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SERFO DE ROS, from Rots, Calvados, France. He was a Domesday under-tenant of Beauchamp of Bedford. Anschetil de Ros and Geoffrey de Ros were two of archbishop Lanfranc's knights. Lanfrac was a former abbot of St. Stephens. The family landed at Kent, England and probably all subsequent Roos or Ros members derived their roots from Kent.

PETER DE ROS, Baron of Roos, b. Holderness, Yorkshire, England m. Adeline de Espec of Hamlake, North Riding, Yorkshire, daughter. Of Walter de Espec, Lord of Hamlake.

ROBERT DE ROS Lord of Hamlake, Yorkshire, England, d. ca 1160 m. Sybil de Valoines. Issue:

EVERARD DE ROS, Lord of Hamlake, d. 1186 East Riding, Yorkshire m. 1139 in East Riding, Rose de Trusbut, daughter of William de Trusbut, Lord of Wartfre and Albreda Harcourt. Issue:

ROBERT DE ROOS Surety of the Magna Charta, was b. 1177 Furston, Yorkshire, d. 1226/1227 Knight Templar, London, bur. New Temple, London m. Lady Isabel, daughter. Of William the Lion, King of Scotland. In 1197 when Robert de Roos of Fursan, the Surety, Fourth Baron of Hamlake Manor, was only twenty years old, while he was with the King of Normandy, he was arrested. His offense is unknown, but he committed to the custody of Hugh de Chaumont. Chaumont trusted his prisoner to William de Spiney who allowed him to escape out of the Castle of Bonville. King Richard, thereupon, hanged Spiney and collected a fine of 1200 marks, about 800 pounds, from the guardian of Ros, as the price of his continued freedom. See Stothdard's Monumental Effigies. When Robert was only 13 years old, he paid 1000 marks fine for livery of his lands and the Castle Werke in Northumberland to be committed to Philip de Ulcote or Olcott. He did not continue long in recluse, as in 1212-1215 he was executing the office of High Sheriff of County Cumberland. He erected castles of Helmesley or Hamlake in Yhorkshire, and of Werke in Northumberland. He was a member of the Order of the Knights Templars in London, England. Issue:

ROBERT DE ROS, Baron, d. Werke Castle, Northumberland, England m. Lady Margaret de Brus.

WILLIAM DE ROS, Lord of Hamlake, Yorkshire d. 1258 m. Lady Lucia Fitzpiers, daughter of Reginald Fitzpiers of Blewleveny, Wales.

ISSUE OF WILLIAM DE ROOS AND WIFE, LUCIA:
  1. William de Ros, Lord of Hamlake, second Baron Ros, b. 1255 Yorkshire, England, d. 1317 m. Lady Maud de Vaux, daughter. of John de Vaux. William acquired Belvoir Castle in right of his mother. He went on the king's expedition into Wales in 1277; and in Scotland in 1291 in the king's service. 6/10/1309 he gave he manor of Warter to the lZugustinian priory of Water, East Riding of Yorkshire.
ISSUE OF WILLIAM DE ROS, LORD OF HAMLAKE, AND LADY MAUDE:
  1. William de Ros, fourth Baron de Ros, d. 1326 d. 1352, accompanied King Edward III to France in 1346. He was knighted by the king at La Hogue, and died in Palestine in 1352.
  2. John de Ros, Baron Res, d. 1338, admiral. In 1022 he was with King Edward II at DyLand when Edward was surprised and nearly captured by the Scots. He stood bail for his wife's nephew, Hugh, son of Hugh le Despencer, who was pardoned by King Edward III.
  3. Alice de Ros m. Lord Nichotas Meinhill.
  4. Thomas de Ros, Lord of Hamlake, Yorkshire, England, d. 1384 m. Lady Beatrice de Stafford, b. 1338 Dramshall, Staffordshire, England, daughter. of Ralph Stafford, Earl of Stafford, and his wife, Margaret de Audley. Issue:
  1. Thomas de Ros, Lord of Hamlake, Yorkshire, England, d. 1414 m. Lady Margaret de Arundel, daughter of Sir John de Arundel.
Belvoir Castle

Belvoir Castle.

Sources: Magna Carta by Wurz; The Magna Carta Barons by Charles H. Browning; Dictionary of National Biography;The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families by Lewis C. Loyd.