Roger BIGOD

1144 - 1221  (77 years)

• Name	Roger BIGOD
  Born	1144
  Gender	Male
  Noteworthy	Was one of the 25 sureties of the Magna Carta in 1215, for which he was excommunicated.
  Died	1221
  Person ID	I43364	Main
  Last Modified	15 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Joshua HERRICK,   b. 19 Feb 1763, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 14 Jan 1833, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Mary JONES,   b. 1767, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 9 Aug 1848, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F30550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ida DE TOSNY,   d. ?
  Children	+ 1. Hugh BIGOD,   b. 1182,   d. 1225  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F30547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Roger Bigod (c. 1144/1150 – 1221) was the s/o 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, apparently Ida de Tosny (or Ida de Toesny)[1], and by her had a number of children including: 1. Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk who married in 1206/ 1207, Maud, a daughter of William Marshal 2. William Bigod 3. Ralph Bigod 4. Roger Bigod 5. Margery, married William de Hastings 6. Mary Bigod, married Ralph fitz Robert[2] 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.