Sir Roger Corbet, Kt., Sheriff of Shropshire

Is your surname Corbet?

Research the Corbet family

Sir Roger Corbet, Kt., Sheriff of Shropshire's Geni Profile

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

Sir Roger Corbet, Kt., Sheriff of Shropshire

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: January 01, 1396 (51-60)
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Corbet, Lord of Moreton and Elizabeth Corbet
Husband of Margaret Corbet
Father of Joane Corbet; Eleanor Corbet; Robert Corbet, Lord of Moreton, MP, Sheriff of Shropshire; Margaret Corfield and Roger Corbet, MP
Brother of Thomas Corbet, Esq.; Fulk Corbet, Kt.; Amice le Strange; Joan Darras; Eleanor Cotes and 4 others
Half brother of Joanna Harley

Occupation: Knight, Sheriff of Shropshire
Managed by: Erica Howton
Last Updated:

About Sir Roger Corbet, Kt., 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.)

From History of Parliament Online, entry for Sir Roger Corbet (d. 1395):

3rd s. of Sir Robert Corbet† (d.1375), of Moreton Corbet by Elizabeth, da. of Fulk, 1st Lord Strange of Blackmere. m. by 1382, Margaret (d. 14 Nov. 1395), da. of Sir Giles Erdington of Erdington, Warws.,1 2s. Robert* and Roger*, 2da. [3 extra daughters attached here] Kntd. by Mar. 1388.

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


Other records (Chancery, land records, etc.) give Sir Roger Corbet *only two* sons, Robert (c. 1383-1420) and Roger (c. 1387-1430), both of whom wound up under the guardianship of John Burley, MP. No information exists as to any daughters (and the Corbet family was already multi-branched, which makes keeping track of them even harder). Burley arranged the marriage of Robert to a Margaret who must have been a close relative and was probably his own daughter (this was exactly the sort of thing guardians were prone to doing when they had underage marriageable daughters/nieces and underage wards).

Robert (son of Sir Roger) and Margaret had two sons: Thomas (died without heirs) and another Roger, and perhaps some daughters (not found in official records), before he died unexpectedly in 1420 during his term as Sheriff of Shropshire. Margaret promptly took as her second husband (Sir) William Mallory of Papworth St. Agnes and gave him at least one son (Thomas Mallory of Papworth St. Agnes - #2 candidate for authorship of the Morte d'Arthur).

As for the younger brother, Roger (son of Sir Roger), he succeeded his brother in Parliament and is known to have married and produced at least one daughter (another Margaret) but no sons, before dying in 1430.

  • -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Augusta Corbet's The Family of Corbet (Volume 2) (1914) is available online at http://www.archive.org/details/familyofcorbetit02corb.

--------------------------

Erdington, Margaret

b. 1348 Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England

d. 22 Nov 1395

Gender: Female

Parents:

Father: Erdington, Giles De

Mother: , Giles' Love

Family:

Marriage: ABT 1363 or nearby Shawbury Park, Shropshire, England

Spouse: Corbet, Roger

b. ABT 1330 Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England

d. Jan 1396

Gender: Male

Parents:

Father: Corbet, Robert

Mother: Strange, Elizabeth Le

Children:

Corbet, Joane (Johanna)

b. ABT 1368 or nearby Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England

Gender: Female

Corbet, Eleanor

b. ABT 1370 or nearby Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England

Gender: Female

Corbet, Robert

view all 11

Sir Roger Corbet, Kt., Sheriff of Shropshire's Timeline

1340
1340
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
1368
1368
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
1370
1370
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England
1383
December 8, 1383
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
1387
1387
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England
1396
January 1, 1396
Age 56
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
1933
January 7, 1933
Age 56
February 17, 1933
Age 56
????