Individual Details
Roger 3rd le Bigod 2nd Earl of Norfolk & Magna Charta Surety
(May 1150 - Bef 2 Aug 1221)
Events
| Birth | May 1150 | Thetford Castle, Norfolkshire, England |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 25 Dec 1182 | Ida de Toeni Countess of Norfolk | |||
| Death | Bef 2 Aug 1221 | Thetford, Norfolkshire, England | |||
| Burial | 12 Aug 1221 | Thetford, Norfolkshire, England |
Families
| Spouse | Ida de Toeni Countess of Norfolk ( - ) |
| Child | Hugh 4th/III le Bigod 3rd Earl of Norfolk & Earl Marshall of England ( - 1225) |
| Child | Margery de Bigod (1184 - 1237) |
| Father | Hugh le Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk, Constable of Norwich Castle and Governor of the City of Norwich (1095 - 1177) |
| Mother | Juliane de Vere (1116 - 1199) |
Notes
Birth
The following is an excerpts are fromRichard Thomson: An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of KingJohn, London, 1829; Pages 279 – 280:"Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, wasthe son of Hugh, Steward to the Kings Henry I. and II., who was descendedfrom Roger Bigod, or Bigot, who in the time of William I. held severalManors in Norfolk; 6 Lordships in Essex; and and 117 in Sufolk. Camden,in his Remains, Lond. 1636, 4to. page 123, states the nameto be Norman, signifying Superstitious, or a Bigot; a word of which theEtymology remains yet uncertain, though it is allowed to have been adoptedfrom that language."
"Camden adds, that the people of Franceused to call the Normans Bigods, because at every other word they wouldswear by God; and hence the family of Bigod coming from Normandy,was knownby this national characteristic name. In 1189, the 1st of RichardI., a charter was issued, dated Westminster, Nov. 97th by which Roger Bigodwas constituted Earl of Norfolk the office of Steward was also confirmedto him, to gether with several Lordships, for all which he gave the Kingthe sum of 1000 marks or £660 13s. 4d."
"In the 15th year of the same King,he attended him into Poictou; in 1215 he was one of the Baronial partywhich exacted from him the Great Charter; and was appointed one of the25 Securities of that instrument, for which he was excommunicated by PopeInnocent III. . . . and his son Hugh succeeded him in his estates in 1220-21,the 5th of Henry III., in which year Roger Bigod is supposed to have died."