William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros

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William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros († February 3, 1343 ) was an English nobleman.

Origin and service in the military

William de Ros was the eldest son of William de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros and Matilda , the second daughter and co- heir of John de Vaux from Steresby in Yorkshire . He or his old father of the same name was appointed by King Edward II on January 6, 1315 as one of the four commanders who were supposed to defend northern England against Scottish attacks. On November 20, 1315 he became Knight Banneret in the king's household. After his father's death in 1316, he became the heir to his estates, including Helmsley Castle in Yorkshire. Wark Castle , which he also inherited , he exchanged with the king in 1317 for other properties in England, through which he received an annual income of £ 200. When John Lilburn , a henchman of the Earl of Lancaster , occupied Knaresborough Castle in October 1317 , a castle owned by the royal favorite Roger Damory , de Ros was in command of the levy of northern English barons who besieged the castle and forced Lilburn to surrender in late January 1318.

Marriage and role in the fall of Edward II.

Before November 25, 1316 de Ros had married Margery de Badlesmere († 1363), a daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere and his wife Margaret de Clare . His father-in-law rebelled against King Edward II from 1321 together with the Earl of Lancaster and other barons. From autumn 1321 the king took military action against the rebels. In the winter of 1322 he called up an army to pursue the rebels fleeing to northern England. For this purpose, Ros put up a force of several men-at-arms and 60 light riders in February 1322, with whom he joined the royal army on March 1st. Royal troops defeated the rebels shortly afterwards, and Badlesmere was executed as a traitor. Badlesmere's wife and her unmarried daughters were imprisoned by the king; they were probably released in November 1322 through the mediation of de Ros. De Ros served in the military in southwest France during the war with France from 1324 to 1325. When the English Queen Isabelle landed with an army in England in September 1326 to overthrow the king, de Ros rallied with other barons on October 11 in Yorkshire to fend off the invasion. A little later, however, de Ros joined the invaders in Hereford. In January 1327 he is said to have belonged to the delegation that persuaded the captive king to abdicate at Kenilworth Castle . After the fall of Edward II, Giles de Badlesmere , de Ros's brother-in-law, received his father's possessions back in 1328. He died childless in 1338, so that de Ros's wife Margery was a co-heir of his estates, which were mainly located in south-east England.

Descendants and inheritance

De Ros had several children with his wife Margery, including:

He was buried at Kirkham Abbey in Yorkshire. His heir became his eldest son William, after his death his second son Thomas. William's widow married Sir Thomas de Arundel for the second time .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 168
  2. ↑ Colm McNamee: Ros, William de, first Lord Ros (c.1255-1316). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  3. ↑ Nicholas Vincent: Ros, Robert de (dc1270). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  4. ↑ John Robert Maddicott: Thomas of Lancaster, 1307-1322. A Study in the Reign of Edward II. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1970, p. 207
  5. ↑ Natalie Fryde: The tyranny and fall of Edward II, 1321-1326 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2003. ISBN 0-521-54806-3 , p. 55
  6. ^ Find a grave: Margaret de Clare. Retrieved February 21, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Natalie Fryde: The tyranny and fall of Edward II, 1321-1326 . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2003. ISBN 0-521-54806-3 , p. 189
  8. ↑ Seymour Phillips: Edward II . New Haven, Yale University Press 2010. ISBN 978-0-300-15657-7 , pp. 533
predecessor Office successor
William de Ros Baron de Ros
1316-1343 		William de Ros
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SURNAME William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1343