Confirmed (1147-53) to Rievaulx the gift of his uncle Walter Espec for the
souls of his said uncle, his father and brother Everard; consablte, probably
to the Count of Aumale, lord of Holderness from about 1153 until his death;
in his grant to Selby Abbey he styled 'Roberttus de Ros, Conatabularius,
filius Petri Dapiferi'; attested charter of Count William about 1150, and
Henry II's charter to Scarsborough where for several years from 1158 on was
in charge of the works at the King's castle; on his death money was owing to
the Crown upon the works at Scarsborough; his son's lands were charged with
debt and they and his lands were put in custody of Ranulf of Glanville.