arms generally attributed to this Surety, but there is evidence that Or, a Cross Gules, more properly describes the arms he bore.
  5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: 2 Earl Roger Of Norfolk Bigod -
    Author: AFN
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244698971
  6. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Note: Earl Hugh & his first wife had one child: 1. ROGER Bigod (-1221 before 2 Aug). Robert of Torigny records the death in 1177 of "Hugo Bigot comes" and that he was succeeded by "Rogerius filius eius"[996]. He was recognised as Earl of Norfolk 25 Nov 1189. The Red Book of the Exchequer, listing scutage payments in [1190/91], records "Rogerus Bigod" paying "lxii l xii s vi d" in Norfolk, Suffolk[997]. “Rogerus Bigot comes Norfolchiæ” donated property to Colne priory, for the souls of “Hugone Bigot fratris mei et comitissæ Julianæ matris meæ et Idæ uxoris meæ”, by undated charter, witnessed by “Hugone Bigot filio meo…”[998]. The Liber Vitæ of Durham lists (in order) "Comes Rogerus Bigot, Ida uxor eius, Henricus capellanus, Hugo, Willelmus, Rogerus, Johannes, Radulfus, G. G. dapifer, Basilia, Maria, Margareta, Ida pueri eius"[999]. m IDA, daughter of ---. The Liber Vitæ of Durham lists (in order) "Comes Rogerus Bigot, Ida uxor eius, Henricus capellanus, Hugo, Willelmus, Rogerus, Johannes, Radulfus, G. G. dapifer, Basilia, Maria, Margareta, Ida pueri eius"[1000]. “Rogerus Bigot comes Norfolchiæ” donated property to Colne priory, for the souls of “Hugone Bigot fratris mei et comitissæ Julianæ matris meæ et Idæ uxoris meæ”, by undated charter, witnessed by “Hugone Bigot filio meo…”[1001]. She was mistress ([1175/76] of Henry II King of England, and mother of William Longespee Earl of Salisbury. The relationship is confirmed by two documents. Firstly, William Longespee refers to his mother as "comitissa Ida, mater mea" and "Ida comitissa, mater mea" in two charters[1002]. Secondly, a list of hostages captured at the battle of Bouvines in 1214 includes "Rad[ulfus] Bigot frater comitis Salesbir[iensis]"[1003]. Roger & his wife had [seven] children: a) HUGH Bigod (-[11/18] Feb 1225). b) WILLIAM Bigod . c) JOHN Bigod . d) RALPH Bigod (-after 1214). e) ROGER Bigod (-1230). f) BASILIA . g) MARY Bigod . m. Randulf fitzRobert h) MARGERY Bigod . m William de Hastings i) IDA . j) [ALICE Bigod (-after 1214). m. Aubrey de Vere
  7. Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors: Roger le Bigod, Magna Carta Surety (1140-1221)
    Author: Citations: [S899] Unknown author, The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants, by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 446. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 197-198. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 361-363. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 329-330. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 171. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 313. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 243. [S11568] The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IX, p. 586, notes. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 240. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 225.
    Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p168.htm#i5037;
    Note: Sir Roger le Bigod, Magna Carta Surety, [1,2,3,4,5] Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #5037, b. before 1140, d. between 1 January 1221 and 2 August 1221 Father Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, Suffolk2,3 b. c 1099, d. 1176 Mother Juliana de Vere2,3 b. c 1116 Charts Some Descendants of Charlemagne Sir Roger le Bigod, Magna Carta Surety, 4th Earl Norfolk, Keeper of Hertford Castle was born before 1140 at of Norfolk, England.2,3 He married Ida de Tony, daughter of Sir Ralph V de Tony, Seigneur de Toéni (Tosny) and Margaret de Beaumont, circa 25 December 1181; They had 5 sons (Hugh, 5th Earl of Norfolk; William; Roger; John; & Ralph) and 3 daughters (Mary, wife of Ranulph Fitz Robert; Margaret, wife of Sir William de Hastings; & Ida).2,3,5 Sir Roger le Bigod, Magna Carta Surety, 4th Earl Norfolk, Keeper of Hertford Castle died between 1 January 1221 and 2 August 1221.2,3 Family: Ida de Tony Children: Margaret le Bigod+2,6,3,7,4 William le Bigod8,2 d. c 1234 Ralph le Bigod2 d. a 1214 Roger le Bigod2 Hugh le Bigod, Magna Carta Surety, 5th Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk+2,3 b. c 1178, d. bt 11 Feb 1225 - 18 Feb 1225 Mary le Bigod+2,9,3,10 b. c 1180 Alice le Bigod b. c 1182
    Page: relationships, dates, places, and 10 sources
  8. Title: The Peerage.com - Roger le Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk
    Author: Citations [S79] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004), page 456. Hereinafter cited as Plantagenet Ancestry. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IX, page 579. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IX, page 585. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume IX, page 589. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3464. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
    Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p21779.htm#i217790;
    Note: Roger le Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk was the son of Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk and Juliane de Vere.2,3 He married Ida de Tosny.1 He died before 2 August 1221.1 He gained the title of 2nd Earl of Norfolk. Children of Roger le Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk and Ida de Tosny Hugh le Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk+4 d. c 11 Feb 1225 Alice le Bigod5 d. a 1214
    Page: relationships, title
  9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Earl Roger Bigod - Individual or family possessions: birth: about 1148; Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Note: Individual or family possessions: birth: about 1148; Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2742464802
  10. Title: Wikipedia - Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk (1144-1221)
    Author: Bartlett, Robert C. (2000). England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings: 1075–1225. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 257–258. ISBN 0-19-822741-8. For Ida's ancestry, see "Some corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 9: Summary" and Marc Morris's The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century S. D. Church, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Morris, Marc (2005). The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century (illustrated ed.). Boydell. ISBN 9781843831648. Liber Vitae Ecclesiae Dunelmensis, Vol. 13 Morris, Marc. The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century (2005) Cawley, Charles, Medieval Lands Project on Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bigod,_2nd_Earl_of_Norfolk;
    Note: 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 in 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. King 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. Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk Coat_of_arms_of_Roger_Bigod%2C_Earl_of_Norfolk_and_Suffolk.png Arms adopted by Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, at the start of the Age of Heraldry c. 1200–1215 (dropped after 1269 by Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk): Or, a cross gules Born c. 1144/1150 Died 1221 Bigod family Spouse(s) Ida de Tosny Issue Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk William Bigod Ralph Bigod Roger Bigod Margery de Hastings Mary Bigod Father Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk Mother Juliana de Vere 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. 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), and by her had a number of children including: Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk who married in 1206/1207, Maud, a daughter of William Marshal William Bigod Ralph Bigod Roger Bigod Margery, married William de Hastings Mary Bigod, married Ralph fitz Robert 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.
    Page: History
  11. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Earl Roger Bigod -
    Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
  12. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Earl Roger Bigod - birth: 1150; Thetford, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Author: v11t4329.FTW, Not Given
    Note: birth: 1150; Thetford, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom Source Media Type: Other death: before 2 August 1221; Thetford, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom Source Media Type: Other burial: 1221; Thetford, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom Source Media Type: Other Source Media Type: Other
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222792
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