    roger bigod (c. 1245 â bf. 6 december 1306) was 5th earl of norfolk. ==origins== he was the son of hugh bigod (1211-1266), justiciar, and succeeded his father's elder brother roger bigod, 4th earl of norfolk (1209-1270) as 5th earl of norfolk in 1270. ==career== this earl is the hero of a famous altercation with king edward i in 1297, which arose from the king's command that bigod should serve against the king of france in gascony, while edward himself went to flanders. the earl asserted that by the feudal tenure of his lands he was only compelled to serve across the seas in the company of the king himself, whereupon edward said, "by god, earl, you shall either go or hang," to which bigod replied, "by the same oath, o king, i will neither go nor hang."stubbs 138 the earl gained his point and after edward had left for france, together with humphrey de bohun, 3rd earl of hereford, roger prevented the collection of an aid for the war and forced edward to confirm the charters in t
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