William Bigod (abt. 1160)

Born about 1160 in Norfolk, England

Ancestors

William Bigod was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Biography

William Bigod was the son of Hugh Bigod and his second wife Gundred, believed to be the daughter of Roger de Beaumont and Gundreda de Warenne although there is some uncertainty about the parentage of Gundred (see research notes).

Research notes

William Bigod’s mother - Complete Peerage states the William’s father, Hugh Bigod, married secondly Gundred ‘apparently’ the daughter of Roger, Earl of Warwick,by Gundred, daughter of of William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and in a footnote offers circumstantial evidence.^[1] Medieval Lands discusses the Complete Peerage assumptions and concludes that her parentage should be considered uncertain.^[2] Wikipedia^[3] names William Bigod’s mother as Gundreda, daughter of Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick but gives no source information.

Sources

1. ↑ George E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom : Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910), Vol. IX, p.585, footnote e
2. ↑ Charles Cawley, “Medieval Lands : A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families,” http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#HughBigodNorfolkdied1177B
3. ↑ Hugh Bigod, Ist Earl of Norfolk

• FMG [1]
• Wikipedia contributors, "Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, [2] (accessed March 21, 2017).
• Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011, p 199 [3] (Richardson makes William the brother of Hugh, and son of Roger and Ida de Tony)