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
[WFT European Origins Ped 283]
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:
- +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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