Hugh le Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁸⁵⁰
Hugh le Bigod was the second son of Roger le Bigod of Framlingham, Suffulk, Stewart or Sensechal of the King's household by Adeliza, daughter and coheir of Hugh de Grentmesnil. Hugh was born before 1100 and seceded his brother William, who was drowned in the White Ship, 27 Nov 1119 as Steward. He was the Governor of Norwich until 1122, and appears during the civil wars of King Stephen and the Empress Maud. King Henry confirmed Hugh in 1153 as Earl and as Steward of the Household. He was Sheriff of Norfolk, 1156/57. In 1173, he joined the revolt of Prince Henry, against the King, his father, but submitted 25 July 1174, renewing his homage, surrendering his castles, paying a find and becoming a crusader. He married Juliana, sister of Aubrey, 1st Earl of Oxford, daughter of Aubrey de Vere and Adeliza, his wife. He appears to have married a second time before 1154 to a woman named Gunreda. He died sometime before 9 Mar 1176/77, probably in the Holy Land, no less than seventy years after the death of his father.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, Vol. VI, 1895 edition, pp. 38-39

• Children. ⁷²²
Children of Hugh Bigod and Juliane de Vere:
Roger, d. 1221, m. Ida

Children of Hugh Bigod and Gundred, Widow of Roger, Earl of Warwick:
Hugh, m. Joan Burnell
William, m. Margaret de Sutton, of Bures, Essex
~Boyer's Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, p. 29

• Background Information. ⁸⁵¹
Hugh le Bigod was the second son of Adeliza and Roger le Bigod. When his brother William was accidentally drowned along with the king's children in a shipwreck, 20 Henry I, and left no issue, Hugh succeeded as lord steward of the King's household to King Henry I. he was mainly instrumental in raising Stephen, Count of Boulogne, to the throne, and was rewarded by him with the earldom of East Angles, or Northfolk and Suffolk, in about 1140. He was steadfast and faithful in his allegiance to King Stephen and continued to enjoy royal favor. He was again created earl of Norfolk and Suffolk by Henry II as well as obtaining a grant of the office of lord high steward of the kingdom, which his fahter had held. In 1177, he made a pilgrimage to the Holy land as a Crusader. He died in 23 Henry II sometime before March. Earl Hugh and his wife, Juliana Vere, daughter Alberic de Vere and his wife Adeliza Clare an eldest son named Roger who was a Magna Charta Surety.
~Wurts' Magna Charta, p. 44

Hugh married Juliana de Vere, daughter of Aubrey de Vere Sheriff of London and Middlesex, Lord Hedington and Adeliza de Clare.⁷²² (Juliana de Vere was born about 1116 in Norfolk, England.)