Roger Bigod was the son of Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk and his first wife, Juliana de Vere. Although his father died in 1176 or 1177, Roger did not succeed to the earldom of Norfolk until 1189 for
Framlingham Castle, Bigod’s main seat
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The Life and Death of King John, by William Shakespeare, is a history play about the reign of John, King of England, the son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and the father of Henry III. King Joh
Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk
…a King, which concerns the marriage of their son Hugh to Maud, a daughter of William Marshal. As Bigot, Bigod also appears as a character in the play King John by William Shakespeare. Liber Vitae Ecclesiae Dunelmensis, Vol. 13…
The Life and Death of King John (1590): The stage actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852–1917) as the eponymous monarch. (Charles A. Buchel, 1900)
A 19th century drawing by Thomas Nast
"King John", Act IV, Scene 1, Hubert and Arthur (from the Boydell series), James Northcote (1789)
The Gossiping Blacksmith, Edward Penny (1769)