Roger Bigod
d. 1107
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Roger Bigod came with the Conqueror, held great estates in East Anglia at Domesday, and was sheriff of Norfolk; he is the documented head of the house.
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ROGER BIGOD (d.1107), Domesday magnate, sheriff of Norfolk; father of Hugh 1st Earl (our line). DOCUMENTED FLOOR; Norman origins above note-only. Standard well-documented medieval genealogy per the cited authorities; contested rungs note-only, not hardened. || FLOOR CONFIRMED 14 Sep 2026 (six-floor survey): FRONTIER-ish. Jumieges names ROBERT LE BIGOT, a poor Calvados knight who betrayed William Werlenc's plot to Duke William c.1050; ODNB and CP 'Norfolk' call him 'certainly a relation, possibly his father' of this Roger - NO document makes him the father, so he stays NOTE-ONLY here, per the contested-rungs rule. ||RESEARCH-FLAG|| OPEN - nothing wirable above without new evidence.