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Roger Bigod1683, 1684, 1685, 1686, 1687, 1688, 1689, 1690, 1691, 1692 was born Abt. 1140 in Norfolk, England1693, 1694, and died Bef. August 02, 1221 in Thetford, Norfolk, England1695, 1696, 1697, 1698. He married Isabella or Ida Warenne on Abt. 1185 in England1699, 1700, 1701, daughter of Hamelin Warren Plantagenet.

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!Royal Steward of England, 1186; 2nd Earl of Norfolk, 1189; Baron of t he Exchequer, 1195-6; Magna Charta Surety, 1215. [Magna Charta Sureties ]

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!Eldest son, who succeeded as second Earl of Norfolk, and was reconstit uted in his earldom and the office of lord high steward by Richard I up on his accession, by charter dated Nov 27, 1189, and also obtained at t his time restitution of some manors his father had forfeited, with gran ts of others, and the confirmation of all demesnes he held. He was app ointed, 1189, by King
Richard one of the ambassadors from him to Philip of France, for obtain ing aid towards the recovery of the Holy Land. Upon the return of King R ichard from his captivity in Germany, the Earl assisted at a great coun cil held by the king at Nottingham, 1194, and at this monarch's second c oronation his lordship was one of the four earls that had the honor of c arrying the silken canopy over the monarch's head. In 1200 the Earl of N orfolk 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 s ubsequently attended King John into Poictou, and on his return was won o ver to their cause by the Barons and became one of the strongest advoca tes of the Charter of Liberty, and was elected one of the Sureties for t he observance of this great instrument, for which he was excommunicated b y Pope Innocent III. [Magna Charta Barons, p. 79]

!About 1190-1210, Roger, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, built a revolutionary new c astle, with a vast curtain-wall laced with 13 strong towers. The new c oncept, which enabled a large defensibility, replaced the Conisbrough t ype with its dominant keep. The castle passed from the Bigods, through c rown possession, to the Mowbrays, Dukes of Norfolk, who made it their c hief residence throughout the 15th century, and embellished and enlarge d it, transforming the castle and the streets and buildings which surro unded it into a fortified town. [Castles of England, Scotland and Wales , p. 150-1]

!M. 1. Lady Isabel de Warren, daughter of Hameline Plantagenet. [Magna C harta Barons, p. 281]

!Son of Juliana de Vere and Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk; m. Ida; fa ther of Margaret Bigod who m. Sir John Jermy. [The Royal Descents, p. 4 50]

The advowson or patronage of Bungay Priory, implying the assent of the p atron (usually formal) to the prioress chosen by the chapter, and certa in rights during a vacancy, belonged in the reign of Edward I to Roger B igod, earl of Norfolk. He also gave the mill of Wainford to Bungay Prio ry. [Victoria History of Suffolk, pp. 81-2]

Built Framlingham Castle in Suffolk. It has served many purposes throug hout the centuries: fortress, Elizabethan prison, poor house and school . It was at Framlingham in 1553 that Mary Tudor learned that she had be come Queen of England. [Realm, Vol. 58, Sept./Oct. 1994]

His name appears on the martyrology register of the Black Friars' benef action of Ipswich as being buried there. [Victoria History of Suffolk, p . 123]

Baron le Bigod; Lord High Steward of England; 2nd Earl of Norfolk, 1189 ; Magna Charta Surety, 1215; m. Ida; father of Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of N orfolk. [Ancestral Roots, p. 70]

2nd Earl of Norfolk; m. Isabel Plantagenet; father of Hugh, William, Th omas, Margery, Adeliza, and Mary; Magna Charta Surety. [j-hayes@MELB.MI NDSPRING.COM]

m. Ida; father of Hugh Bigod who m. Maud Marshall. [GRS 3.03, Automated A rchives, CD#100]

Fell out with King John. [Framlingham Castle
Eventually Hugh Bigod's son recovered his father's estate in the 1180s. R oger Bigod II rebuilt the castle in stone around the remains of his fat her's hall and chapel, adding towers and another hall. He remained loya l to King Richard I but not to John. Beseiged by John's foreign trwwops i n 1216, the castle was surrendered after two days, the defeated garriso n consisting of 26 knights, 20 sergeants (men-at-arms), 7 cropssbowmen, a c haplain and three others. This averages out at four defenders for a tow er and length of curtain wall together. [Framlingham and Orford Castles , p. 17]

Hugh Bigod died in 1178 and his son Roger Bigod II immediately set abou t rebuilding Framlingham Castle with curtain walls and projecting tower s, a great advancement on previous castles. [Castles of East Anglia: Fr amlingham Castle]

m. Ida (Isabel) Plantagenet; father of:
1. Hugh
2. William who m. Margaret de Sutton
3. Thomas
4. Alice/Adeliza who m. Alberic Audley de Vere
5. Margaret/Margery who m. William de Hastings
6. Mary who m. Robert FitzRanulf
7. Roger
8. Ralph
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More About Roger Bigod:
Burial: Unknown, Ipswich Church, Suffolk, England.1702, 1703
Owned: Suffolk, England.1704, 1705
Record Change: March 19, 20031705

More About Roger Bigod and Isabella or Ida Warenne:
Marriage: Abt. 1185, England.1706, 1707, 1708

Children of Roger Bigod and Isabella or Ida Warenne are:
  1. +Hugh II Bigod, b. Abt. 1185, of Thetford, Norfolk, England1709, 1710, d. February 18, 1224/25, of Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England1711, 1712.
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