The historian William Stubbs reckoned Bigod and Bohun as "but degenerate sons of mighty fathers; greater in their opportunities than in their patriotism.
During his absence in Ireland, Bigod had sent letters nominating Reginald Lyvet and William Cadel to act as his attorneys in England for the year.
[6] Bigod married firstly Aline Basset, widow of Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (d. 1265), and daughter and heiress of Sir Philip Basset of Soham, Cambridgeshire, by his first wife Hawise de Lovaine, daughter of Sir Matthew de Lovaine, by whom he had no issue.
[7] In 1302 the elderly and childless Bigod surrendered his earldom to the king and received it back entailed "to the heirs of his body".
Thus, when Roger died without issue in December 1306, his title became extinct, and his estates escheated to the crown and were eventually bestowed on Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk.
Edward I
threatening Bigod to
comply with his orders:
"You shall either go, or hang!"
Seal of Roger Bigod appended to the
Barons' Letter, 1301
, showing arms of a lion rampant. He signed as
Rogerus Bigo. Comes Norff. & Marescallus Anglie
(Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk & Marshal of England). These arms,
Per pale or and vert, a lion rampant gules
are the arms first adopted by his great-grandfather
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke
(1147–1219), Marshal of England, which Roger Bigod himself adopted following his own appointment as Marshal of England, as is recorded in the following
rolls of arms
: Falkirk Roll (1298)(H3); St George's Roll (E18). Previously he had borne:
Or, a cross gules
, as recorded in the following
rolls of arms
: Glover's Roll (B3); St George's Roll (E23)
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Arms of "Bigod Modern":
Per pale or and vert, a lion rampant gules
, adopted by Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk, after 1269 following his inheritance of the office of
Marshal of England
from the Marshal family, of which these had formerly been the armorials
Arms of "Bigod Ancient", dropped
post
-1269 by Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk following his inheritance of the office of
Marshal of England
:
Or, a cross gules
as recorded as borne by him in the following
rolls of arms
: Glover's Roll (B3); St George's Roll (E23)
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