Born about in England
Ancestors 
Son of Roger Bigod
and Ida (Toeni) le Bigod
Brother of
William (Plantagenet) Longespée [half], William (Bigod) le Bigod, Mary (Bigod) FitzRobert, Margaret (Bigod) de Hastings, John Bigod, Roger Bigod and Ralph Bigod
Husband of
Maud (Marshal) de Warenne
— married
about 1207 (to about Feb 1225) in England
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 40
in England
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Darlene Athey-Hill 
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Biography
Birth and Parents
Hugh was the son and main heir of Roger le Bigod and Ida de Toeni.[1][2][3] His birth date is uncertain but his parents married around Christmas 1181,[4][5] so a guesstimate of about 1185 may not be unreasonable.
Marriage and Children
Hugh married Maud Marshal, daughter of William Marshal and Isabel de Clare (also known as Isabel FitzGilbert), probably before Lent 1207.[1][2][3] They had the following children:
Possible additional children were:
- William[1][2]
- Richard, a priest, named as "nepos" (descendant) of "marescali Anglie, comitis Pembroch, et ... comitis Norfulcie" (Marshal of England, Earl of Pembroke ... and Earl of Norfolk) in a papal indulgence of 1235[1][2]
Life
In 1215 Hugh and his father joined in the baronial unrest which led to the signing of the Magna Carta, of which they were both Surety Barons.[1][2]
In December 1215 Hugh was excommunicated, alongside his father and others, for his part in rebellion against King John. Hugh and Roger remained in rebellion until September 1217.[6]
In 1221 Roger le Bigod died. Hugh paid homage for his father's lands on 2 August 1221, and became 5th Earl of Norfolk overall,[1][2] and 3rd of the second creation.[3] Hugh also inherited the positions of Steward of the royal household and warden of Romford Forest, Essex.[1][2]
In the years 1221 to 1225, he
- made a small gift of property to Subton Abbey, Suffolk[1][2]
- granted the manor of Stockton, Norfolk to Hamo Lenveise[1][2]
- granted land at Mettingham, Suffolk to John FitzAugustine[1][2]
In 1222 Hugh was granted the right to hold a market at Dovercourt, Essex.[3]
In 1223 he took part in a campaign against Llewelyn of Wales.[3]
On 11 February 1224-5 he witnessed the confirmation of the Magna Carta.[3]
Death
Hugh died before 18 February 1224-5,[3] within days of his witnessing the Magna Carta confirmation. His wife survived him, going on to marry William de Warenne, one of the Illustrious Men listed as King John's advisers in the Magna Carta.[1][2]
Coat of arms
Or, a cross gules.[7]
Per pale Gules and Azure, a lion rampant ermine, as recorded during the signing of Magna Charta.[8][9]
Research Notes
Alleged son Simon
Blomefield's Topographical History of Norfolk suggests that Hugh was "said" to have had a son Simon, but gives no evidence for this.[10] There is no support for the relationship in Cokayne's Complete Peerage or other reliable sources more recent than Blomefield.[1][2]
Previously-shown son John
John Bigod has previously been shown on WikiTree as a son of Hugh. John's profile has no good sourcing, and he may never have existed.
Daughter said on Wikipedia to have married William Devereux
The Wikipedia entry for William Devereux says (as at 27 November 2021) that his first wife was a daughter of Hugh Bigod and Maud Marshall.[11] Wikipedia gives just one source for William Devereux's first wife being their daughter - an edition of a Welsh Assize Roll. The relevant paragraph in this book can be found on Familysearch, and whoever wrote this part of the Wikipedia article would appear to have misread it. The paragraph relates to a dispute between William Devereux and Roger Bigod, Bigod-41. It mentions a Roger Bigod as uncle of Roger, Bigod-41, not as uncle of William Devereux: the uncle is Roger Bigod, Bigod-39. There is no mention of a Hugh Bigod.[12]
Wikipedia's own article on Hugh Bigod lists no daughter who married William Devereux.[8]
Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Biography
For the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta in 2015, Professor Nigel Saul wrote a set of biographies of the Surety Barons. He and the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Committee generously gave permission for them to be reproduced on WikiTree. They can be viewed here.
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. I, pp. 200-202, Google Books
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. I, pp. 364-366, BIGOD 7
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 G E Cokayne. Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. IX, St Catherine Press, 1936, pp. 589-593, viewable on Familysearch
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 197, BIGOD 1
- ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 362
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry by S D Church for 'Bigod, Roger, second earl of Norfolk', print an online 2004, revised online 2006
- ↑ Matthew Paris. Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora 1250-1259, Part III (British Library Digitised Manuscripts); Royal MS 14 C VII, ff 157r-231r., The British Library
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wikipedia: Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk
- ↑ Gentleman's Magazine, October 1821, p. 224, Google Books
- ↑ Francis Blomefield, 'North Erpingham Hundred: Felbrigg', in An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 8 (London, 1808), pp. 107-119, British History Online, accessed 27 November 2021
- ↑ Wikipedia: William Devereux (1219-1265)
- ↑ John Conway Davies (ed,). The Welsh assize Roll 1277-1284, University of Wales Press, 1940, Familysearch
- Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands. Entry for HUGH Bigod, son of ROGER Bigod Earl of Norfolk & his wife Ida
- See also:
- For additional information about early baronies, see the top-level category page Early English Feudal Baronies. Individual category pages (links below) should include information specific to the category.
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
- Hugh le Bigod is a Magna Carta surety baron and has the Magna Carta Project as a manager.
- See Bigod-1 Descendants for profiles of his descendants that have been improved and categorized by the Magna Carta project and are in a project-approved trail to a Gateway Ancestor. See this index for links to other surety barons and category pages for their descendants. See the project's Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails.
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edited by [Living Seifert]
I see on the profile of Bigod-7 that you are querying the numbering of the Earls of Norfolk. Please also see Joe Cochoit's comment below on numbering of the Earls of Norfolk. We follow Cokayne on numbering. The Hugh of this profile therefore is the 5th Earl, and Bigod-7 the 3rd. The Cokayne entries for the Earls of Norfolk can be found in Vol. IX of the revised edition of his "Complete Peerage" at pp. 568 onwards.
[corrected for typos]
edited by Michael Cayley
Cokayne names only Isabel as a daughter of Hugh and Maud in a footnote which reads as if it is intended to mention all the known children apart from the oldest son who is named in the main text. Cokayne, Complete Peerage, revised edition, Vol. IX, p. 590, footnote c.
Unless good sourcing can be found, the suggestion that William Devereux married a daughter of Hugh Bigod should be regarded with considerable caution. I have added a warning marker to William Devereux's profile.
Looking in Royal Ancestry, Vol I, under Bigod starting on page 362, I can't even find any Hugh the third - (this Hugh's father is Roger). This Hugh le Bigod had a son Hugh BUT that son did not have a son Hugh (who would have been Hugh III, but no such person).
Thanks Liz!
"Hugh le Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk, died between 11th Feb. and 18 Feb. 1224/5."
Regardless that there may be more to it than can be covered here, and this era produces conflicting opinions among experts, it is my opinion WikiTree should continue to use "SIR" unless a question in G2G produces changes in the guidelines.
Hugh's son also named Hugh is written by Richardson with the honorific "SIR". A survey of other lords shows some with, others without.
On another tack, I'm thinking it's the Buhun line where the 4th or 5th Lord made the King very mad and had his properties taken away. Thus he never became the 4th or 5th Lord though numerous scribes and historians play loose with that point for some reason. Fortnately for that family, the heir resumed the titles, but what was his proper number?
edited by Fletcher Trice
I really dislike the prefix "Lady" and will often delete it. It is much more of a (relatively) modern thing than a medieval thing, especially in this time period. It also tends to get applied to many people inappropriately. Go through all the IPMs, close rolls, patent rolls, fine rolls, etc. and I don't think you will find many, if any, examples of a prefix being used in this form.
Martha (Yonge) Moore's ID # is Yonges-8, not Yonge-8. The relationship link to Hugh Bigod is through Hugh's daughter Isabel. Thank you.