John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros

Arms of de Ros: Gules, three water bougets argent^[1]

John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros of Helmsley (c.1397 – 22 March 1421) was an English nobleman.

He was the eldest son of William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, and Margaret Fitzalan (d. 3 July 1438), the daughter of John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, by Eleanor Maltravers (d. 3 July 1438), younger daughter and coheir of Sir John Maltravers.^[2]

He served as a soldier of Henry V of England during the Hundred Years' War. Six years after the Battle of Agincourt, John participated in the Battle of Baugé. He was among the casualties along with his brother William de Ros, Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, the governor of Normandy and others. He was buried at the Belvoir Priory.

Marriage

John de Ros married Margery le Despencer, daughter and heiress of Philip le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer, but had no issue by her. After his death, Margery married Roger Wentworth (d. 24 October 1452), esquire, younger son of John Wentworth of Elmsall, Yorkshire, by whom she had issue. She was fined £1000 for having contracted a dishonourable marriage far beneath her station.^[3]

Footnotes

1. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.347
2. Cokayne 1949, pp. 102–3; Richardson III 2011, pp. 455–7.
3. Richardson III 2011, p. 456.

References

• Cokayne, George Edward (1949). The Complete Peerage, edited by Geoffrey H. White. XI. London: St. Catherine Press.
• Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 144996639X

Ancestry

Ancestors of John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros

16. William de Ros, 1st Baron de Ros               8. William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros                       17. Matilda de Vaux               4. Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros                             18. Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere               9. Margery de Badlesmere                       19. Margaret de Clare               2. William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros                                   20. Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford               10. Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford                       21. Margaret Bassett               5. Beatrice Stafford                             22. Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester               11. Margaret de Audley                       23. Margaret de Clare               1. John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros                                         24. Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel               12. Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel                       25. Alice de Warenne               6. John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel                             26. Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster               13. Eleanor of Lancaster                       27. Maud Chaworth               3. Margaret FitzAlan                                   14. John Maltravers, 1st Baron Maltravers                       7. Eleanor Maltravers, 2nd Baroness Maltravers                             15. Gwenthin