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Line 6: Roger came from a fairly obscure family of poor knights in [[Normandy]]. Robert le Bigot, certainly a relation of Roger's, possibly his father, acquired an important position in the household of William, Duke of Normandy (later [[William I of England]]), due, the story goes, to his disclosure to the duke of a plot by the duke's cousin [[William Werlenc]].<ref>mentioned by [[William of Jumièges]] in [[Gesta Normannorum Ducum]].</ref> Both Roger and Robert were rewarded with a substantial estate in [[East Anglia]] following the [[Norman Conquest]] of England. The [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 lists Roger as holding six lordships in [[Essex, England\|Essex]], 117 in [[Suffolk]] and 187 in [[Norfolk]]. Roger Bigod's ~~(Bigot)~~ base was in [[Thetford]], [[Norfolk]], then the see of the bishop, where he founded a priory which was later ~~donated~~given to the abbey at Cluny. In 1101 he further consolidated his power when Henry I granted him licence to build [[Framlingham Castle\|a castle]] at [[Framlingham]], which became the family seat of power until their downfall in 1307. Another of his castles was [[Bungay Castle]], also in [[Suffolk]]. In 1069 he, [[Robert Malet]] and [[Ralph de Gael]] (then Earl of Norfolk), defeated the Dane [[Sweyn II of Denmark\|Sweyn Estrithson ~~(Sweyn II)~~]]'s ofinvasion ~~Denmark~~attempt near [[Ipswich]]. After Ralph de Gael's fall in 1074, Roger was appointed [[sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk]], and acquired many of the dispossessed earl's estates. For this reason he is sometimes counted as Earl of Norfolk, but he probably was never actually created earl. (His son Hugh acquired the title earl of Norfolk in 1141.) He acquired further estates through his influence in local law courts as sheriff and great lord of the region. In the [[Rebellion of 1088]] he joined other barons in England against [[William II of England\|William II]], whom they hoped to depose in favour of [[Robert Curthose]], Duke of Normandy. He seems to have lost his lands after the rebellion had failed, but regained them after reconciling with the king. Line 22: For some time he was thought to have two wives, Adelaide/Adeliza and Alice/Adeliza de Tosny. It is now believed these were the same woman, Adeliza (Alice) de Tosny (Toeni, Toeny). She was the sister and coheiress of William de Tosny, Lord of [[Belvoir, Leicestershire\|Belvoir]]. Their father was [[Robert de Todeni]]. He was succeeded by his eldest son, [[William Bigod]], and, after William drowned in the disastrous sinking of the [[Victims of the White Ship disaster\|''White Ship'']] in 1120, by his second son, [[Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk]]. He also had three daughters: Gunnor, who married Robert fitz Swein of Essex, Lord of Rayleigh; Cecily, who married [[William d'Aubigny (Brito)\|William d'Aubigny "Brito"]]; and Maud, who married [[William d'Aubigny (died 1139)\|William d'Aubigny "Pincerna"]], and was mother to [[William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel]].<ref>Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage of England'', vol. 9.</ref> == See also ==