Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk
English peer
Edward I
threatening Bigod to
comply with his orders:
"You shall either go, or hang!"
Roger Bigod
(c. 1245 – bf. 6 December 1306) was 5th
Earl of Norfolk
.
Seal of Roger Bigod appended to the
Barons' Letter, 1301
, showing arms of a lion rampant. He signed as
Rogerus Bigo. Comes Norff. & Marescallus Anglie
(Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk & Marshall of England). These arms,
Per pale or and vert, a lion rampant gules
are the arms first adopted by his great-grandfather
William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke
(1147–1219), Marshall of England, which Roger Bigod himself adopted following his own appointment as Marshall of England, as is recorded in the following
rolls of arms
: Falkirk Roll (1298)(H3); St George's Roll (E18). Previously he had borne:
Or, a cross gules
, as recorded in the following
rolls of arms
: Glover's Roll (B3); St George's Roll (E23)
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Arms of "Bigod Modern":
Per pale or and vert, a lion rampant gules
, adopted by Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk, after 1269 following his inheritance of the office of
Marshal of England
from the Marshal family, of which these had formerly been the armorials
Arms of "Bigod Ancient", dropped
post
-1269 by Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk following his inheritance of the office of
Marshal of England
:
Or, a cross gules
as recorded as borne by him in the following
rolls of arms
: Glover's Roll (B3); St George's Roll (E23)
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"Norfolk"
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