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b. c.1595, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Corbett of Sprowston, Norf. and Anne, da. of Edward Barrett of Belhouse Hall, Aveley, Essex;Vis. Norf. 1563 and 1613 (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 84-5; Norf. Pedigrees, pt. iii, ed. P. Palgrave-Moore (Norf. Geneal. xiii), 39. bro. of Sir John, 1st bt.†; educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1612;J. Peile, Biographical Reg. of Christ’s College 1505-1905 (Cambridge, 1910-13), i. 286; Al. Cant. Thavies Inn;Peile, Biographical Reg. i. 286. L. Inn 9 Oct. 1615, called 4 Feb. 1623.LI Admiss. i. 171; LI Black Bks. ii. 238. m. 3 Feb. 1630, Mary (d. aft. 1662), da. of John Eldred, alderman, of London and Great Saxham, Suff. at least 1s.St Ann Blackfriars, London par. reg.; J. Gage, Hist. and Antiquities of Suff. (1838), 106. exec. 19 Apr. 1662.Misc. (Norf. Rec. Soc. xxii), 31.
Offices Held

Civic: recorder, Gt. Yarmouth Sept. 1625–1655, King’s Lynn 1644–51. Dec. 1625Norf. RO, Y/C 19/5, f. 336; King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/10, ff. 130, 303; Le Strange, Norf. Official Lists, 170, 200. Freeman, Gt. Yarmouth, King’s Lynn 1644.Norf. RO, Y/C19/6, f. 7; Cal. Lynn Freemen, 157. Clerk of the ct. sessions, Gt. Yarmouth 1631–3.Le Strange, Norf. Official Lists, 171.

Local: j.p. Norf. 1628 – bef.Oct. 1660; Suff. 7 Mar. 1647 – bef.Mar. 1660; Thetford 13 Nov. 1649–?C231/6, pp. 76, 168; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. charitable uses, Gt. Yarmouth 1633; Norf. and Norwich 1638;C192/1, unfol. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1638;C181/5, f. 103. additional ord. for levying of money, Norf. 1 June 1643; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; King’s Lynn and Gt. Yarmouth 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Norf. 3 July 1644 – aft.July 1645; Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, ff. 16, 304. gaol delivery, Norf. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 234, 261. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648; sewers, 1658.C181/6, f. 339.

Religious: feoffee, impropriations, Norf. by 1631.SP16/531, f. 196. Elder, St Margaret’s Lothbury, London 1646.Liu, Puritan London, 82. Member, Gt. Yarmouth Congregational church, 1649.C.J. Palmer, Hist. of Gt. Yarmouth (Gt. Yarmouth, 1856), 49.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb., 28 Oct. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b, 825b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Jan. 1643;Add. 15669, f. 1v. cttee. for advance of money, 11 Feb. 1643;CJ ii. 963a. cttee. for sequestrations by 27 Oct. 1643;SP20/1, f. 67. cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Collector, herring excise, 24 Aug. 1644. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. cttee. of navy and customs by 14 Sept. 1647;SP16/512, f. 83. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Mar. 1648.CJ v. 476b; LJ x. 88b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648, 20 June 1649; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649; Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649;A. and O. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 318a.

Legal: clerk of the crown, k.b. Nov. 1643–?CJ iii. 319b. Jt. clerk, ct. of wards, May 1644-June 1645.CJ iii. 484b, 485b; iv. 169b. Jt.-registrar, chancery, Mar. 1648-Mar. 1660.CJ v. 477a; vii. 877b. Steward, honor of Eye, Suff. by 1650.E320/Q16. Sjt.-at-law, July 1659.CJ vii. 700a.

Irish: commr. Ireland, 27 Nov. 1650, 24 Aug. 1652, 7 July 1659.CJ vi. 501b; vii. 167a; A. and O. Cllr. of state, 17 Aug. 1654, Nov. 1657.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 437–8, 672. C. bar. exch. June 1655–9.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 207; TSP iii. 549. Commr. gt. seal, 14 June 1655–26 Aug. 1656.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 520–1; J.R. O’Flanagan, The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland (1870), i. 345, 351, 355.

Parlimentarian
CORBET, Miles (1595-1662), of Lincoln’s Inn, London and Great Yarmouth, Norf.
: Mdx. and Great Yarmouth, Norf.
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Commons 1640-1660
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CORBETT, Miles (c.1595-1662), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Great Yarmouth, Norf.

Will
none.
Estates
granted Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin by 1659.Irish Census, 1659, 388.
Oxford 1644
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