Note that Maven previously mentioned flawed Shropshire Visitations.
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JA Tappero
Sep 3, 1996, 12:00:00
Thought maybe the following would be of help.
The book "The Family of Corbet : It's Life and Times" is by Augusta
Elizabeth Brickdale; pub. London: St. Catherine Press. 1914-1920. It is in
two volumes, both of which can be found on film at the LDS Family History
Library, and can be ordered to your local center. Vol. 1 and 2 are on film
- 908350, item 1, 2, and a second filming of volume 2 on #962462, item 3.
Volume 2, p. 245- contains the material on Robert Corbet. "He married
Margaret Mallory as quite a young man, for his eldest son was of age to be
knighted about 1422 or so."......... "His eldest son Thomas predeceased
him in 1436"..........."Thomas the eldest son, died about 1436, leaving no
heir. His father, Sir Robert, died we think about 1438-9, as at those
dates and
1440 we have the acknowledgment of the homage of his heir, Sir Roger
Corbet, and the record of the death of his mother, Margaret Mallory."
The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623, taken from; "The Publications of The
Harleian Society", vol. XXVIII, shows the death of Robert Corbet as 17 H.
6 (1439) and his wife as "Margareta filia Will'i Mallory militis."
(Margaret the daughter of William Mallory, knight or soldier). They are
shown with the following children: Elizabetha uxor Georgij Sandford de
Sandford in co. Salop; Dorothea uxor Philippi Kynaston de Walford in com.
Salop; Thomas Corbet, ob. s.p.; Rogerus Corbet miles ob. married
Elizabetha filia et haeres Thomae Hopton; Maria uxor Rob'ti Charlton de
Apley in co. Salop.
In the introduction it states "There is another copy of the Visitation of
1623 in the School Library at Shrewsbury, and by the kindness of the
School Committee we have been able to incorporate a collation of this
interesting MS. in the present volume, which therefore consists of Harl.
MS. 1396, with additions from Harl. MSS. 615 and 1241, and from the
Shrewsbury MS., and comprises the Visitations of 1569, 1584, and 1623 . To
distinguish these various MSS., Harl. MS. 1396 is printed in ordinary
Roman type, the additions from Harl. MS. 1241 are printed in italics, the
additions from Harl. MS. 615 are printed in italics within parentheses,
and the additions and variations taken from the Shrewsbury MS. are printed
in italics within square brackets." The entries for Roger Corbet and
Margaret Mallory are in ordinary Roman type which would have come
exclusively from the
Visitation of 1623.
As for the time he served as Sheriff of Shropshire, on film #510646,
"Phillips manuscripts", filmed at the Public Library, Shrewsbury, England,
Robert is shown as serving as sheriff in 1419. This is in a list of The
Sheriff's of Shropshire, and shows that almost all of them only served for
one year.
Hope this helps in some way. I am looking forward to this thread
continuing so that maybe this can be decided. I have some other sources to
look at the next time I'm at the Family History Library which will
probably be Monday or Tuesday. One is the Acts of Office for the diocese
of Hereford, 1407-1480, a MS filmed at the County Record Office in
Hereford and concerning the proceedings of the Consistory court.
Shropshire is included.
