le Bigod · ◉ direct ancestor
♂Hugh le Bigod
Dates not yet known.
Hugh le Bigod was a medieval English nobleman of the Bigod family. He was the 26th great-grandfather of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through his son Roger le Bigod (died 1221).
Hugh is styled the 3rd Earl of Norfolk. He is said to have married Juliane de Vere, daughter of Aubrey de Vere of Great Addington and Drayton in Northamptonshire and of Hedingham in Essex. She was his first wife, and their son Roger succeeded him as the 4th Earl of Norfolk and became Lord High Steward of EnglandW.
Notes
Source and grade
Everything above comes from one compiled genealogy, Douglas Richardson’s Magna Carta Ancestry (2005). Its Bigod 1 entry (p. 84) names Roger le Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk, as the son and heir of Hugh le Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk, by his first wife Juliane, daughter of Aubrey de Vere of Great Addington and Drayton, Northamptonshire, and Hedingham, Essex. The title is also given in the Lacy 1 entry (p. 479). No original record naming Hugh is known.
What is not known
No birth or death date for Hugh, no place of birth and no parents are known. Richardson’s numbering counts Hugh as the 3rd Earl and his son Roger as the 4th.
Family time line
Parents not yet found. This line is still being traced.
Recorded events
| Event | When | Where | Evidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Living at | 1095 | Belvoir, Leicestershire, England | on record |
| Title (Nobility) Earl of Norfolk (Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, LACY 1 p.479) |
from a compiled source |
Sources
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org) - articles on medieval royal and noble ancestors, read s1409 — Living at, about this person
- Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005) — Title (Nobility), about this person, family with Juliane de Vere
Borders as they stood about 1500, from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.
Line of descent
Descendants
- Roger le Bigod –1221
- Hugh le Bigod –1225