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the county of Salop ; Carighova, in Denbighlhire ; and 
Clarence Lodge, Roehampton, Surrey. 
GRAHAM'(Sir James), of Kirkftall, Yorkshire, 
and of Edmond Caftle, Cumberland; created Sept. 24, 
1808. 
SITWELL (Sir, Sitwell), of Reniffiaw, Derby- 
filiire; created S^pt. 24, 1808. 
CORBET, of Moreton Corbet, Salop, and Linfiede, 
Bucks ^created Sept. 24, 1808.—Sir Andrew Corbet, 
created a baronet as above, married Mary, daughter of 
Thomas Taylor, of Lymme-hall, in the county of Chef- 
tcr, efq. by whom he has iffue, Andrew-Vincent, Ju¬ 
dith, Robert, and Roger. 
As to the antiquity of this family in England, it is 
well known that Corbeau, or Corbet, a noble Norman, 
came over with William the Conqueror; in whofe reign 
he was one of the principal perfons employed under 
Roger earl of Shrewlbury, in his county of Salop, toge¬ 
ther with Robert and Roger, two of his fons, of whom 
Ordoricus Vitalis, who was a contemporary author, gives 
a character, “ that the faid earl was a prudent and mo¬ 
derate man, a great lover of equity, and of difcreet and 
modeft perfons; and he, being freely aflifted by the 
wifdom and courage of the faid Corbet, and his two 
fons Robert and Roger, (among other principal per¬ 
fons,) was as glorious among!! the greateft nobles as 
any of them all, by keeping the Wellh in awe, and that 
whole province in peace.” 
Roger^ one of the fons of Corbet before mentioned, 
in the faid reign, gave Wentelage to the monks of.the 
great abbey in the ealt part of Shrewlbury, built there 
A.D. 1083 by the faid earl, dedicated to the honour of 
St. Peter and St. Paul; but by Rapin and others, from 
the Benedi£Iine order who poflefled it, frequently (tiled 
St. Benet’s ; to which gift William and Everard, his 
fons, were confenting. At the fame time Robert his 
brother beftowed on the monks of the faid abbey Nute- 
nore, with the tithes of that town, and the tithes of 
Jochehulle, as alfo the town of Lochftone. At the com¬ 
piling of Doomfday-bopk, Roger held twenty-four lord- 
lhips in the county of Salop, viz. in Condour hundred 
Huelbeck, Hundeflet; Adtune, in Rinlau (now Adton 
Reynald) hundred; Wantenoure, in Rueffet hundred ; 
Wineflei, Willewftune Beleflie, Etune, Luchetune, 
Lockvile, Pantelberie, Fernelege, Hanawde, Welberie, 
Wetelburge, Melle, Cartiftune, Wibetune, in Wintentru 
hundred; Wedine, Roritune, Leftune, in Bafe-Chirche 
hundred; Maneford, Preftone, in Recordine hundred ; 
Cerletone. His brother Robert had at the fame time in 
Condoure hundred, Uliftanton, Rothinghope, Umbrun- 
tune, Hach, Brautun, in Rinlau hundred ; Cautune, in 
Rueffet hundred; Andrullau, Udecote, Langdune, in 
Wigmore ; Merfi'e, in Wintentrie hundred; Roritune, 
Weftune, and Merretune. 
The faid Robert had a fon Robert, lord of Alcefter, 
in the county of Warwick, who died without iflue, and 
two daughters; Sandford calls him fir Robert, and fays, 
“ that Sybil, one of his daughters, had a fon, Reginald, 
made baron of Caftlecomb, earl of Cornwall; and from 
her, by Henry Fitzherbert, chamberlain to Henry I. are 
defcended the noble family of the Herberts earls of Pem¬ 
broke, and the other peers, &c. of the faid family;” 
and Philpot fays, “ from the faid Sybil Corbet are de¬ 
fcended the noble family of the Finchs earls of Win- 
chilfea, and the other peers, &c. of the faid family.” 
From Alice, another daughter of fir Robert, who was 
married to William Botreaux lord Botreaux of Bofcaf- 
tle, the noble family of the earls of Huntingdon is de¬ 
fcended. The faid Roger Corbet, brother of Robert, 
liad.iffue William Corbet, of Wattlelborough and Caus 
Caftle, and Everard. Their coufin William (often called 
Corbel) was a monk of the above-mentioned abbey at 
Shrewlbury, afterwards prior of Chich in Effex, founded 
A. D. 1120 by Rjchard de Beaums bilhop of London, 
Vol. IX. No. 625. 
L L D R Y. 707 
from whence, A.D. 1123, he was chofen archbifiiop of 
Canterbury, in which fee he continued till 1136, when 
he died, and was buried in his own cathedral. During 
his primacy part of his cathedral was burnt, which the, 
archbifiiop repaired at his own expence, and then in¬ 
vited the king, queen, David king of the Scots, and the 
nobility of both kingdoms, to the dedication, which he 
celebrated in their prefence, May 4, 1130, being Roga¬ 
tion Sunday, with fuch folemnities that the like was 
never heard of fince the dedication of the temple of Je- 
rufalem by Solomon; in and at which dedication the 
church’s name was changed from the church cf the 
Holy Trinity to Clirift Church, which laft name conti¬ 
nues to this day. And whereas Widtred king of Kent 
had, A.D. 696, founded a college of fecular priefts at 
St. Martin’s, Dover; “ who (as archdeacon Harpsfield 
tells us) were £arelefs in the performance of the facred 
offices, and waited the goods, and mifpent the profits 
or income of the church ;” this archbifiiop, ferioufiy 
confidering by what means a flop might be put to this 
evil, built a new church, with all lodgings and accom¬ 
modations neceffary for men profeffing a monaftical life,- 
which he dedicated to the honour of St.. Martin, the 
tutelary faint of the aforefaid college, and (tiled it the 
priory of St. Martin, and put there monks of his own 
order, out of whom Richard was, A.D. 1171, elected 
archbifiiop of Canterbury in the room of Thomas-a- 
Becket. The aforefaid William, eldeft fon of faid Ro¬ 
ger Corbet, had alfo two fons, Thomas, of. Wattle(bo- 
rough, and Robert of Caus. Thomas, the eldeft fon, 
who travelled into foreign countries, left his. lands in 
qultody to his brother Robert of Cans. From faid Tho¬ 
mas of Wattlefborough are defcended the prefent fir 
Andrew Corbet of Moreton Corbet, and fir Corbet Cor¬ 
bet of Stoke and Adderley ; and from Robert of Caus 
the Corbets of Leigh and Hope did, and the Corbets of 
Newton, Leighton, Sundorn, and Longnor, do, derive 
their defcent. Said fir Robert Corbet was charged with 
twenty marks amerciament for a trefpafs in the king’s 
foreft, 22 Hen. II. He had fix fons; and gave his mill 
ofWentenour, with the meffuage thereto adjoining, to 
the abbey of Buildwas, in the county of Salop ; as alfo 
Hulmore, with the whole marfii and uplands near unto 
it, let forth by mete and bound ; likewife his lordfiiip 
of Ritton. In 6 Rich. I. at the collection of fcutage 
for the king’s redemption, he anfwered four pounds, and 
twenty fhillings more for one knight’s fee'. 
Sir Richard Corbet is in the regilter of thofe noblemen 
and gentlemen who accompanied king Richard I. to the 
fiege of Aeon; fince which time we find nineteen of this 
family in the rolls of thofe who ferved in the feveral 
battles, fieges, and aCtions, following, viz. at Agin- 
court, Grafton, facking of Cadiz ; and in the feveral 
wars againft the Wellh,. Scotch, French, and others, in 
the reigns of Henry III. Edward 1 . 11 . and III. Henry 
V. Edward IV. Henry VII. and VIII. In 4 Rich. I. 
fir Fulk Corbet was knighted ; between which time and 
1 Car. I. we find feventy-one knights of this family, 
whereof Roger was a knight baronet, igEdw. III. ano¬ 
ther Roger was knighted in the field befide Tewkelbury, 
May 4, 1471. Robert was the feventh knight of the 
bath of fifty-feven knights made at the marriage of prince 
Arthur, 14 Hen. VII. 
In 16 Hen. III. upon a complaint from Llewellin prince 
of Albeth againft Thomas Corbet and others, the king 
returned an anfwer, dated at BaldofF, Feb. 20 of that 
year, whereby he cleared him of the faid charge. The 
faid Thomas was one of thebarons-marchers, 17 Hen. III. 
who, being of a brave fpirit, (as hiftorians.mentior,) put 
himfelf in arms with fome of the barons who grew dif- 
contented by reafon of fo many PoiCtovins and other 
ftrangers being advanced into places of power and truft; 
was required to give lioftages for his fidelity till people’s 
minds might be quieted; on which occafion Roger, the 
fon of Richard Corbet, was delivered for his ; pledge. 
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