Name William Ros, | Died February 3, 1343 | |
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Parents William de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros Children Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros Grandchildren William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros People also search for Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros Great grandchildren John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros | ||
William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros of Hamlake (c. 1285 – 3 February 1343) was the son of William de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros of Hamlake and Maud de Vaux.
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Biography
As 2nd Baron de Ros of Hamlake, Werke, Trusbut & Belvoir, he was summoned to Parliament during the reigns of Edward II and Edward III of England. 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 Archbishop of York, and others, to negotiate peace between the king and Robert de Bruce, who had assumed the title of king of Scotland.
William de Ros was buried at Kirkham Priory, near the great altar.
Family
William de Ros married, before 25 November 1316, Margery De Badlesmere (c.1306 – 18 October 1363), eldest daughter of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere, with Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas de Clare, with whom he had two sons and three daughters:
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.