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 Baron de Ros (; ) of Helmsley is the premier baron in the Peerage of England, created in 1288/89 for William de Ros, with precedence to 24 December 1264. (The spelling of the title and of the surname of the original holders has been rendered di ...

of Helmsley, Werke, Trusbut & Belvoir, he was summoned to Parliament during the reigns of

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and

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. In 1321 he completed the religious foundation which his father had begun at Blakeney. He was created Lord Ross of Werke. He was appointed Lord High Admiral and was one of the commissioners with the

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, and others, to negotiate peace between the king and Robert de Bruce, who had assumed the title of king of Scotland. William Ros was buried at

Kirkham Priory The ruins of Kirkham Priory are situated on the banks of the River Derwent, at Kirkham, North Yorkshire, England. The Augustinian priory was founded in the 1120s by Walter l'Espec, lord of nearby Helmsley, who also built Rievaulx Abbey. The ...

, near the great altar.

Family

William Ros married, before 25 November 1316, Margery Badlesmere (c.1306 – 18 October 1363), eldest daughter of

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, with

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, daughter of Sir Thomas de Clare, with whom he had two sons and three daughters:. *

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, who succeeded his father as Baron. *

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, who succeeded his brother as Baron. *Margaret, who married Sir Edward de Bohun. *Maud, who married John de Welles, 4th

Baron Welles The title of Baron Welles has been created three times. Its first creation was for Adam de Welles, 1st Baron Welles, Adam de Welles on 6 May 1299 in the Peerage of England by writ of summons. This creation was extinguished by attainder in 1469. ...

. *Elizabeth, who married William la Zouche, 2nd Baron Haryngworth. Maud survived her husband by many years and was one of the very few English people present at the Jubilee, at Rome, in 1350; the king had tried to prevent the attendance of his subjects at this ceremony on account of the large sums of money usually taken out of the kingdom on such occasions.

References

External links

Inquisition Post Mortem
#474, dated 1343.

Bibliography

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ros, William Ros, 2nd Baron 1280s births 1343 deaths 14th-century English people 02 Lord High Admirals of England Year of birth uncertain