CORBET, Richard I (by 1512-66), of Wortley, Yorks. and Poynton, Salop.

Family and Education

b. by 1512, 2nd s. of Sir Robert Corbet of Moreton Corbet, Salop by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon, Derbys.; bro. of Reginald and Roger. m. by Oct. 1546, Margaret, da. of Sir John Savile of Thornhill, Yorks., wid. of Thomas Wortley (d.1545), of Wortley, 1s.A. E. C[orbet]. Fam. of Corbet, ii. 264-6; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 136, 138; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 275; Wards 7/1/130.

Offices Held

Member of royal household by 1538; carver, household of Prince Edward by 1544 – 47; j.p. Salop, Yorks. (W. Riding) from 1554; member, council in the north Dec. 1558 – June 1566, council in the marches of Wales 1560; sheriff, Salop 1560 – 61; commr. offences, northern counties 1564.LP Hen. VIII, xiii(1), p. 587; Reid, Council of the North, 186; P. H. Williams, Council in the Marches of Wales, 258, 346–7; CPR, 1563–6, pp. 123–4.

Parlimentarian

CORBET, Richard (by 1512-66), of Wortley, Yorks. and Poynton, Salop.

Main residences: Wortley, Yorks.; Poynton, Salop.

Author

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A.D.K.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

CORBET, Richard I (by 1512-66)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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