Content deleted Content added
→Biography: Added date Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
|||
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 base was in [[Thetford]], [[Norfolk]], then the see of the bishop, where he founded a priory which was later 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]].
| |||