Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk

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Hugh Bigod (c. 1182-1225) was the eldest son of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk, and for a short time the 3rd earl of Norfolk. In 1215 he was one of the 25 sureties of Magna Carta of King John. He succeeded to his father’s estates (including Framlingham Castle) in 1221 but died in his early forties in 1225.

In late 1206 or early 1207, Hugh was married to Maud Marshal (d.1248), daughter of Sir William Marshal, earl of Pembroke. Together they had the following children:

• Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Norfolk, born c.1209.
  
• Hugh Bigod, justiciar of England.
  
• Isabella Bigod
  
• Ralph Bigod.
  

Very soon after Hugh's death, Maud married William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey

Source: M. Morris, The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century (Woodbridge, 2005)

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