Bigod, the name of a family founded by a poor Norman knight, which acquired the earldom of Norfolk in the reign of Stephen. The second earl, Roger, took a prominent part in securing Magna Charta; in 1306 the earldom became extinct.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 138
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