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Hugh Le Bigod 1186–1224 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1186

Birth Location: Thetford, Norfolk, England

Death Date: 18 Feb 1224/25

Death Location: Thetford Church, Thetford, Norfolk, England, Europe

Father: Roger Bigod

Mother: Ida Tosny

Spouse(s): Maud Marshall

Children(s): John Bigod, Hugh Bigod, Simon Bigod, Isabel Bigod, Roger Bigod, Ralph Bigod

In 1186, Hugh Le Bigod entered the world in Thetford, Norfolk, England, born to Roger Bigod And Ida Isabel Tosny. Hugh Le Bigod married Maud Matilda Marshall, and had children including Hugh Bigod, Isabel Bigod, John Bigod, Ralph Bigod, Roger De Bigod, Simon Le Bigod. Hugh Le Bigod passed away in 1224 in Thetford Church, Thetford, Norfolk, England, Europe.

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Biography

  • In 1186, Hugh Le Bigod entered the world in Thetford, Norfolk, England, born to Roger Bigod And Ida Isabel Tosny.
  • Hugh Le Bigod married Maud Matilda Marshall, and had children including Hugh Bigod, Isabel Bigod, John Bigod, Ralph Bigod, Roger De Bigod, Simon Le Bigod.
  • Hugh Le Bigod passed away in 1224 in Thetford Church, Thetford, Norfolk, England, Europe.

Immediate Family

Parents

Roger Bigod
1150–1221
Birth Location: Norfolk, England
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Ida Tosny
1154–
Birth Location: Norfolk, England
IT

Spouses(s)

Maud Marshall
1192–1248
Birth Location: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
MM

Children(s)

John Bigod
1214–1236
Birth Location: Thetford, Norfolk, England
JB
Hugh Bigod
1215–1266
Birth Location: Thetford, Norfolk, England
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Simon Bigod
1220–1242
Birth Location: Thetford, Norfolk, England
SB
Isabel Bigod
1210–1258
Birth Location: Thetford, Norfolk, England
IB
Roger Bigod
1211–1270
Birth Location: Norfolk, England
RB
Ralph Bigod
1208–
Birth Location: Norfolk, England
RB

Hugh Bigod's Ancestors

Self
Hugh Bigod
1186–1224
Birth Place: Thetford, Norfolk, England
Parents
Roger Bigod
1150–1221
Norfolk, England
Ida ((Isabel)) Tosny
1154–
Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Hugh Bigod
1095–1176
Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England
Julianna (De) Vere
1116–1185
Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Roger Bigod
1049–1107
Adelize Tosni
1072–1136
Aubrey II
1085–1141
Adeliza Clare
1082–1163
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alberic Vere
1030–1088
Beatrice Gand
1040–1119
Gilbert Clare
–1114

Hugh Bigod's Descendants

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Hugh (Le) Bigod (Abt. 1186–18 Feb 1224/25) m. Maud ((Matilda)) Marshall (Sep 1192–27 Mar 1248)
  1. 1. John Bigod 1214–1236
  2. 2. Hugh Bigod 1215–1266
  3. 3. Simon (Le) Bigod 1220–1242
  4. 4. Isabel Bigod 1210–1258 m. John Fitzgeoffrey 1205–1258 m. Gilbert (De) Lacy 1206–1230
    1. 1. Richard Fitzjohn 1244–1297
    2. 2. Walter (De) Lacy 1229–1238
    3. 3. Avelina Fitzjohn 1248–1274
    4. 4. John Fitzjohn 1240–1275
    5. 5. Maud Fitzjohn 1237–1301 m. William (De) Beauchamp 1237–1298
      1. 1. Sarah Beauchamp 1269–1317
      2. 2. John Beauchamp 1273–1274
      3. 3. Robert (De) Beauchamp 1278–1369
      4. 4. Anne Beauchamp 1274–1296
      5. 5. Guy (Beauchamp 10th Earl of) Warwick 1271–1315 m. Isabella (De) Clare 1262–1333 m. Alice (de Toeni) ✔️ 1284–1325
        1. 1. Elizabeth Beauchamp 1313–1369 m. Thomas Astley 1300–1348
        2. 2. John Beauchamp –1360
        3. 3. Maud (De) Beauchamp 1311–1368
        4. 4. Thomas (Beauchamp 11th Earl of) Warwick 1314–1369 m. Katherine Mortimer 1314–1369
      6. 6. Margaret Beauchamp 1278–1292
      7. 7. Isabella Beauchamp 1256–1306 m. Hugh (Le) Despencer 1260–1336 m. Patrick (Chaworth) ♦ 1250–1283
        1. 1. Maud Chaworth 1282–1322 m. Henry Plantagenet 1281–1345
    6. 6. Margaret (De) Lacy 1226–1256 m. John (De) Verdon –1274
      1. 1. Theobald (De) Verdon 1248–1309 m. Margery —?— 1254–1284
        1. 1. Theobald (De) Verdon 1278–1316 m. Maud Mortimer 1286–1312 m. Elizabeth (de Clare 11th Lady of) Clare 1295–1360
    7. 7. Maud (Matilda De) Lacy 1230–1304 m. Geoffrey (De) Geneville 1226–1314
      1. 1. Piers (De) Geneville 1256–1292 m. Jeanne (De) Lusignan 1262–1323
        1. 1. Joan (De) Geneville 1286–1356 m. Roger (Mortimer 3rd Baron Mortimer 1st Earl of) March 1287–1330
    8. 8. Joan Fitzjohn 1250–1303 m. Theobald (Butler) ♦ 1242–1285
      1. 1. Edmund Butler –1321
    9. 9. Isabel Fitzjohn 1233–1274 m. Robert (De) Vipont 1222–1264
      1. 1. Isabel (De) Vipont 1254–1292 m. Roger (De) Clifford 1243–1282
        1. 1. Robert (De) Clifford 1274–1314 m. Maud (De) Clare 1276–1327
  5. 5. Roger (De) Bigod 1211–1270 m. Aline ((Aliva)) Bassett 1228–1281
  6. 6. Ralph Bigod 1208–

Hugh Bigod's Timeline

2 Records

1186
Abt. 1186
Birth of Hugh Le Bigod in Thetford, Norfolk, England
Thetford, Norfolk, England
1224
18 Feb 1224/25
Age 38
Death of Hugh Le Bigod in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1186
    Event Place: Thetford, Norfolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch FamilyTree, The Magna Charta barons and their American descendants : together with the pedigrees of the founders of the Order of Runnemede deduced from the sureties for the enforcement of the statutes of the Magna Charta of King John by Charles Henry Browning, Philad
    [2] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, Page number: 2090
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Wed Apr 02 14:39:25 UTC 2025), Entry for Hugh Bigod.
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 May 2023), Hugh Bigod Norfolk, ; Burial, Thetford, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England, Holy Sepulchre Priory; citing record ID 143386118, <i>F

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 15 Jun 1215
    Event Place: Runnymeade Meadow, Windsor, Surrey, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 24 Aug 1215
    Event Place: Anagni, Italy

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: Abt. 1221

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch FamilyTree
    [2] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Citations
    [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new
    [3] FamilySearch FamilyTree, M. Morris, The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century (Woodbridge, 2005)
    [4] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Citations
    [S516] Unknown author, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, by F. L. Weis, 4th Ed., p. 9, 21.
    [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 49.
    [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 200-201.

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Feb 122425
    Event Place: England
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch FamilyTree, The Magna Charta barons and their American descendants : together with the pedigrees of the founders of the Order of Runnemede deduced from the sureties for the enforcement of the statutes of the Magna Charta of King John by Charles Henry Browning, Philad
    [2] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, Page number: 2090
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Wed Apr 02 14:39:25 UTC 2025), Entry for Hugh Bigod.
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 May 2023), Hugh Bigod Norfolk, ; Burial, Thetford, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England, Holy Sepulchre Priory; citing record ID 143386118, <i>F

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Thetford Church, Thetford, Norfolk, England, Europe
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch FamilyTree, The Magna Charta barons and their American descendants : together with the pedigrees of the founders of the Order of Runnemede deduced from the sureties for the enforcement of the statutes of the Magna Charta of King John by Charles Henry Browning, Philad
    [2] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, Page number: 2090
    [3] U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : Wed Apr 02 14:39:25 UTC 2025), Entry for Hugh Bigod.
    [4] U.S., Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 10 May 2023), Hugh Bigod Norfolk, ; Burial, Thetford, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England, Holy Sepulchre Priory; citing record ID 143386118, <i>F
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