BIGOD, Earl Hugh

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• Name	BIGOD, Hugh
  Prefix	Earl
  Birth	1095	Belvoir, Leicestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Mar 1176	Thetford, Norfolk, England
  Death	9 Mar 1176	Thetford, Norfolk, England
  WAC	25 Jun 1934
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  Person ID	I28421	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	BIGOD, Earl Roger I ,   b. 1045, Normandy, France Normandy, Franced. 8 Sep 1107, Earsham, Suffolk, England (Age 62 years)
  Mother	TOSNY, Countess Alice de ,   b. 1052, Earsham, Suffolk, England Earsham, Suffolk, Englandd. 1136, Belvoir, Leicestershire, England (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	1073	Belvoir, Leicestershire, England   [1]
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 19 Aug 1992, PROVO. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 25 Jan 1950, IFALL.
  Family ID	F15791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	VERE, Countess Juliane de ,   b. 1109, Hedenham, Norfolk, England Hedenham, Norfolk, Englandd. 1199, England (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	1147	Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States   [2]
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Abt 1149 MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Abt 1149 ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 2 Feb 1993, JRIVE.
  Children	6 sons and 1 daughter
  + 1. BIGOD, Earl Roger ,   b. 1144, Earl, Norfolk, England Earl, Norfolk, Englandd. Bef 2 Aug 1221, Thetford, Norfolk, England (Age < 77 years)   2. BIGOD, Baldwin ,   b. Abt 1152, Norfolk, England Norfolk, Englandd. DECEASED   3. BIGOD, Hugh ,   b. Abt 1154, Norfolk, England Norfolk, Englandd. DECEASED   4. BIGOD, Simon ,   b. Abt 1156, Norfolk, England Norfolk, Englandd. DECEASED   5. BIGOD, Nicholas ,   b. Abt 1158, Norfolk, England Norfolk, Englandd. DECEASED   6. BIGOD, William ,   b. 1160, Norfolk, England Norfolk, Englandd. DECEASED   7. BIGOD, Julia ,   b. Abt 1162, Norfolk, England Norfolk, Englandd. DECEASED
  Family ID	F15763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	WARWICK, Countess Gundred de ,   b. <1099>, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England Leicestershire, Leicestershire, Englandd. 1208, Thetford, Norfolk, England
  Marriage	1165	Warwick, Warwickshire, England
  Family ID	F15856	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  It was Bigod who asserted that, in his last days, Henry I had named Stephen to become king at the expense of his daughter Matilda. King Stephen had the initial support of the English barons, but in 1136 he was stricken with sickness and the report of his death was quickly spread abroad. Hugh Bigod seized and held Norwich castle. Stephen, quickly recovering, laid siege to the city and Hugh was compelled to surrender.[2] In July 1141 of that year he was granted the earldom of Norfolk by the Empress Matilda. He supported his first wife's brother-in-law, Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex, during his rebellion against King Stephen in 1143-44.[4] He is named among those who had been excommunicated by Becket, in consequence of his retention of lands belonging to the monastery of Pentney in Norfolk. On 1 March 1177, his son Roger Bigod appealed to the king on a dispute with his stepmother. Hugh being dead at the time of Roger's appeal, the date of his father's death is fixed before 9 March. If, then, he died in Palestine, his death must have taken place in the preceding year, 1176, to allow time for the arrival of the news in England. Henry II took advantage of Roger's appeal to seize upon the late Earl's treasure. Per Wikipedia.org--HUGH BIGOD, 1ST EARL OF NORWICH AND SUFFOLK.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Alice de Tosny; Female; Birth: About 1052; Spouse: Roger le Bigod; Marriage: About 1073 Of Belvoir, , Norfolk, England; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 28 Sep 2004 [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Juliana De VERE; Female; Birth: About 1111; Spouse: Hugh BIGOD; Marriage: About 1147 Of Of Norfolk, , Norfolk, England; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 28 Sep 2004