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bap. 20 May 1594, 2nd s. of Richard Corbet (d. by Jan. 1603) of Stoke upon Tern and Chesthull Grange and Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Bromley† of Hodnet, ld. chancellor.Vis. Salop, 1623, i. (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 138; Salop Archives, 327/5/3/1/286, 288, 297, 298. educ. L. Inn 27 May 1615.LI Admiss. i. 170. m. with £1300 Anne (d. 29 Oct. 1682), da. of Sir George Mainwaring of Ightfield, 10s. (1 d.v.p.) 10da.Vis. Salop, 1623, ii. (Harl. Soc. xxix), 349; Salop Archives, 327/3/2/10; A.E.C., The Fam. of Corbet. Its Life and Times (2 vols., n.d. c. 1915), i. 355-6. cr. bt. 19 Sept. 1627. suc. bro. aft. 1615.Salop Archives, 327/3/2/6. d. June 1662.Fam. of Corbet, 356.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Salop ?- 3 July 1635, 7 June 1641-bef. Jan. 1650. 21 June 1633 – 29 May 1635C231/5 pp. 175, 452. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ., 5 June 1641-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4 ff. 143v, 194v; C181/5 pp. 191, 219. assessment, Salop 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;A. and O. loans on Propositions, 23 July 1642;LJ v. 233b. sequestration, Salop, Westminster 27 Mar. 1643; commr. west midlands cos. 10 Apr. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Jan. 1643, 9 Aug. 1644.Add. 15669, f. 1v; CJ iii. 585a. Commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644. Member, cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644;CJ iii. 666b. cttee. of navy and customs, 26 May 1645;CJ iv. 154b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O. Commr. to Scots army, 12 July 1645;LJ vii. 495a. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Military: col.-gen. Salop, Warws., Staffs. and Salop assoc. 24 Mar.-4 July 1643.Harl. 164, f. 315; Harl. 165 f. 143.

Religious: elder, 7th Presbyterian classis, Salop 1647.The Severall Divisions and Persons for Classicall Presbyteries (1647), 6.

Parlimentarian
CORBET, Sir John, 1st bt. (1594-1662), of Stoke upon Tern and Adderley, Salop.
: 1st bt. (1594-1662) of Stoke upon Tern 1594 – 1662 and Salop., Adderley.
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Commons 1640-1660
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CORBET, Sir John, 1st bt. (1594-1662), of Stoke upon Tern and Adderley, Salop.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited from his bro. manors of Stoke, Child’s Ercall, Drayton-in-Hales, Adderley, Salop; Hadley and Turley (Staffs), advowsons of Stoke and Adderley.Salop Archives, 327/2/4/1/5/43.
Oxford 1644
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