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Lady Ankaret LE BOTELER, Baroness Strange of Blackmere

Lady Ankaret LE BOTELER, Baroness Strange of Blackmere

Female 1305 - 1361  (56 years)

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  • Name Ankaret LE BOTELER  [1
    Prefix Lady 
    Suffix Baroness Strange of Blackmere 
    Born 1305  Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID L5KB-56R 
    Name Ankaret Boteler  [2
    Died 8 Oct 1361  Castle Blakemere, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I594775923  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Father William LE BOTELER, Baron of Wemme,   b. 11 Jun 1274, Wem, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 14 Sep 1334, Wem, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Ela DE HERDEBURGH,   b. 1276, Willey, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 5 Jul 1343, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Family ID F536731330  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sir John LE'STRANGE, 2nd Lord Strange of Blackmere,   b. 25 Jan 1306, Blakemere, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1349, Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 1327  [3
    Children 
     1. Maud Le STRANGE,   b. 1321, Knockin in Oswestry, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1391, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. Isabel STRANGE,   b. Knockin, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1366
     3. Maude STRANGE,   b. Whitechurch, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1390, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Robert STRANGE,   b. Knockyn, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1382, Knockyn, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Ankaret LE STRANGE,   b. 1325, Blakemere, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1389, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     6. Eleanor LE STRANGE,   b. Abt 1328, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1396, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)
     7. Fulk LE STRANGE,   b. 2 Feb 1331, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1349, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
     8. Ebles STRANGE,   b. 1332, Salopshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1399  (Age 67 years)
     9. John LE STRANGE, VII,   b. 13 Jan 1332, Whitchurch, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1361, Blakemere, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     10. Matilda STRANGE,   b. 1333, Longnore, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1357, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     11. Elizabeth LE STRANGE,   b. 1334, Basing, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1362, Tong, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F536731328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Biography
      Ankaret was the daughter of Sir William Butler, 1st Lord Butler of Wem, and his wife Ellie de Herdeburgh (Harborough).

      Marriages
      She married John le Strange, 2nd Lord le Strange of Blackmere, Shropshire, before 20 May 1327.

      In the Inquisition Post Mortem of her father in 1334 it was recorded that John Lestraunge, lord of Whitchurch (de Albo Monasterio), and Ancareta his wife held Dodynton, part of the manor of Wemme, Shropshire.

      Her husband John le Strange died in 1349. Ankaret survived him and was noted in his Inquisition Post Mortem.

      Ankaret then married Sir Thomas de Ferrers, younger son of William de Ferrers, 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby. Thomas de Ferrers aka de Ferariis died in 1353 and his Inquisition Post Mortem noted that his heir was William de Ferariis, son of Henry de Ferariis, the brother of Thomas. It also referred to "Ankaretta la Straunge, sometime wife of the said Thomas de Ferariis".

      Issue
      They had 3 sons and 3 daughters

      1.) Fulk, 3rd Baron

      2.) Sir John, 4th Baron

      3.) Hamon

      4.) Elizabeth, wife of Edmund St John, 3rd Baron, then of Sir Gerard Lisle, 1st Baron, and 3rdly of Sir Richard Pembridge

      5.) Eleanor, wife of Sir Reynold de Grey of Ruthin

      6.) Alice, wife of Sir Edmund de Handlo

      1349 Second Marriage to Sir Thomas de Ferrer
      Sir John died on 21 July 1349 and Ankaret then married Sir Thomas de Ferrers, younger son of the 1st Lord Ferrers of Groby. Sir Thomas left a legitimate son William, but it isn't known whether Ankaret was William's mother.

      1361 Death
      Ankaret died on 8 October 1361.

      Inquisition Post Mortem 1361
      The Inquisition Post Mortem of Ankaretta late the wife of John LeStraunge of Blakemere, knight, following a Writ of 10 October, 35 Edward III [1361]. recorded that she held lands in the County of Southampton and in Shropshire.

      She died on 8 October last. John, son of John Lestraunge the son of the aforesaid John and Ankaretta, aged 7 years and above on the eve of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary last, was their heir.



  • Sources 
    1. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Apr 2024), entry for Maud Le STRANGE, person ID LK7G-CS8. (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Apr 2024), entry for Ankaret le Boteler, person ID L5KB-56R. (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Apr 2024), entry for John Le'Strange, person ID LH8P-TVB. (Reliability: 3).