Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, 12th Baron de Roos (1492–1543) and Countess Eleanor (née Paston) (d.1551).

Sir Thomas Manners, 12th Baron de Roos, who received the Order of the Garter and in April 1525 was created 1st Earl of Rutland by Henry VIII. He had been called to Parliament in 1515 and was present when Henry VIII met the French king Charles V at the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520, then became cupbearer to the King in 1521. He was involved in the hearings regarding the legality of Henry VIII’s marriage to Katherine of Aragon. After initially displaying sympathy towards Katherine, he became a close supporter of Henry’s actions. He helped Henry with the divorce and was one of the generals who suppressed the Catholic monastic rebellion of 1536 in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, known as the Pilgrimage of Grace.
The 1st Earl of Rutland was present at Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn in 1533, then took part in her trial three years later.