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Line 8: Bigod's (Bigot) base was in [[Thetford]], [[Norfolk]], then the see of the bishop, where he founded a priory later donated 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 [[Sweyn ~~Estridson~~II of Denmark\|Sweyn Estrithson (Sweyn II)]] of Denmark near [[Ipswich]]. After Ralph de Gael's fall in 1074, Roger was appointed [[~~High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk\|~~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 16: In 1101 there was another attempt to bring in [[Robert Curthose\|Robert of Normandy]] by removing [[Henry I of England\|King Henry]], but this time Roger Bigod stayed loyal to the king. He died on 9 September 1107 and is buried in [[Norwich]]. Upon his death there was a dispute over his burial place between the [[Bishop of Norwich]], [[Herbert Losinga]], and the monks at [[Thetford Priory]], founded by Bigod. The monks claimed Roger's body, along with those of his family and successors, had been left to them by Roger for burial in the priory in Roger's foundation charter (as was common practice at the time). The bishop of Norwich stole the body in the middle of the night and had him buried in the new cathedral he had built in Norwich. 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 sinking of the [[Victims of the White Ship disaster\|''White Ship'']], 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 ==

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