Thomas Ros or Roos, 8th Baron Ros of Helmsley (26 September 1406 – 18 August 1430) was an English peer.

Family

Thomas Ros, born 26 September 1406, was the second son of

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, ...

, and Margaret Fitzalan (d. 3 July 1438), the daughter of

John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel John Fitzalan, 1st Baron Arundel (c. 1348 – 1379), also known as Sir John Arundel, was an English soldier. Lineage He was born in Etchingham, Sussex, England to Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel (c. 1313 – 1376), and his second wi ...

, by

Eleanor Maltravers Eleanor Maltravers, or Mautravers, ( 1345 – January 1405) was an English noblewoman. The granddaughter and eventual heiress of the first Baron Maltravers, she married two barons in succession and passed her grandfather's title to her grandson ...

(c.1345 – 12 January 1405), younger daughter and coheir of Sir John Maltravers (d. 22 January 1349).

Career

Thomas Ros was a younger brother of

John Ros, 7th Baron Ros John Ros, 7th Baron Ros of Helmsley (c.1397 – 22 March 1421) was an English nobleman. He was the eldest son of William Ros, 6th Baron Ros, and Margaret Fitzalan (d. 3 July 1438), the daughter of John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, by Eleanor Mal ...

, who died childless at the Battle of Baugé on 22 March 1421. Thomas inherited his rank and privileges, and followed the example of his brother in participating in the Hundred Years' War. He fought in the

Battle of Verneuil The Battle of Verneuil was a battle of the Hundred Years' War, fought on 17 August 1424 near Verneuil-sur-Avre in Normandy between an English army and a combined Franco- Scottish force, augmented by Milanese heavy cavalry. The battle was a s ...

under the command of John, Duke of Bedford. He was honoured for his efforts, and knighted by Henry VI of England on 19 May 1426. Henry was a nephew of the Duke. Thomas resumed service under the Duke in 1427. He was summoned to the

Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised ...

in 1429. In 1430, he fell into the Seine during a minor

skirmish Skirmishers are light infantry or light cavalry soldiers deployed as a vanguard, flank guard or rearguard to screen a tactical position or a larger body of friendly troops from enemy advances. They are usually deployed in a skirmish line, an i ...

and drowned.

Marriage and issue

Thomas Ros married

Eleanor Beauchamp Lady Eleanor Beauchamp, Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset (September 1408 – 6 March 1467) was the second daughter of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Elizabeth de Berkeley, daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkele ...

, daughter of

Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (25 or 28 January 138230 April 1439) was an English medieval nobleman and military commander. Early life Beauchamp was born at Salwarpe Court Richard Gough, ''Description of the Beauchamp chapel, adjoi ...

, and his first wife, Elizabeth Berkeley, by whom he had two sons and a daughter: * Thomas Ros, 9th Baron Ros (9 September 1427 – 17 May 1464). *Sir Richard Ros, who married, before 1468, Jane or Joan Knyvet, daughter of Sir John Knyvet. *Margaret Ros, who married firstly

William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux William de Botreaux, 3rd Baron Botreaux (1389–1462) was a baron, whose holdings were in Somerset and the south-west of England. He inherited from his father the barony by writ of Botreaux as well as substantial family landholdings which inclu ...

, and secondly Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh of Gainsborough. After the death of Thomas Ros, his widow, Eleanor, married secondly,

Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, KG (140622 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War. His riv ...

, and thirdly, Walter Rokesley, esquire.; .

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Ancestry

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