Earl Marshall of England.149,153 He was a Magna Carta surety.153
"The following is an excerpt from Richard Thomson: An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, London, 1829; Page 311:
"'Of the family of Hugh Bigod, or Bigot, some account has already been given . . . since he was the eldest son of Roger, Earl of Norfolk, whose Arms, Or, a Cross Gules, he bore . . ..
"'Hugh Bigod succeeded to his father's estates in 1220-21, the 5th year of Henry III. There are but few particulars of this Baron's life extant, for he enjoyed the title of Earl of Norfolk but a very few years, since he died in 1224-25, the 9th of Henry III . . ..'"153 |