John (Ros) Roos (abt. 1396 - abt. 1421)

Born about Aug 1396 in Belvoir, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Margery (Despenser) Wentworth — married about 1404 in England [uncertain]

Died about 22 Mar 1421 at about age 24 in Beaugé, Anjou, France

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Biography

He was the heir of William DeBoys.^[1] Also heir to his grandmother, Beatrice Stafford FitzMaurice Roos Burley (see her i.p.m.), his age in 1415 given as between 16 and 18 "and more".

At the battle of Agincourt, "Lord Ros seems to have been with the Duke of Gloucester, the Earl of Huntingdon in the centre portion of Henry V’s army".^[2]

Killed in the disastrous Battle of Baugé, 22 March 1420/1.^[3] His heir was his brother Thomas.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Pedigrees from the plea rolls: collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law, A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the original rolls in the Public Record Office, p. 166 https://archive.org/details/pedigreesfromple00wrotrich/page/166
2. ↑ https://www.medievalsoldier.org/about/agincourt-600/the-english-army-in-1415/english-army-table/
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} King's College London, 2014. | Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. Available at http://www.inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/21-836/ [Accessed: 7/10/2020] Inquisitions Post Mortem for John, lord Roos 1421

See also:

• Magna Carta Ancestry 2011 2nd ed. Vol. III p. 234-235
• Wikipedia: John_de_Ros,_7th_Baron_de_Ros