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 ro ...

and King

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. He died at

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, on 8 June 1384, and was buried at

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. His widow became the wife of Sir

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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 again ...

, by whom he had four sons and two daughters:. *

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 ...

. *

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

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. *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 Ruth ...

References

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