Elizabeth (Ros) la Zouche (abt. 1325 - 1381)

Born about 1325 in England

Ancestors

Wife of William (Zouche) la Zouche — married before 16 Jul 1334 in England

Descendants

Died 24 May 1381 at about age 56 in England

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Biography

Elizabeth was the daughter of William de Roos/Ros and Margery de Baldesmere.^[1][2] Her parents had lands in a number of counties, so it is not possible to give a birth county. Her birth date is also not known but her mother was born in about 1306,^[3][4] and it has been estimated at 1325.

Before 16 July 1334 (when her husband's grandfather had licence to settle property on her son William) Elizabeth married William la Zouche.^[1][2] They had five children:

• William^[1][2]
• Thomas^[1][2]
• Eudes^[1][2]
• Elizabeth, who married John Basing^[1][2]
• Margery, who married Robert Willoughby^[1][2]

Elizabeth and her husband were members of the Trinity Guild, Coventry, Warwickshire.^[1][2]

Elizabeth died on 24 May 1380/1. Her will was dated 16 May 1380.^[1][2] In it she:^[5]

• left a good cup and books called "Tristrem and Lanchelot" to her husband
• named
  • her daughter "Elizabeth Basyng" and Elizabeth's husband John
  • her daughter "Marjorie Wylughby"
  • her son Thomas

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, pp. 422-424, ZOUCHE 6
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013, Vol. II, pp. 91-94, CANTELOWE 9
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 450, ROOS 3, Google Books
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 493, ROOS 9
5. ↑ Alfred Gibbons. Early Lincoln Wills 1280-1547, James Williamson, 1888, pp. 91-92, Internet Archive

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 14 April 2022.

Elizabeth de Ros : Margery la Zouche is in the following badged trails to Magna Carta surety barons:

• Batte Gateways (Henry and Thomas) to William d'Aubigny. The trail is set out HERE.
• Mallory Gateways (Roger and Thomas). The trail is set out HERE.

She was also a descendant of surety barons Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, Saher de Quincy and John de Lacy. Her profile was identified by the Magna Carta Project as being in some unbadged trails (needing work) to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• Blakiston Gateways (Nehemiah and George): need development and are set out HERE.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as "badged trail".