William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros
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:
- John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros (around 1397–1421)
- Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros (1406-1430)
- Sir Robert de Ros
- William de Ros
- Richard de Ros
- Margaret de Ros († 1423) ⚭ John Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley
- Elizabeth de Ros ⚭ Robert Morley, 6th Baron Morley
- Beatrice de Ros, nun
- Alice de Ros
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 .
Web links
- Cracroft's Peerage de Ros, Baron (E, 1298/9)
- William de Ros, 6th Lord de Ros of Helmsley on thepeerage.com , accessed May 17, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Complete Peerage, Volume 2, Alan Sutton 1982, p. 102
predecessor | Office | successor |
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John de Ros |
Baron de Ros 1393-1414 |
John de Ros |
personal data | |
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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 |