BIGOD, Earl Robert II

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• Name	BIGOD, Robert
  Prefix	Earl
  Suffix	II
  Birth	1035	Normandy, France
  Christening	Malitot, Loges, Chanon, France
  Gender	Male
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  Burial	Sep 1107	Abbey of Whetford, England
  Death	15 Sep 1107	Earsham, Norfolk, England
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  Father	BIGOD, Robert Le I ,   b. 1015, Averanches, Normandy, France Averanches, Normandy, Franced. 1071, Malitot Loges, Chanon, Normandy, France (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1034
  Family ID	F14294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SAUVEUR, Billeheude de St ,   b. Abt 1000, Saint-Sauver-la-Sagne, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France Saint-Sauver-la-Sagne, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Franced. 1060, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1065
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 14 Dec 1936, SLAKE.
  Children	2 sons
  + 1. BIGOD, Earl Roger I ,   b. 1045, Normandy, France Normandy, Franced. 8 Sep 1107, Earsham, Suffolk, England (Age 62 years)   2. BIGOD, William ,   b. 1070, Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United Statesd. Abt 1170, Norfolk, Essex, England (Age 100 years)
  Family ID	F15921	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Roger Bigod of Norfolk Roger Bigod (died 1107) was a Norman knight who travelled to England in the Norman Conquest. He held great power in East Anglia, and five of his descendants were earls of Norfolk. He was also known as Roger Bigot, appearing as such as a witness to the Charter of Liberties of Henry I of England. Biography Roger came from a fairly obscure family of poor knights in Normandy. Robert le Bigot, certainly a relation of Roger's, possibly his father, acquired an important position in the household of William, Duke of Normandy (later William I of England), due, the story goes, to his disclosure to the duke of a plot by the duke's cousin William Werlenc.[1] Both Roger and Robert may have fought at the Battle of Hastings, and afterwards they were rewarded with a substantial estate in East Anglia. The Domesday Book lists Roger as holding six lordships in Essex, 117 in Suffolk and 187 in Norfolk. Bigod's (Bigot) base was in Thetford, Norfolk, then the see of the bishop, where he founded a priory later donated to the abbey at Cluny. In 1101 he further consolidated his power when Henry I granted him licence to build a castle at Framlingham, which became the family seat of power until their downfall in 1307. Another of his castles was Bungay Castle, also in Suffolk. In 1069 he, Robert Malet and Ralph de Gael (then Earl of Norfolk), defeated Sweyn Estrithson (Sweyn II) of Denmark near Ipswich. After Ralph de Gael's fall in 1074, Roger was appointed sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and acquired many of the dispossessed earl's estates. For this reason he is sometimes counted as Earl of Norfolk, but he probably was never actually created earl. (His son Hugh acquired the title earl of Norfolk in 1141.) He acquired further estates through his influence in local law courts as sheriff and great lord of the region. In the Rebellion of 1088 he joined other barons in England against William II, whom they hoped to depose in favour of Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy. He seems to have lost his lands after the rebellion had failed, but regained them after reconciling with the king. In 1100, Robert Bigod (Bigot) was one of the witnesses recorded on the Charter of Liberties, King Henry I's coronation promises later to influence the Magna Carta of 1215. In 1101 there was another attempt to bring in Robert of Normandy by removing King Henry, but this time Roger Bigod stayed loyal to the king. He died on 9 September 1107 and is buried in Norwich. Upon his death there was a dispute over his burial place between the Bishop of Norwich, Herbert Losinga, and the monks at Thetford Priory, founded by Bigod. The monks claimed Roger's body, along with those of his family and successors, had been left to them by Roger for burial in the priory in Roger's foundation charter (as was common practice at the time). The bishop of Norwich stole the body in the middle of the night and had him buried in the new cathedral he had built in Norwich. For some time he was thought to have two wives, Adelaide/Adeliza and Alice/Adeliza de Tosny. It is now believed these were the same woman, Adeliza (Alice) de Tosny (Toeni, Toeny). She was the sister and coheiress of William de Tosny, Lord of Belvoir. He was succeeded by his eldest son, William Bigod, and, after William drowned in the sinking of the White Ship, by his second son, Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk. He also had three daughters: Gunnor, who married Robert fitz Swein of Essex, Lord of Rayleigh; Cecily, who married William d'Aubigny "Brito"; and Maud, who married William d'Aubigny "Pincerna", and was mother to William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel.[2] See also House of Tosny Ida de Tosny (wife of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk) Notes mentioned by William of Jumièges in Gesta Normannorum Ducum. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, vol. 9. 1. II - 4TH EARL OF NORFOLD ROGER3 BIGOT (ROBERT CHAMBERLAIN2, ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1070 in Of, St Saveur, Normandy, France Or Norfolk, and died September 15, 1107 in Egersham, Norfolk, England Or Thetford, Norfolk, England. He married ADELIZA TONI Abt. 1090 in Of, Isleworth, Middlesex, England, daughter of ROBERT TONI and ADELIZA ADELAIDE. She was born Abt. 1073 in Of, Saint Saveur, Normandy, France Or Hinckley, Leicester, England, and died 1135. Notes for II - 4TH EARL OF NORFOLD ROGER BIGOT: Earl Of East Anglia - Lord Belvoir Date of Import: Dec 26, 2000 TYPE Christened PLAC Of Framlingham, Suffolk, England Title: v11t4329.FTW Source: Ahnentafel for President John Adams In the 'Roman de Rou,' iii. 8571-82 - holding lands at Malitot, Loges, and Chanon in Normandy, and as serving the duke in his household as one Of his seneschals. He was small Of body, but brave and bold, and assaulted the English gallantly Roger Bigot is not traced in English records before 1079, but by this time he may have been endowed with the forfeited estates Of Ralph de Guader, earl Of Norfolk, whose downfall took place in 1074. In Domesday he appears as holding six lordships in Essex, and 117 in Suffolk. From Henry I h e received the gift Of Framlingham, which became the principal stronghold Of him and his descendants. He likewise held the office Of king's dapifer, or steward, under William Rufus and Henry I. Roger Bigot became a considerable land holder in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk after the Norman conquest. He was appointed Steward Of Henry I's Household and in 1101 obtained the manor Of Framlingham from the Crown. His son, Hugh, who received the Earldom Of the East Angles (later the Earldom Of Norfolk), built the first castle there, probably in 1140, consisting Of a motte with wooden tower surrounded by wooden walls. ROGER Bigot, who was in the time Of William the Conqueror possessed six lordships in Essex , and a bun d red and seven teen in Suffolk, besides divers manors in Norfolk. Roger, adhering to the party that took up arms against William Rufus, in the 1st year Of that monarch's reign (1087), fortified the castle at Norwich, and wasted the country around. A t the accession Of Henry I, being a witness Of the king's laws, and a staunch in his interests, he obtained Framlingh m in Suffolk, as a gift from the crown. We find further O f him that he founded, in 1103, the abbey Of Whetford, in N orfolk, and that he was buried there at his decease in four years after, leaving , by Adeliza his wife, daughter and co-heir Of Hugh de Grentesmesnil, high steward Of England , two sons Hugh and William. ALIA Roger /Bigot/ SOUR History Of The House Arundel 155 Given Name: Roger Surname: Bigot A1C 20 p.287 Eng. 138 pt 2 p. 43,44, A9 C7 p. 155, Norf 20 V 1 p. 443. Archive Record - SLC, UT His children could not have been born at The time shown o m The archive record and his Death date be 1107.[toemma.FTW] Earl Of East Anglia - Lord Belvoir Date of Import: Dec 26, 2000 TYPE Christened PLAC Of Framlingham, Suffolk, England Title: v11t4329.FTW More About II - 4TH EARL OF NORFOLD ROGER BIGOT: Fact 1: Earl Marshal Of England Fact 2: Berengeve Of Bayeux Might Be A Wife (And Mother Of Maud) Fact 3: Thetford, Norfolk shire, England Notes for ADELIZA TONI: Title: William Micheal "Mickey" Dignon 357 North First Street, Los Banos, CA 93635-3170, (209) 827 -1837 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 22, 1999 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 22, 1999 maybe : Adeliza de Tony, Of Grentmesnil, Adelide Grentmais nill Toni, Adelaide Adelidis)- possibly born - Normandy, France, Of, Grentemesnil, Calvado s, France ALIA Adaliza /Grentmesnil/ Given Name: Adeliza Surname: Of Toni PEDI birth From Ancestral File (TM), data as Of 2 January 1996. Source: LDS Ancestral File AFN 9HQJ-QL ALIA Adaliza /Grentmesnil/[toemma.FTW] Title: William Micheal "Mickey" Dignon 357 North First Street, Los Banos, CA 93635-3170, (209) 827 -1837 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 22, 1999 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 22, 1999 maybe : Adeliza de Tony, Of Grentmesnil, Adelide Grentmais nill Toni, Adelaide Adelidis)- possibly born - Normandy, France, Of, Grentemesnil, Calvado s, France ALIA Adaliza /Grentmesnil/ Given Name: Adeliza Surname: Of Toni PEDI birth From Ancestral File (TM), data as Of 2 January 1996. Source: LDS Ancestral File AFN 9HQJ-QL ALIA Adaliza /Grentmesnil/ Marriage Notes for ROGER BIGOT and ADELIZA TONI: Title: William Micheal "Mickey" Dignon,357 North First Street,Los Banos, CA 93635-3170 (209) 827-1837 REPO CALN MEDI Other DATA TEXT Date of Import: Aug 22, 1999 Children of ROGER BIGOT and ADELIZA TONI are: 2. i. ADELIZA4 BIGOT, b. Abt. 1077, Of, Thetford, Norfolk, England; d. Bef. 1119. 3. ii. 1ST EARL OF NORFOLK HUGH BIGOT, b. Abt. 1090, Of, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England; d. Bef. March 06, 1174/75, Thetford Abbey, Norfolk, England Or 1177. iii. GUNNOR BIGOT, b. 1093, Of, Norfolk, England; m. (1) ROBERT FITZSUEIN, Abt. 1129, Of, Orkney Islands, Scotland; b. Abt. 1085; m. (2) HAMO OF CLARE, Aft. 1134, Of, Perthshire, Scotland; b. Abt. 1096; d. Y. Notes for ROBERT FITZSUEIN: From Ancestral File (TM), data as Of 2 January 1996.[toemma.FTW] iv. WILLIAM BIGOT, b. Abt. 1096, Belvoir Castle, Norfolk, England; d. November 26, 1120, White Ship, Barfleur, Manche, France. More About WILLIAM BIGOT: Cause of Death: Drowned in the wreck of the White Ship v. MAUD MATILDA BIGOT, b. Abt. 1096, Of Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England; d. Bef. 1136; m. WILLIAM D'ALBINI, 1108; b. Abt. 1070, Aubigny, Normandy, France; d. 1139, Buried The High Alter At Abbey Of Wymondham, Norfolk. Notes for MAUD MATILDA BIGOT: From Ancestral File (TM), data as Of 2 January 1996. Given Name: Maud Surname: Bigot PEDI birth[2kgedcom.FTW] PED Of AUGUSTINE H. AYERS[toemma.FTW] From Ancestral File (TM), data as Of 2 January 1996. Given Name: Maud Notes for WILLIAM D'ALBINI: Given Name: William Surname: D'AUBIGNY GEC Complete Peerage 9:366-67, 1:233-35; Burke, Dormant & E xtinct Peerage, Eng. P 1 p. 2. Archive Record - SLC, UT PEDI birth From Ancestral File (TM), data as Of 2 January 1996. vi. MARY BIGOT, b. Abt. 1096, Of Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire; d. 1104. vii. RICHARD BIGOT, b. Abt. 1096; d. Y. viii. JOHN BIGOT, b. Abt. 1096; d. Y.https://www.familysearch.org/search ix. JANE BIGOT, b. Abt. 1096; d. Y; m. RICHARD WARKWORTH; b. Abt. 1096; d. Y. x. CECELIA BIGOT, b. Abt. 1106, Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England; m. WILLIAM PINCERNA BELVOIR; b. Abt. 1106, Of Meschin. Notes for CECELIA BIGOT: From Ancestral File (TM), data as Of 2 January 1996. Given Name: Cicely Surname: Bigot PEDI birth SOUR History Of The House Arundel[toemma.FTW] Given Name: William Surname: d'Albini From Ancestral File (TM), data as Of 2 January 1996.