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
Robert de Vere, hereditary Master Chamberlain of England, was the son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford, and Agnes of Essex. He succeeded his brother as the third Earl of Oxford, and was one of th
One of only four surviving 1215 exemplifications of Magna Carta, property of the British Library
de Vere effigy, St Mary's Church, Hatfield Broad Oak