William de Ros
- Born: 1368, Hamlake, Yorkshire, England
- Marriage: Margaret Fitz Alan de Arundel
- Died: 1 Sep 1414, Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England at age 46
 General Notes:
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (9:33) & (21:32).
Noted events in his life were:
• Knighted.
• Knight of the Garter: Knight of the Garter explained.
• Dates & Events.
According to Cockayne's "Complete Peerage":
He was summoned to parliament regularly 1394-1413.
He served on the Privy Councils of both King Richard II and King Henry IV.
He was in Calais in 1396 for the wedding of King Richard II to Isabelle, the 8 year old daughter of King Charles VI of France. This marriage was very unpopular with the English nobility and added to their discontent with the King's rule in 1399, while King Richard was on an expedition to Ireland, Henry Bolingbroke, the Duke of Lancaster (the future Henry IV), who had been banished by Richard, returned to England with an army to claim the throne for himself. William threw his support to Henry.
He was present at the abdication of Richard and assented to his inprisonment (which led to his death shortly thereafter).
William was Treasurer of England in 1403 &1404; made a Knight of the Garter in 1404; was one of the auditors of he war accounts in 1406.
In 1413-14 was the King's chief commissioner for the shires of Middlesex, Nottingham, and Derby in the matter of determining the facts relating to rebellions and treasons commited by the Lollards.
William married Margaret Fitz Alan de Arundel, daughter of John Fitz Alan Baron Maltravers, Marshal Of England and Eleanor Maltravers Baroness Cobham. (Margaret Fitz Alan de Arundel was born in 1370 and died on 3 Jul 1438.)
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