Sir George Manners, 12th Baron de Ros of Helmsley (died 27 October 1513, at Tournai, Belgium) was an English

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 nobleman of the reign of King Henry VII of England

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George Manners was the son of Eleanor de Ros by her marriage to Sir Robert Manners. He inherited the barony of de Ros

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 from his uncle, Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros

Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros

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 of Hamlake.

He married Anne St. Leger (14 January 1476 – 21 April 1526). She was a daughter of Sir Thomas St. Leger

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 and Anne of York

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. His mother-in-law was the second child and eldest surviving daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

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 and Cecily Neville

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. She was an older sister of Edward IV of England

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, Edmund, Earl of Rutland

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, Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk

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, Margaret of York

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, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence

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 and Richard III of England

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Their son was Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland

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, who inherited the barony.

George Manners owned a medieval manuscript copy of a chanson de geste

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, Les Voeux de paon (The Vows of the Peacock) by Jacques de Longuyon

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, that is now New York Public Library

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, Spencer MS 9. He wrote his name on a flyleaf of the manuscript, f. i v, which may be seen online at the Digital Scriptorium, http://www.scriptorium.columbia.edu.

The 12th Baron de Ros was buried at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.