Roger Bigot, Tenant-in-chief and lord of Alby in 1086, ancestor of the Bigot earls of Norfolk
Dates: Died 1091
Biography
A major Norman landholder who held extensive estates in Norfolk after the Conquest. Domesday records him as tenant-in-chief and lord of the Alby estate in 1086.
Notes / Sources
The Alby evidence concerns his lordship in the feudal chain, not necessarily uninterrupted physical possession by his descendants.
Research sources:
- Open Domesday, Alby, Norfolk, Domesday Book entry; Norfolk Heritage Explorer, Parish Summary: Alby with Thwaite. — https://opendomesday.org/place/TG1934/alby/
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