CORBET, Francis (b.c.1569), of Lincoln’s Inn, London and Sprowston, Norf.

Constituency Dates
Aldeburgh []
Family and Education
b. c. 1569, yr. s. of Sir Miles Corbet of Sprowston by Katherine, da. of Sir Christopher Heydon; bro. of Thomas. educ. Eye, North Walsham and Norwich sch.; Caius, Camb. 1584, BA 1588; Furnival’s Inn; L. Inn 1589, called 1600.
Address
Main residences: Lincoln's Inn, London; Sprowston, Norf.
biography text

Corbet was described as his father’s son on the 1601 Aldeburgh return, and his election may have been due to his father’s friend Edward Coke. The alternative is a connexion with the Woodhouse family, one of whom, Roger, dead by 1601, provided one of Aldeburgh’s first Members.

As there is no reference to Corbet in his father’s will, he may have died v.p.1Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 85; Venn, Biog. Hist. Gonville and Caius, i. 122; PCC 95 Huddleston.

Author
J.H.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Notes
  • 1. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 85; Venn, Biog. Hist. Gonville and Caius, i. 122; PCC 95 Huddleston.