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Sir Robert CORBET, Sheriff Of Shropshire

Sir Robert CORBET, Sheriff Of Shropshire[1, 2]

Male 1472 - 1513  (41 years)


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  • Name Robert CORBET  [3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Prefix Sir 
    Suffix Sheriff Of Shropshire 
    Birth 1472  Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID 9KDG-5C2 
    Occupation Between 11 Jan 1507 and 10 Jan 1508  Shropshire, England, Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Sheriff 
    _UID 38158B1DC1BF4BF390CF269CC6FEBC378B62 
    Death 11 Apr 1513  Moreton, Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 7] 
    Burial 11 Apr 1513  Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6] 
    Person ID I7349  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2024 

    Father Sir Richard CORBET, Sr.,   b. Abt 1448, Moreton Corbet, Wem, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1493, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England, Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Lady Elizabeth DEVEREUX,   b. 1452, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1516, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1469  Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 9, 10] 
    Family ID F3726  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lady Elizabeth DE VERNON, Countess, Baroness,   b. Abt 1477, Haddon, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1563, Moreton Corbet, Wem, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Marriage 1497  Derby, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Dorothy DE CORBET,   b. 1490, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1540, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     2. Lady Katherine CORBET,   b. Aft 1490, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1508 (Age ~ 18 years)
     3. Jane CORBET,   b. Abt 1498, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Joanna (Anna) CORBET,   b. Abt 1499, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1538, , Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 39 years)
     5. Anne CORBET,   b. 1500, , Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. John CORBET, Esquire,   b. 1500, Worthen, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1566, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     7. Robert CORBET, Of Moreton, Sheriff Of Shropshire,   b. 24 Jun 1501, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1538, , Lyncheslade, Buckingham, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
     8. Dorothea CORBET,   b. Abt 1502, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. Maria (Mary) CORBET,   b. Abt 1503, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     10. Anne NEWPORT MORETON CORBET,   b. Abt 1503, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1590, Ashby Manor, Ashby Folville, Melton Mowbray, E. Goscote, N. Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 86 years)
     11. Richard CORBET,   b. 1506, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1566, Stoke Upon Tern, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     12. Thomas CORBERT,   b. Abt 1507, Morton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     13. Elizabeth CORBET,   b. 1508, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     14. Joanna CORBET,   b. 1508, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1623, Of Langley, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 115 years)
     15. Margaret CORBETT,   b. Abt 1512, Of Hatherton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     16. Reginald CORBETT,   b. 1513, Stoke Upon Tern, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1566 (Age 53 years)
     17. Margerie CORBET,   b. 1530, Shipbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1601, Shipbourne, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F3723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2022 

  • Notes 
    • Biography
      Birth and Parents

      Robert Corbet was born about 1478 (aged 16 in 1494).[1]

      He was son and heir of Richard Corbet, Knt, of Moreton Corbet, and his wife Elizabeth Devereux.[1]

      By letters patent dated 10 Dec. 1498, he was granted a licence to enter his lands without proof of age.[2]
      Lands

      Robert was of

      Moreton Corbet, Shropshire
      Chelmscott (in Soulbur) and Cublington, Buckinghamshire[1]

      1506 Sheriff

      He was Sheriff of Shropshire, 1506-7[1]
      Family

      Robert Corbet was the grandfather of Sir Richard Newport, 1511-1570, and has the following place in Newport's ahnentafel. [3]

      1. Sir Richard Newport, 1511-1570
      2. Thomas Newport, Sheriff, 1549.
      3. Anne Corbet
      4. John Newport, Sheriff, 1491, 1501, 1510
      5. Alicia Swynnerton
      6. Sir Robert Corbet (died 1513 of Moreton Corbet, Sheriff 1507
      7. Elizabeth Vernon
      8. William Newport of High Ercall, High Sheriff of Shropshire, 1473.
      9. Elizabeth de Burgh
      10. Sir John Swynnerton of Swynnereton and Hilton, Staffordshire.
      12. Sir Richard Corbet (died 1493) of Moreton Corbet
      13. Elizabeth Ferrers
      14. Sir Henry (Harry) Vernon of Haddon and Tong, Treasurer to Arthur, Prince of Wales.
      15. Anne Talbot
      16. Thomas Newport of High Ercall, Shropshire.
      17. Eleanor Grey, daughter of henry Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Codnor
      18. Sir John de Burgh of Dinas masddwy
      19. Jane Clopton of Rdbrook, Gloucestershire.
      24. Roger Corbet (died 1468) of Moreton Corbet
      25. Elizabeth Hopton, heiress to her brother, Walter Hopton of Hopton Castle, Shropshire (remarried John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester)
      26. Sir Walter Devereux, 7th Baron Ferrers of Chartley
      27. Anne Ferrers, 7th Baroness Ferrers of Chartley
      28. Sir William Vernon of Haddon and tong (1418-1467)
      29. Margaret Pype or Swynfen of Pipe Ridward
      30. John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbry (c. 1417-60)
      31. Elizabeth Butler, daughter of James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormonde

      1498 Inheritance

      He had order for livery of his inheritance, 10 Dec 1498.[1]
      1498 Marriage

      He married Elizabeth Vernon, daughter of Henry (or Harry) Vernon, Knt, of Haddon, Derbyshire, by Anne, daughter of John Talbot, K. G., 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury.[1]

      No date is provided for his marriage, but it may be estimated as 1498, when Robert was 20, based on the birth of a child the following year.

      In any event, the marriage was prior to 1504, because "in the period 1504-15, Richarde Charleton sued Henry Vernon, Knt, in chancery regarding a bond given on behalf of Richard Corbett, Knt, concerning the marriage of Robert, his son, with Elizabeth, defendant's daughter." [1]
      1499 Inheritance of Elizabeth Hopton Estates

      Robert Corbet inherited the estates of his grandmother, Elizabeth Hopton, upon her death in 1499. [4]

      Sir Robert married Elizabeth Vernon, daughter of Sir Henry Vernon. [4]
      1500 Court Action

      In 1500 an action was brought by his cousin, Sir Nicholas Vaux, against him for refusing to divide the manor of Cublington, Buckinghamshire.[1]
      Sheriff

      Blakeway in his Sheriffs of Shropshire states that Sir Robert was Sheriff in 1507; the Pedigree gives the date as 1501. [4]
      1511 Commissions of the Peace

      Robert held Commission of the Peace both in the year 1511 and in the following year, and in 1512 his name is among the "Appointments for War." -- "Names of lords and others with the number of men which they have granted, to serve the King's grace by land..."[4]
      1513 Death and Burial

      He died 11 April 1513. He left a will proved 16 Nov 1513 [5]

      A reference in the Harrison indexes gives "Inq. P. M. of Sir Robert Corbet, knt, taken at salop, 16 June 5 Hen VIII. Sir Robert Corbet died 11th April 5 Hen VIII, leaving a widow Elizabeth, and children Roger (aged 11), Anna, Dorothy, Joanna and Maria." [6]

      "A Deed which is almost in the form of a will is also recorded in Dods Mss. It bears no date but was "proved in November 1513." Whereas I, Sir Robert Corbet, have made by Deed unto Sir Henry Vernon, knight, Thomas Inglefield, knight, Thomas Cornwale, knight, Thomas Laken, Esqr, Roger Corbet my son and heir apparent, Esqr, Richard Vernon, Esqr, etc, all my lordships and lands in Hopton, Fitz, Eton, Constantine, Lawley, Water Upton, Dalyngton, Lynchdale, Sothcote, Howbrighill, and Wyggynton, in the counties of Salop, Northampton, Bucks, Essex and Hertford, to hold for the use of me, the said Sir Robert Corbet and my heires. Item. I bequeath my bodye to be buried in the Church of St. Batilmew att Moreton, Corbet, Elizabeth, the Testaor's wife, Roger Testator's son and heire, Anne Dorotte, and Jane the Testaror's daughters, each C marks. Proved 13 Nov 1513. [4]

      His widow, Elizabeth, died 29 March 1563. He and his wife were buried at Moreton Corbet, Shropshire.[1]

      His monument is located is located at St. Bartholomew Church, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England along with his wife. Photographs of these and other Corbet monuments may be seen at [7]
      Issue

      Documented

      Jane, born Shropshire 1499, (wife of Thomas Lee) One of three sons and four daughters named by Richardson. [1]Named in Deed, proved November 1513. [4]
      Anne, born Moreton Corbet 1500. Anna, Named in June 1513 Inquisition Post Mortem. [6] Named in Deed, proved November 1513, as Anne. [4] Not named by Richardson [1]
      Dorothy, born Moreton Corbet 1500 (wife of Richard Mainwaring) One of three sons and four daughters named by Richardson. [1] #Dorothy, Named in June 1513 Inquisition Post Mortem. [6] Named in Deed, proved November 1513, as Dorotte. [4]
      Roger,born Moreton Corbet 1502. Roger, age 11, born 1502, Named in June 1513 Inquisition Post Mortem. [6] Named in Deed, proved November 1513, as Roger. [4]
      Robert, Esq. One of three sons and four daughters named by Richardson. [1] born, say, 1504.
      Joanna, Named in June 1513 Inquisition Post Mortem. [6] Joan. One of three sons and four daughters named by Richardson. [1] Richardson identifies her as wife of Thomas Newport, but that was Anne. Born, say, 1506.
      Maria, named in June 1513 Inquisition Post Mortem. [6]Not named in Deed, proved November 1513. [4] Mary (wife of Thomas Powell) One of three sons and four daughters named by Richardson. [1] Born, say, 1508.
      Richard, born Moreton Corbet 1512. One of three sons and four daughters named by Richardson. [1] Not named in IPM [6] or Deed [4]
      Reginald, born Moreton Corbet 1513. One of three sons and four daughters named by Richardson. [1] Not named in IPM [6] or Deed [4]

      Not documented

      Margery, born Astley, Cheshire, 1505

      Sources

      ? 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry. Volume II, page 295.
      ? Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Henry VII 1494-1509, volume 2. (London, 1916), p. 175
      ? Wiiipedia. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Newport_(died_1570) Richard Newport (died 1570). Accessed June 3, 2017 jhd
      ? 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Augusta Elizabeth Brickdale Corbet. The Family of Corbet: Its Life and Times. London. The St. Catherine Press, 1915. Reprinted, Hardpress Publishing, Miami, Florida, www.hardpress.net. Volume II, pages 262-265
      ? P. C. C. 27 Feriplace, cited by Richardson, II, 295
      ? 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 A Reference in the Harrison Indexes, cited by Augusta Elizabeth Brickdale Corbet. The Family of Corbet: Its Life and Times. London. The St. Catherine Press, 1915. Reprinted, Hardpress Publishing, Miami, Florida, www.hardpress.net. Volume II, pages 262-265
      ? Church Monuments, Shropshire "shows pictures of Robert and Elizabeth's Memorial Monument as well as several others in the Corbet family "

      See also:

      Transcribed Will: http://www.oxford-shakespeare.com/Probate/PROB_11-17_ff_214-5.pdf
      Find a Grave. www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92100840. - " Shows parents, Status as a Knight of Moreton Corbet, Sheriff of Stropshire. Includes birth year and place as well as entire death date and place .Includes information on 7 of 11 known children, and both parents " Follows Richardson; no additional information.
      Geni. www.geni.com/people/Sir-Robert-Corbet-II/6000000006444214154 - "Shows birth year and place along with full date and place of birth. Cover's parents,spouse,children,siblings. Has an extensive list of resource material."
      Geni. https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Robert-Corbet-of-Moreton-Corbet/6000000006444214154 (from a profile for a different Mary than the daughter of Sir Robert Corbet who married Elizabeth Vernon)
      Peerage. http://www.thepeerage.com/p14913.htm#i149122 He also had daughter Ann Corbet Newport, http://www.thepeerage.com/p14913.htm#i149121

  • Sources 
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    2. [S579] Jim Weber.

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