Ankaret Baroness Strange of Blackmere LE STRANGE1,3,4,3

also known as Ankaret LE STRANGE

about 13503 - 1st Jun 14131,2

about 1350	Born in Blackmere, Shropshire, England.3
1361	Born in Blackmere, Shropshire, England.1,2,3
before 23rd Aug 1383	Married Richard 4th Lord Talbot of Goderich TALBOT.1,2 The date of marriage is a bit uncertain. Two sources, connected withthe Le Strange family line, report the marriage to Richard Talbot wason or before 23 August 1383. A source in the World Family Tree (anonymous compilation of Genealogy.com) has only the general date of 1375,which is 8 years before the exact date 23 August 1383 in the other sources. I would normally prefer a source that gives an exact date. These other sources, Tudorplace and Worldroots, have seemed credible and careful. However, with a birth date for Ankaret of about 1350, the marriagedate in 1383 would mean that Ankaret did not marry until she was 33.This is very unusual for that period. The date of 1383, However, is also attractive because it is one year before the birth of the Talbots' first child John. This also seems expected.
about 1384	Birth of son John 1st Earl Of Shrewsbury TALBOT.3,5
about 1385	Birth of daughter Mary TALBOT.3
about 1390	Birth of daughter Alice TALBOT.3
7th Sep 1396	Death of Richard 4th Lord Talbot of Goderich TALBOT.2,3,4
4th Jul 1401	Married Thomas 6th Lord Furnival NEVILLE in Whitechurch, England.2
1st Jun 1413	Died.1,2
UNKNOWN	Birth of son Gilbert 5th Lord Strange of Blackmere TALBOT.
UNKNOWN	Birth of daughter Maud 6th Lady Strange of Blackmere NEVILLE.

In this generation the Barony of Lord Strange of Blackmere passed into the Neville family. The last Le Strange Baron(ess), Ankaret, married Richard Lord Talbot. Their son Gilbert of Irchingfield became the 5th Lord Strange of Blackmere.

At Talbot's death Ankaret married Thomas Neville, 6th Lord Furnival.I note also that their daughter Maud Neville, who was also the Countess of Shrewsbury, is designated Baroness Strange of Blackmere. It appears she received this title when Ankaret's first heir, Gilbert Talbot(son of Richard Talbot from Ankaret's first marriage), died without an heir.

Some sources report Ankaret's birth date as 1361. That would mean she was 14 at the time of her marriage to Richard Talbot, who is reported to have been born in 1350, and thus 25 at the time of their marriage. This is possible. Sources with this date include the Tudorplace Le Strange genealogy and the Worldroots Le Strange genealogy. At least one other source, found in the World Family Tree collection, gives the date I originally used, the same year as her first husband, about 1350. I am changing it in the light of the fairly reliable sources giving the later date.

1. Le Strange Blackmere -- Worldroots
- http://worldroots.com/cgi-bin/gasteldb?I10564
2. Le Strange Family Genealogy -- TudorPlace
- Name: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STRANGE.htm;
3. World Family Tree Vol. 4
- Pedigree #172
4. Jo Ellen Uttin, Talbot Family Genealogy
- Http://gw.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=joellenuittin&lang=en;p=richard;n=