CORBETT, Vincent (1617-56), of Moreton Corbet, Salop.

Family and Education

b. 13 June 1617, 1st s. of Sir Andrew Corbet† of Moreton Corbet and Elizabeth, da. of William Boothby, haberdasher of London and of Delfehouse, Staffs.Vis Salop 1623, i. (Harl Soc. xxviii), 137; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, xi. 170-1. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 24 Oct. 1634, ‘aged 17’; L. Inn 11 Nov. 1637.Al. Ox. m. 24 Oct. 1634 Sarah (cr. Viscountess Corbett of Linchlade 23 Oct. 1679, d. 5 June 1682), da. of Sir Robert Monson (Mounson)† of North Carlton, Lincs. and Wakefield, Yorks., 2s. 5da.Salop Archives, 322/5/11/4; CB. suc. fa. 7 May 1637. Kntd. 29 June 1641, bt. 29 Jan. 1642.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209; CB. d. 28 Dec. 1656.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, xi. 171.

Offices Held

Local: capt. militia horse, Salop by 1640.Salop Archives, 215/24; Wiltshire’s Resolution (1642), 7 (E.130.22); Wiltshire’s Resolution, 7. Commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and marches 31 July 1640;C181/5, f. 185. Oxf. circ. 5 June 1641-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 191v, 219. array (roy.), Salop 18 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Military: col. of dragoons (roy.), 26 Dec. 1642; col. of ft. 17 July 1643.Wiltshire’s Resolution, 7; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 57.

Parlimentarian

CORBETT, Vincent (1617-56), of Moreton Corbet, Salop.

: Salop.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CORBETT, Vincent (1617-56), of Moreton Corbet, Salop.

Will

?will never proved, 25 Nov. 1654, admon. 1 June 1657, 17 July 1676.Salop Archives, 327/2/4/1/6/30; PROB6/33, f. 137, PROB6/51, f. 81.

Estates

patrimony in Shropshire inc. Moreton Corbett, Acton Reynald, Harp Court Park, Shawbury Park, Salop; Soulbury, Linslade, Southcott, Chelmscott, Brakenham, Bucks.Salop Archives, 322/5/11/4; 322/5/10/1; 322/6/4.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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