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He was born before 1200, and was old enough to be in arms with his father against the King. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Lincoln on 20 May 1217, but released on finding sureties on 26 Oct. 1217. He fought in Brittany 1230, Gascony 1242, and Wales 1258. He seems to have taken no part in the Barons War, and was reputed to be loyal. He went on pilgrimage to Santiago in Spain in 1252. He was a benefactor of the monasteries of Kirkham, Rievaulx and Meaux, and of the Templars.

William de Ros, of Hamlake, upon giving security for the payment of £100 for his relief, had livery of his lands. This feudal lord, in the lifetime of his father, was an active supporter of the baronial cause and was made prisoner at the battle of Lincoln (1st Henry III) [1216] by the royalists but soon after released and delivered up to his father upon bail. He was subsequently engaged in the wars of Gascony and he had two military summonses in the 42nd Henry III [1258] to march against the Scots and Welsh. By the deaths of his two great aunts, the sisters of his grandmother, Rose Trusbut, s. p., he became sole heir of the baronial estate of Trusbut and Wartre.

''Sir William De Ros, 1192 - 1264''
SIR WILLIAM DE ROS, son and heir, did homage for his inheritance; he was included with his father in the special Bull of excommunication, January 1215/6, and remained an active partisan of Prince Louis till the final battle of Lincoln, 19 May 1217, in which he was captured; he paid 20 marks to be delivered from prison, and was handed over to his father in October 1217. In May 1224 he was sent to Poitou in the King's service, and in August took part in the siege of Bedford Castle. He witnessed the promulgation of the Forest charter, February 1224/5, and accompanied Henry in his expedition to France, 1230. In January 1235/6 he attested the confirmation of Magna Carta at Westminster, and in 1237 was of the escort of the King of Scots, to his meeting with Henry at York, attesting the agreement between the two Kings. In 1242-43 his lands were seized for his failure to attend, with his peers, the muster at Rhuddlan, August 1241, and the King's expedition to France, May 1242. In 1244 he witnessed King Alexander's letter to the Pope. He went on pilgrimage to Santiago in 1252; was summoned, with his son Robert, for service in Scotland, 1257/8; for service against the Welsh, 1258 and later; to London, with all his service due, 1260 and 1261; in March 1263/4, for service in Wales, with attendance first at a Council at Oxford. He seems to have taken no part in the Barons' War, and was reputed to be loyal. He married Lucy. He died, probably in 1264, and was bur. at Kirkham. His widow was living in Michaelmas term, 1266.