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[[File:De Ros arms.svg|thumb|200px|Arms of Ros: ''Gules, three water bougets argent''<ref>Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 347</ref>]]
'''John Ros, 7th Baron Ros of Helmsley''' (c.1397 – 22 March 1421) was an English nobleman.
He was the eldest son of [[William Ros, 6th Baron Ros]], and Margaret Fitzalan (d. 3 July 1438), the daughter of [[John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel]], by [[Eleanor Maltravers, 2nd Baroness Maltravers|Eleanor Maltravers]] (d. 3 July 1438), younger daughter and coheir of Sir [[John Maltravers, 1st Baron Maltravers|John Maltravers]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Cokayne|1949|pp=102–3}}; {{Harvnb|Richardson III|2011|pp=455–7}}.</ref>
He served as a [[soldier]] of [[Henry V of England]] during the [[Hundred Years' War]]. Six years after the [[Battle of Agincourt]], John participated in the [[Battle of Baugé]]. He was among the casualties along with his brother William Ros, [[Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence]], the governor of Normandy and others. He was buried at the [[Belvoir Priory]].
==Marriage==
John de Ros married [[Margery le Despencer]], daughter and heiress of [[Philip le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer]], but had no issue by her. After his death, Margery married Roger Wentworth (d. 24 October 1452), esquire, younger son of John Wentworth of Elmsall, [[Yorkshire]], by whom she had issue. She was fined £1000 for having contracted a dishonourable marriage far beneath her station.<ref>{{Harvnb|Richardson III|2011|p=456}}.</ref>
==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros'''
|2= 2. [[William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros]]
|3= 3. Margaret FitzAlan
|4= 4. [[Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros]]
|5= 5. Beatrice Stafford
|6= 6. [[John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel]]
|7= 7. [[Eleanor Maltravers, 2nd Baroness Maltravers]]
|8= 8. [[William de Ros, 2nd Baron de Ros]]
|9= 9. Margery de Badlesmere
|10= 10. [[Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford]]
|11= 11. [[Margaret de Audley]]
|12= 12. [[Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel]]
|13= 13. [[Eleanor of Lancaster]]
|14= 14. [[John Maltravers, 1st Baron Maltravers]]
|15= 15. Gwenthin
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==Footnotes==
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==References==
*{{Cite book |title = The Complete Peerage, edited by Geoffrey H. White
|last = Cokayne
|first = George Edward
|publisher = St. Catherine Press
|location = London
|year = 1949
|volume = XI
}}
*{{Cite book |title = Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham
|last = Richardson
|first = Douglas
|location = Salt Lake City
|year = 2011
|edition = 2nd
|volume = III
|ref = {{sfnref|Richardson III|2011}}
}} {{ISBN|144996639X}}
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