William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros

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William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros KG (around 1368 - September 1, 1414 ) was an English nobleman and Lord Treasurer .

Origin and life

William de Ros was a younger son of Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros and his wife Beatrice. After the childless death of his older brother John de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros , he inherited his father's property in 1393. As Baron de Ros he took part in parliaments from 1393, and Richard II appointed him to the Privy Council . In 1396 he was part of the English delegation negotiating in Calais about the possible marriage of King Richard to a French princess. A few days after Henry Bolingbroke's landing , de Ros left Richard II and joined Bolingbroke in Berkeley in July 1399 . On July 29, 1399 he was present at the interrogation of Richard in the Tower of London , in which the king signed his deed of abdication. On October 23, 1399 he advocated Richard's incarceration during the first session of Parliament under Bolingbroke, who had become King Henry IV . From September 1403 to November 1404 he held the office of Lord Treasurer . In 1404 he was accepted into the Order of the Garter. In January 1413 he was to investigate and end a rebellion in Middlesex , Chief Commissioner .

Family and offspring

William de Ros had married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Arundel and Eleanor Maltravers, 2nd Baroness Maltravers , on October 9, 1394 . He had nine children with her:

William de Ros was buried in Belvoir Priory in Leicestershire . His heir became his son John de Ros , after his death in 1421 his younger son Thomas de Ros .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Complete Peerage, Volume 2, Alan Sutton 1982, p. 102
predecessor Office successor
John de Ros Baron de Ros
1393-1414 		John de Ros
personal data
SURNAME De Ros, William, 6th Baron de Ros
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman and lord treasurer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1368
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1414