Robert Corbet, Lord of Moreton, MP, Sheriff of Shropshire

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Shropshire Walcot Family - Chart VIII: The Corbet Family; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id102.html. (Steven Ferry, May 5, 2020.)

Primary Sources

Inquisition Post Mortem for Robert Corbet, Esquire. Writ 24 Oct. 1420. He died 12 Aug. last [1420]. Thomas Corbet is his son and next heir, aged 10 years and more.

b. Moreton Corbet 8 Dec. 1383, 1st. s. of Sir Roger Corbet*; e. bro. of Roger*. m. bef. 1410, Margaret (d. 26 Jan. 1439), 2s. Thomas and Roger. [It is unknown whether he had any daughters.] http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/co...

Corbet died during his term as sheriff on 12 Aug. 1420, at the early age of 36. His heir was his elder son, Thomas, then aged ten, who subsequently sat for Shropshire in 1435 but died less than four years afterwards when, on the death of Robert's widow (who had meanwhile married Sir William Mallory of Papworth, Cambridgeshire), the family estates passed to Robert's younger son, Roger Corbet. The latter represented the shire in the Parliaments of 1439 and 1447. (ibid.)

Sheriff of Shropshire, England, 1419 [died 1420 before finishing his term]. [With additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. and assisted by David Faris Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992), 29B-33].

In 1419, in the reign of Henry V, Robert Corbet, of Moreton Corbet, was Sheriff. He married Margaret, [the daughter of Sir William Mallory - a misunderstanding based on the fact that Sir William Mallory of Papworth was her second husband. She was probably a Burley.] He was 10th in descent from Roger, son of Corbet, who came over with William the Conqueror.

[Antiquary: a magazine devoted to the study of the past, Volume 8, compiled by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson, pp. 125-6.]

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Corbet-5

Robert Corbet, Esq., Sheriff & Justice of the Peace of Shropshire was born circa 1383 at of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England; Age 12 in 1396. He married Margaret circa 1408; They had 2 sons (Thomas; & Sir Roger) & 3 daughters (Juliane (Anne), wife of Sir John Sandford, & of Sir Hugh Peshale; [NO] Dorothy, wife of Philip Kynaston; & Mary, wife of Robert Charleton, Esq.).[2] Robert Corbet, Esq., Sheriff & Justice of the Peace of Shropshire died on 12 August 1420.

Family

Margaret b. c 1387, d. 26 Jan 1439

Children

1. Thomas
2. Sir Roger
3. Elizabeth, wife of George or John Sandford, of Sandford, Co. Salop
4. Dorothy, wife of Philip Kynaston
5. Mary, wife of Robert Charleton, Esq

Note: Juliana Pershall is seen as a daughter of this Robert Corbett in some pedigrees, of Roger Corbett in others, or as simply “daughter of Lord Corbett of Moreton Corbett.” She’s not listed in Visitations, History of Parliament, or “The family of Corbet.” The dates also do not work well for her to be a child of this Robert Corbet, Lord of Moreton, MP, Sheriff of Shropshire or of his brother Roger.

The surname of CORBETT was derived from the Old French CORBET - a nickname for one with dark hair. Surnames having a derivation from nicknames form the broadest and most miscellaneous class of surnames, encompassing many different types of origin. The most typical classes refer adjectivally to the general physical aspect of the person concerned, or to his character. Many nicknames refer to a man's size or height, while others make reference to a favoured article of clothing or style of dress. Many surnames derived from the names of animals and birds. In the Middle Ages ideas were held about the characters of other living creatures, based on observation, and these associations were reflected and reinforced by large bodies of folk tales featuring animals behaving as humans. The name is of an ancient Shropshire family descended from a Norman baron, Hugh Corbet or Corbeau living in 1040. He came to England with his son Robert. His descendant Sir Richard Corbet was granted land near Shrewsbury in 1223, at a place now known as Moreton Corbet. Early records of the name mention Corbet, who was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. A notable member of the name was Richard Corbet (1582-1635) the English poet and prelate, the son of a gardener in Ewell, Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School then passed to Oxford, and in 1620 was made dean of Christ Church. In 1624 he was consecrated bishop of Oxford and in 1632, translated to Norwich. At first the coat of arms was a practical matter that served a function on the battlefield and in tournaments. With his helmet covering his face, and armour encasing the knight from head to foot, the only means of identification for his followers, was the insignia painted on his shield, and embroidered on his surcoat, the draped and flowing garment worn over the armour. The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. Chaddesley Corbett, County Worcester; Rodger Corbet of that place, son of William Corbett, of the same 1288: reg p.m., 17 Edward I, his son and heir William being aged 8 years.

In 1415 Robert and Roger Corbet served in King Henry V's first expedition to France. Robert was Sheriff of Shropshire from November 23, 1419 until he died.

Robert Corbet (1383-1420) of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, was an English soldier, politician and landowner who represented Shropshire twice in the House of Commons of England.

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/co...

As a minor, placed under the guardianship of John Burley http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/bu..., who arranged his marriage (probably to Burley's own daughter Margaret).

Two sons, Thomas (died without heirs) and Roger, plus perhaps as many as three daughters.

From http://todmar.net/ancestry/corbet_main.htm

The following history on the Corbet line is from the book "Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell" by Carl Boyer, 3rd.

14. Sir Robert Corbet, son of Roger and Margaret was born on December 8, 1383 He married Margaret abt 1400 whose last name is not known As his parents were both dead when he was eleven, his wardship and marriage were granted by King Richard II to Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, who was obliged at the beginning of the reign of Henry IV to hand over the wardship to John Burley I of Broncroft Robert proved his age in 1405.  He served as Justice of Shropshire from March 14, 1410 to February 1416, and served the county in Parliament in 1413 and 1419.  In May 1413 he and Richard Lacon (who held office on the Fitz Alan estates) joined David Holbache and Urian St. Pierre (both of whom represented Shrewsbury) in acting sureties for a Matthew ap Maredudd. In 1413 problems with tax collections were blamed on the dislike of Robert Corbet and Richard Lacon for their nominees as tax collectors  As a result indictments were brought agains Robert and Roger Corbet, Richard Lacon, John Burley II and other esquires of the Earl of Arundel In 1415 Robert and Roger Corbet served in King Henry V's first expedition to France. Robert was Sheriff of Shropshire in from November 23, 1419 until he died.

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Corbet-5 cites

1. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 292.
2. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 67-68.

Royal Ancestry 2013 D. Richardson Vol. II p. 292

1. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition , by Frederick Lewis Reference: 26 May 2003
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Corbet
3. The Genealogist (1877-1922), (Old Series, 7 volumes, 1877-1883. New Series, 38 volumes, 1884-1922. London: George Bell, 1877-1922), FHL book 942 B2gqm; see FHL catalog for list of vo., vol. 37 p. 50..
4. History of Parliament online: CORBET, Robert (1383-1420), of Moreton Corbet, Salop
5. The family of Corbet; its life and times Page 243