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Birth:          ABT 1150 Norfolk, Norfolk, England
Death:          2 Jul 1221 Thetford, Norfolk, England

Notes
Magna Carta surety
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bigod,_2nd_Earl_of_Norfolk
Roger Bigod (c.?1144/1150 – 1221) was the son of Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk 
and his first wife, Juliana de Vere. Although his father died 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.

During the Revolt of 1173–74, Roger remained loyal to the king while his father sided 
with the king's rebellious sons. Roger fought at the Battle of Fornham on 17 October 
1173, where the royalist force defeated a rebel force led by Robert de Beaumont, 3rd 
Earl of Leicester.[1]

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),[2] 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[3]

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.

Roger Bigod in fiction[edit]

Roger Bigod and his wife Ida de Tosny are the main characters in Elizabeth 
Chadwick's The Time of Singing (Sphere, 2008), published in the USA as For the 
King's Favor. They appear as minor characters in other of her books set at the same 
time, notably To Defy a King, which concerns the marriage of their son Hugh to Maud, 
a daughter of William Marshal

Parents
BIGOD Hugh (ABT 1095 - 1177)
DE VERE Juliana (ABT 1108 - 1200)

Siblings
BIGOD Isabel (ABT 1134 - )
BIGOD Roger (ABT 1150 - 2 Jul 1221)

Marriage To DE TOSNY Ida (ABT 1160 - )
    m. Dec 1181 

Notes

Parents
DE TOSNY Ralph V (ABT 1130 - 1162)
DE BEAUMONT Margaret (ABT 1125 - )

Children by DE TOSNY Ida ABT 1160 - 
BIGOD Hugh (ABT 1182 - 18 Feb 1225)
BIGOD Margaret (Margery) (ABT 1194 - 31 Mar 1237)
BIGOD Mary (ABT 1196 - )

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