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Who was Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk? | Answerbag.com |
 | | This earl is the hero of a famous altercation with Edward I in 1297, which arose out of the king's command that Bigod should serve against the king of France in Gascony, while he went to Flanders. |
 | | The earl asserted that by the 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." |
 | | Roger married first Alina Basset, daughter of the justiciar Philip Basset, and secondly Alice d'Avesnes, daughter of John II d'Avesnes, count of Hainaut. |
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