Sir John de Ros of Helmsley, KB, Lord Ros

Abt 1368 - 1393  (25 years)

• Name	John de Ros of Helmsley
  Birth	Abt 1368	Helmsley, Yorkshire, England   [3]
  General Information	He was the 5th Lord de Ros of Helmsley.  [3]
  Knighted	1377 (9 years)  [4]
  Following the coronation in 1377, he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Bath.
  Miscellaneous	1377 (9 years)  [4]
  In 1377 he took a prominent part in the pageantry at the coronation of Richard II.
  Title(s)	8 Jun 1384 (16 years)  [1, 3]
  On 8 June 1384 he succeeded as the 5th Lord de Ros of Helmsley.
  Military	From 1385 to 1386 (17 years)	Scotland   [2]
  He was with the King on his expedition to Scotland from 1385 to 1386.
  Offices Held	From 8 Aug 1386 to 13 Nov 1303 (18 years)  [1, 2]
  From 8 August 1386 to 13 November 1303 he was a Member of Parliament.
  Land/House	16 Oct 1386 (18 years)  [2]
  On 16 October 1386 having proved his age, and done homage, he had writs for livery of seisin.
  Military	About 1388 (20 years)  [1, 2]
  About 1388 he was in the Naval Expedition under Richard, Earl of Arundel.
  Offices Held	Jun 1389 (21 years)  [1, 2, 3]
  He joined in governing Carlisle and held wardenship of the west marches of Scotland in June 1389.
  Death	6 Aug 1393	Paphos, Cyprus   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  He died while on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Aft 6 Aug 1393	Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England   [2, 4]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 2 sisters
  > 1. Sir John de Ros of Helmsley, KB, Lord Ros,   b. Abt 1368, Helmsley, Yorkshire, England d. 6 Aug 1393, Paphos, Cyprus  (Age 25 years) ▻ Mary de Percy,  m. Before 22 Jun 1385 > 2. Sir William de Ros, KG, Baron de Ros,   b. Abt 1370   d. 1 Sep 1414, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England  (Age 44 years) ▻ Margaret Fitz Alan de Arundel,  m. 9 Jan 1394   3. Thomas de Ros > 4. Elizabeth de Ros   d. 1424 ▻ unknown husband, Lord Zouche of Haryngworth;   Thomas de Clifford, Lord Clifford + 5. Margaret de Ros ▻ Sir Reynold de Gray, Lord Gray,  m. 1378
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Peter de Ros   (7 x Great Grandfather)  Stephanie of Marseilles   d. 11 Sep 1095  (11 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I21778
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir Thomas de Ros, Lord Ros of Helmsley,   b. 13 Jan 1336/37, Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England d. 8 Jun 1384, Uffington, Lincolnshire, England (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Beatrix Stafford   d. 13 Apr 1415
  Family ID	F5749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Mary de Percy,   b. 12 Mar 1367   d. 25 Aug 1394, York, Yorkshire, England (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	Before 22 Jun 1385  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 17 years and 6 months - She : 18 years and 3 months.
  Children	They had no children.  [1, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F8657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Sir John de Ros of Helmsley, KB, Lord Ros(Abt 1368 – 1393) 2Sir Thomas de Ros, Lord Ros of Helmsley(13 Jan 1336/37 – 1384) 4William de Ros, Lord Ros of Helmsley(1290 – 3 Feb 1342/43) 8William de Roos, Lord Ros of Hamlake(1255 – 1316) 16Sir Robert de Ros( – 1285) 17Isabel d'Albini( – 1301) 9Matilda de Vaux(Abt 1257 – ) 18John de Vaux(Abt 1215 – Abt 1288) 19Sybil 5Margery de Badlesmere(1306 – 1363) 10Bartholomew de Badlesmere, Lord Baddlesmere (1275 – 1322) 20Guncelin de Badlesmere( – 1301) 21Joan FitzBernard( – 1310) 11Margaret de Clare(1286 – 1365) 22Sir Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond(Abt 1245 – 1287/88) 23Juliane FitzMaurice( – 1300) 3Beatrix Stafford( – 1415) 6Sir Ralph de Stafford, KG, Earl of Stafford(1301 – 1372) 12Edmund Stafford, Lord Stafford(1272 – 1308) 24Nicholas Stafford 25Alionore Clinton 13Margaret Basset( – 1336) 26Ralph Basset, Lord Basset of Drayton(Abt 1242 – 1299) 27Hawise de Gray(Abt 1239 – ) 7Margaret de Audley, Baroness Audley( – 1347) 14Hugh de Audley, Earl of Gloucester(1289 – 1347) 28Sir Hugh de Audley, Lord Audley(Abt 1289 – 1326) 29Isolt de Mortimer( – 1338) 15Margaret de Clare(1292 – 1342) 30Sir Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Clare(1243 – 1295) 31Joan Plantagenent, Countess of Gloucester and Hertford(1272 – 1307)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1368 - Helmsley, Yorkshire, England Military - From 1385 to 1386 - Scotland Death - 6 Aug 1393 - Paphos, Cyprus Burial - Aft 6 Aug 1393 - Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Arms of Ros Gules, three water bougets argent

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S11] Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire , (London: Harrision, 1866). [S1705] Cokayne, George E. and Geoffrey H. White. The Complete Peerage, Second Edition, Volume 11 (Rickerton to Sisonby), (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1949). [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019). [S304] Wikipedia, John Ros, 5th Baron Ros.