William Ros, 3rd Baron Ros of Helmsley (19 May 1329 – Bef. 29 Sep 1352) was a military commander under

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. He was knighted by the king in 1346, having helped raise the siege of Aiguillon. In the same year, he was one of the lords who led the second division in the

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, and afterwards commanded the fourth division of the

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army against the Scots, near

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, when David Bruce, with many of the Scottish nobles, was taken prisoner. On July 12, 1346, he was among several young men (including Edward, the Black Prince) knighted by King

at the church of St. Vigor in

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in anticipation of their service in the campaign that was to culminate in the Battle of Crécy and the siege of Calais. A plaque commemorates this event. In 1346, he was with Edward III and the Black Prince, at the siege of Calais, when it was taken by the English. In 1352, he accompanied

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on his journey to Prussia; but died the same year, before the feast of St Michael, aged twenty-three, and was buried abroad.

Marriage

William Ros married, about 28 August 1349, Margaret Neville (d. May 1372), daughter of

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, by whom he had no issue. His widow married secondly, as his first wife,

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* * * * * Ros, William, 3rd Baron Ros, William, 3rd Baron Ros, William, 3rd Baron 03 People of the Wars of Scottish Independence {{England-baron-stub