Thomas Ros, 4th Baron Ros of Helmsley (13 January 1335 – 8 June 1384) was the son of
William Ros, 2nd Baron Ros
William Ros, 2nd Baron Ros of Helmsley (c. 1285 – 3 February 1343) was the son of William Ros, 1st Baron Ros and Maud de Vaux.
Biography
As 2nd Baron Ros of Helmsley, Werke, Trusbut & Belvoir, he was summoned to Parliament during the reigns ...
and Margery de Badlesmere.
In 1364, he accompanied the king of Cyprus to the Holy Land; and was in the French wars, from 1369 to 1371. He was summoned to parliament by both King
Edward III of England
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring ...
and King
Richard II of England. He died at
Uffington, Lincolnshire
Uffington is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 686. It is in the valley of the River Welland, between Stamford and The Deepings.
Geo ...
, on 8 June 1384, and was buried at
Rievaulx Abbey
Rievaulx Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Rievaulx, near Helmsley, in the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. It was one of the great abbeys in England until it was seized in 1538 under Henry VIII during the Dissolutio ...
. His widow became the wife of Sir
Richard Burley
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
.
Marriage and issue
Thomas Ros married 12 April 1363, Beatrice Stafford (d. 13 April 1415), daughter of
Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford
Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (24 September 1301 – 31 August 1372), KG, of Stafford Castle and Madeley Castle in Staffordshire, was an English nobleman and a notable soldier during the Hundred Years' War agai ...
, by whom he had four sons and two daughters:
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John Ros, 5th Baron Ros
John Ros, 5th Baron Ros of Helmsley, KB (d. 6 August 1393) took a prominent part in the pageantry at the coronation of Richard II. Following the coronation, he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Bath. While on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem he d ...
.
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William Ros, 6th Baron Ros
William Ros, 6th Baron Ros (c. 1370 – 1 November 1414) was a medieval English English peerage, nobleman, politician and soldier. The second son of Thomas Ros, 4th Baron Ros and Beatrice Stafford, William inherited his father's Feudal baron, ...
.
*Thomas Ros.
*Robert Ros.
*Elizabeth Ros, who married
Thomas Clifford, 6th Baron Clifford
Thomas de Clifford, 6th Baron de Clifford, also 6th Lord of Skipton (c. 1363 – 1391) was a Knight of The Chamber, hereditary Sheriff of Westmorland, Governor of Carlisle Castle, and Warden of the West Marches.
Life
He was the son of Roger d ...
.
*Margaret Ros, who married
Reynold Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin
Reynold Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthyn (c. 1362 – 30 September 1440), a powerful Welsh marcher lord, succeeded to the title on his father's death in July 1388.
Lineage
Reginald Grey was the eldest son of Reynold Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Rut ...
.
References
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Ros, Thomas, 4th Baron
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