England; Belvoir, Rutland and Yorkshire; Peerage of England
Ros of Helmsley — 1616 succession dispute and Manners heir-male counterclaim
- Family / house
- Manners of Rutland; Ros of Helmsley; Cecil of Exeter; Knyvet; Tufton
- Family / cadet branch
- Manners of Rutland, heir-male collateral branch to Elizabeth Manners
- Armiger / bearer
- Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland and 17th Baron Ros
- Entity type
- individual
- Social rank / class
- peer
- Heraldic authority
- James VI and I; Commissioners for the Office of Earl Marshal; later peerage authorities
- Record basis
- recording
- Issued / first recorded
- 1616
- Until / superseded
- 1632-12-17
- Historical period
- Early Stuart England
- Grant / record reference
- 1616 petition and royal recognition of Francis Manners as Lord Ros of Hamlake and his son and heir
- Blazon
- Gules, three water bougets Argent, as the inherited Ros component within the Manners/Rutland armorial achievement.
- Plain-English description
- The ancient Ros coat of three silver water-bougets on red was restored to the Manners succession after William Cecil's death without issue, within the broader Manners/Rutland achievement.
- Tinctures
- Gules; Argent; Or; Azure
- Charges / ordinaries
- three water bougets; Manners bars and chief; inherited quarterings
- Exterior ornaments
- Francis's complete Manners/Rutland achievement included the augmented Manners arms and numerous inherited quarterings. The exact post-1618 arrangement of the Ros component is not reconstructed here.
- Difference / variant
- This is the Manners heir-male continuation of the Ros title after William Cecil. It is not a cadet Cecil armorial branch, but it is the necessary succession endpoint for William's Ros inheritance.
- Source reference
- Complete Peerage, Appendix H, Ros or Roos
- Linked historical person
- Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland and 17th Baron Ros
- Source
- Open source
Genealogical context
- Father
- John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland
- Mother
- Elizabeth Charlton
- Spouse(s)
- Frances Knyvet; Cecily Tufton
- Children / next generation
- Lady Katherine Manners, later suo jure Baroness Ros; Hon. Henry Manners, styled Lord Ros; Hon. Frances Manners
Documented depiction
Notes / sources
This finding is retained because the succession dispute materially clarifies why William's Ros armorial identity cannot be treated as an ordinary hereditary Cecil cadet branch. The title was held by William for his lifetime but reverted to the Manners line after his death.