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
  _MILT	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	I6388	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  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
  Divorce	Bef 1156
  	The marriage was dissolved before 1156
  Family ID	F2018	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  [natural]
  Family ID	F2048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1144 - Norwich, Norfolk, England _MILT - 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

  
  

• 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

  [S251] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).