Blackmere

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Venue Type & Location

Private Residence

Site Name: Blackmere
Location: near Whitchurch
County: Shropshire
Location Type: Town - near town at determined location

Overview

The Talbot residence does not survive, although the remains of a moat, presumably the site of the house, can still be seen in Black Park, 1 1/2 miles NE of Whitchurch.

Performance History

Talbot household accounts for Blackmere record performances by entertainers there in the early 15th c. Entertainers patronized by the Talbot family appeared elsewhere during the 15th and early 16th c.

Current Status

Only the remains of the moat survive.

History of the Venue

The origins of the 1st residence are obscure.

1383 Property passed by marriage to the 4th Baron Talbot via Ankaret, 7th Baroness Strange.

15th c. Primary residence of the Talbot family.

1561 The 'late castle of Blackmeare decayed of longe tyme' was demolished apart from the gatehouse and the materials sold by Francis, 8th Earl of Shrewsbury (Bernard, Power of the Early Tudor Nobility 141).

Record Source

REED Shropshire 1.353--4; Devon 90--2

Patrons who owned this venue

Name Dates Titles
Talbot, Gilbert 1383-1418 5th Baron , Knight of the Garter , 8th Baron
Talbot, John 1384-1453 6th Baron , Baron , 7th Baron , Count , 4th Earl of , 1st Earl of
Talbot, John 1413-1460 Knight , 7th Baron , Baron , 5th Earl of , Earl of

Bibliographic Sources

  • Bernard, G.W. The Power of the Early Tudor Nobility: A Study of the Fourth and Fifth Earls of Shrewsbury. Totowa, NJ; Brighton: Barnes & Noble; Harvester P, 1985.
  • Jackson, Michael. Castles of Shropshire. Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries, 1988.
  • Leland, John. The Itinerary of John Leland in or about the Years 1535–1543. Lucy Toulmin Smith, ed. 5 vols. London: Centaur, 1964.