Jane Needham

Marriage/Family:

Jane, the daughter of Sir Robert Needham of Shavington Hall, Shropshire, married Sir Andrew Corbet, a prominent English Protestant politician of the mid-Tudor and early Elizabethan periods: a member of the powerful Council in the Marches of Wales for a quarter of a century

They had six sons and five daughters which included Robert Corbet (died 1583), Sir Andrew's heir and successor, who had already represented Shropshire in the parliament of 1563, and who died of plague while visiting his uncle Walter Corbet in London.

Richard Corbet (died 1606), a future MP for Shropshire, who succeeded to Sir Andrew's estates on the death of his elder brother.

Sir Vincent Corbet, Sir Andrew's youngest son, inherited the family estates on the death of his brother Richard.

Sir Andrew Corbet, Sir Vincent's son, was a prominent Shropshire MP.

Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet, the second Sir Andrew's son, was a Royalist soldier of the English Civil War

Richard Corbet, another of the second Sir Andrew's sons, was also a prominent Royalist soldier.

Anne Corbet, who was the first wife of Sir Walter Leveson, a wealthy Shropshire and Staffordshire landowner and MP who engaged in piracy and later became mentally incapacitated.

Richard Leveson (died 1605), their son and Sir Andrew's grandson, was a distinguished Elizabethan seaman who rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral.