2nd Earl of Norfolk Roger Bigod

1144 - 1220  (76 years)

• Name	Roger Bigod  [1]
  Title	2nd Earl of Norfolk
  Birth	1144	Norwich, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	17 Oct 1173	Fornham St Genevieve, Suffolk, England
  	Roger fought at the Battle of Fornham, where the royalist force defeated a rebel force led by Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester
  Occupation	1215
  	He was one of twenty-five barons charged with overseeing the observance of Magna Carta
  		(Historic) Magna Carta The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment in medieval Latin, using standard abbreviations of the period, authenticated with the Great Seal of King John. The original wax seal was lost over the centuries. -- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta
  Death	1220	England   [1]
  Burial	Thetford, Norfolk, England   [1]
  Person ID	I6031	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	1st Earl of Norfolk Hugh Bigod,   b. 1095, Norfolk, England d. 6 Mar 1175, Thetford, Norfolk, England (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Juliana de Vere,   b. 1108, Essex, England d. 1199, Thetford, Norfolk, England (Age 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1144
  Marriage End	Bef 1156
  	The marriage was dissolved before 1156
  Family ID	F1993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ida de Tosny,   b. 1156, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 7 Mar 1226, Norfolk, England (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1181
  	Ida de Tosny was given to Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk in marriage by Henry II, together with the manors of Acle, Halvergate and South Walsham, which had been confiscated from his inheritance after his father's death (Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk)
  Children	1. Mary Bigod,   b. Yorkshire, England d. Yorkshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1144 - Norwich, Norfolk, England Military - Old World - Roger fought at the Battle of Fornham, where the royalist force defeated a rebel force led by Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester - 17 Oct 1173 - Fornham St Genevieve, Suffolk, England Death - 1220 - England Burial - - Thetford, Norfolk, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-COA of BIGOD Roger Arms adopted by Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk,

  
  

  Historic Documents

  (Historic) Magna Carta The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment in medieval Latin, using standard abbreviations of the period, authenticated with the Great Seal of King John. The original wax seal was lost over the centuries. -- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Roger Bigod 1144-1220. 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 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69748517/roger-bigod