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Birth:          ABT 1182 of Thetford, Norfolk, England
Death:          18 Feb 1225 England
Burial:         BEF 31 Dec 1225 Thetford Church, Thetford, Norfolk, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Bigod,_3rd_Earl_of_Norfolk
Hugh Bigod (c.?1182 – 18 February 1225) was a member of the powerful early Norman 
Bigod family and was for a short time the 3rd Earl of Norfolk.
He was born c. 1182, the eldest son of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk by his wife 
Ida de Tosny.

Career[edit]

In 1215 he was one of the twenty-five sureties of Magna Carta of King John. He 
succeeded to his father’s estates (including Framlingham Castle) in 1221.

Marriage & progeny[edit]

In late 1206 or early 1207, Hugh married Maud Marshal (1192 - 27 March 1248), 
daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1147–1219), Marshal of England, 
by his wife Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke. They had four, or possibly five, 
children:
Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk (c.?1209-1270), died without progeny.
Hugh Bigod (1211–1266), Justiciar of England. Married Joan de Stuteville, by whom he 
had issue.
Isabel Bigod (c. 1212- 1250), married twice: Firstly to Gilbert de Lacy, by whom she 
had issue; Secondly to John FitzGeoffrey, Lord of Shere, by whom she had issue, 
including Maud FitzJohn, and Joan FitzJohn who married Theobald le Botiller, and from 
whom descended the Irish Earls of Ormond.
Ralph Bigod (born c. 1215)

Contrary to the assertion of Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, there is no 
evidence for a fourth son called Simon Bigod. A man of that name appears as a 
witness to one of Earl Hugh's charters (Morris, HBII 2), but as the eighteenth name in 
a list of twenty, suggesting no close connection to the main branch of the family. He is 
also named among the knights who surrendered to King John at Framlingham Castle in 
1216. He was a probably a descendant of Hugh or William Bigod, half-brothers to Earl 
Roger II Bigod.

Death[edit]

Hugh died on 18 February 1225. Very soon after Hugh's death, his widow Maud 
remarried William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey.

Hugh Bigod in fiction[edit]

Hugh Bigod and his wife [Mahelt] are the main characters in Elizabeth Chadwick's To 
Defy a King. They also appear as secondary characters in novels chronicling their 
parents such as The Time of Singing (UK: Sphere, 2008) published in the USA as For 
the King's Favor; The Greatest Knight; and The Scarlet Lion.

Parents
BIGOD Roger (ABT 1150 - 2 Jul 1221)
DE TOSNY Ida (ABT 1160 - )

Siblings
BIGOD Hugh (ABT 1182 - 18 Feb 1225)
BIGOD Margaret (Margery) (ABT 1194 - 31 Mar 1237)
BIGOD Mary (ABT 1196 - )

Marriage To MARSHALL Maud (Matilda) (ABT 1192 - 27 Mar 1248)
    m. ABT 1206 

Notes

Parents
MARSHALL William (ABT 1144 - 14 May 1219)
FITZGILBERT DE CLARE Isabel (1172 - 1220)

Children by MARSHALL Maud (Matilda) ABT 1192 - 27 Mar 1248
BIGOD ----- ()
BIGOD Isabel (ABT 1212 - 1239)

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