Rather interesting Framlingham facts
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Did you know that Framlingham Castle was built by the Bigod family in the 12th century? Roger Bigod who accompanied William the Conqueror in his invasion party became the first Duke of Norfolk . The family was reputedly an especially steadfast and quarrelsome clan and it may be from them we get today’s word ‘bigot’. It is suggested that the Bigod surname is itself derived from the habit of the Norman French of punctuating their utterances with ‘by god’, though given they spoke French that seems very unlikely.
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