William (Ros) Roos KG (1370 - 1414)

Born 1370 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (FitzAlan) Roos — married after 9 Oct 1394 in England

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1414 at about age 44 in Belvoir, Leicestershire, England

Biography

Privy Council to Richard II and Henry IV, he was summoned to Parliament 1393-1413. He was present at the interview with Henry in the Tower, 29 September, at which Richard signed his abdication, and in the first Parliament of Henry IV on 23 October, assented to the imprisonment of the late King. He served as Treasurer of England, from September 1403 to November 1404. He died on 1 Sept 1414.^[1] He was buried in the Choir of Belvoir Priory.^[2] His heir was his son John.^[1] His will mentions younger sons, William, Thomas, Robert, and Richard, and a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Robert, Lord Morley.^[2] The Rivevaulx Chartulary records also daughters Margaret, who married James, son of John (Audley), Lord Audley, Beatrice, and Alice. Note that Margaret married James Tuchet, son of Lord Audley, John Tuchet, who took the name Audley, but were, in fact, Tuchets.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} J. L. Kirby, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry V, Entries 204-249', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 20, Henry V (London, 1995), pp. 64-81. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol20/pp64-81 [accessed 6 October 2020].
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Raine, James, ed. Testamenta Eboracensia Or Wills Registered at York, Vol 1., Surtees Society, 1836, p. 357 . Internt Archive https://archive.org/details/testamentaeborac01york/page/356/mode/2up [accessed 6 October 2020].

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