Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk

Roger Bigod (c. 1245 – bf. 6 December 1306) was 5th Earl of Norfolk.

William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1147–1219), Marshall of England, which Roger Bigod himself adopted following his own appointment as Marshall of England, as is recorded in the following rolls of arms: Falkirk Roll (1298)(H3); St George's Roll (E18). Previously he had borne: Or, a cross gules, as recorded in the following rolls of arms: Glover's Roll (B3); St George's Roll (E23)^[1]

Marshal of England

from the Marshal family, of which these had formerly been the armorials

Marshal of England: Or, a cross gules as recorded as borne by him in the following rolls of arms: Glover's Roll (B3); St George's Roll (E23)^[2]

Origins

He was the son of Hugh Bigod (1211–1266), Justiciar, and succeeded his father's elder brother Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk (1209–1270) as 5th Earl of Norfolk in 1270.

Career

Bigod is the hero of an altercation with

feudal tenure of his lands he was only compelled to serve across the seas in the company of the king himself, whereupon Edward said, "By God, Earl, you shall either go or hang," to which Bigod replied, "By the same oath, O king, I will neither go nor hang."^[3]

Bigod gained his point, and after Edward had left for France, together with Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, Bigod prevented the collection of an aid for the war and forced Edward to confirm the charters in this year of 1297 and again in 1301. The historian William Stubbs reckoned Bigod and Bohun as "but degenerate sons of mighty fathers; greater in their opportunities than in their patriotism."^[4]

Bigod had done good service for the King in the past. In August 1282, for instance, contemporary accounts record Bigod "going to Wales on the king's service." During his absence in Ireland, Bigod had sent letters nominating Reginald Lyvet and William Cadel to act as his attorneys in England for the year.^[5] Reginald Lyvet was probably the son of Gilbert de Lyvet, who was Lord Mayor of Dublin for several terms in the early thirteenth century, and was a partisan of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. Some scholars have wondered how English barons like Bigod and the Clares kept such a tight hold on their Irish lands during a time when the English grip on Ireland was starting to weaken. Apparently part of the secret was the delegation of authority, as in this case by Bigod to his lieutenants Lyvet and Cadel.^[6]

Marriages

Bigod married firstly Aline Basset, widow of

Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (d. 1265), and daughter and heiress of Sir Philip Basset of Soham, Cambridgeshire, by his first wife Hawise de Lovaine, daughter of Sir Matthew de Lovaine, by whom he had no issue.^[7]

He married secondly

John II de Avenes, Count of Hainault, by Philippine, daughter of Henry, Count of Luxembourg and Roche, Marquis of Arlon, by whom he had no issue.^[7]

Death

Bigod died on 6 December 1306.[7]

Succession

In 1302 the elderly and childless Bigod surrendered his earldom to the king and received it back

entailed "to the heirs of his body". This had the effect of disinheriting his brother John. Thus, when Roger died without issue in December 1306, his title became extinct, and his estates escheated to the crown and were eventually bestowed on Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk.^[8]

Notes

^ "Norfolk".
^ "Norfolk".
^ Stubbs 138
^ Stubbs 312
^ Calendar of Patent Rolls, August 1282, sdrc.lib.uiow.edu/patentrolls
^ “English Lords in Late Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Century Ireland: Roger Bigod and the de Clare lords of Thomond”, Beth Hartland, King's College, London, The English Historical Review, 2007, oxfordjournals.org
^ ^a ^b ^c Richardson I 2011, p. 204.
^ Tout 139, McFarlane 262

References

Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City.
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McFarlane, K. B. (1973). "Had Edward I a 'Policy' towards the Earls?". The Nobility of Later Medieval England. pp. 248–267., reprinted from History, 50 (1965), 145–59

Stubbs, William (1906). The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development, vol. 2.

Thompson, Edward Maunde (1886). "Bigod, Roger (1245-1306)" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 26–27.
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Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bigod, Hugh". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 923.

Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Norfolk	Lord Marshal 1269–1306	Succeeded by Robert de Clifford
Peerage of England
Preceded by Roger Bigod	Earl of Norfolk 1270–1306	Extinct

[1] "Norfolk".

[2] "Norfolk".

[3] Stubbs 138

[4] Stubbs 312

[5] Calendar of Patent Rolls, August 1282, sdrc.lib.uiow.edu/patentrolls

[6] “English Lords in Late Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Century Ireland: Roger Bigod and the de Clare lords of Thomond”, Beth Hartland, King's College, London, The English Historical Review, 2007, oxfordjournals.org

[FOOTNOTERichardson_I2011204-7] Richardson I 2011, p. 204.

[8] Tout 139, McFarlane 262

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