76S HERA 
To the faid Thomas, among other barons-marchers, 22 
Hen. III. did the king fend his precept, dated March 8, 
at Tewkefbury, to attend him at Oxford, upon Tuefday 
next after the oCtave of Eafter, there t;o confalt touch¬ 
ing prince Llewellin’s taking homage of the great men 
in Wales. 
The faid Thomas alfo attended the king, 41 Hen. III. 
in his expedition into Wales ; and had command to affift 
Hamon l’Eltrange in preventing the incurfions of the 
Welfh towards Montgomery; and in 42 Hen. III. to fit 
himfelf with horfe and arms to attend the king at Chef- 
ter, on Monday next after the feaft of St. John Baptift, 
thence to marc'll again!! the Welfh then in hoffility. The 
faid Thomas, 44 Hen. III. had fummons dated at Weft- 
minfter, Auguft 1, to repair to the marches with all the 
force he could raife, for the defenceuf thofe parts againft 
the Welfli. He gave to the monks of Abberbury, in 
Salop, (a cell belonging to the abbey of Grand Monte 
in France,) an eilate called Pakenhale, with all its ap¬ 
purtenances, (except as in the faid grant is excepted ;) 
and he moreover gave the advowfon of two prebends in 
the church of Abberbury, one whereof had-before then 
.been given by his father Robert to William, and the 
other to Hugh, Corbet: which cell, eftate of Packen- 
hale, and prebends, upon the fuppreffion of alien prio¬ 
ries, were by archbifhop Chicheley given to All-Soufs 
college in Oxford, where the original grant remains, 
dated at Caus, Wednefday in Ealtcr-week, anno 1262, 
46 Hen. III. And July 22, fame year, a writ iffued, 
dated at Ambian, and directed to Philip Baffet, jufticiary 
of England, reciting a commiflion iffued to Henry earl of 
Hereford, Roger Mortimer, Thomas Corbet, and others, 
barons-marchers, upon a report of the death of Llewel- 
lin fon of Griffin, in cafe of whofe death the king’s army 
was to rendezvous at Shrewfbury. And 47 Hen. III. he 
received the king’s precept, requiring him to be at He¬ 
reford on the third day after Epiphany, well accoutred 
with horfe and arms, to march againff the Welfli, who 
had then poffeffed themfelves of divers lands belonging 
to the king’s fubjeCts in the marches; and in like man¬ 
ner to be at Ludlow upon the odtave of the purification 
of the bleffed Virgin. 
The faid Thomas (who married Ifabel, daughter of 
Reginald, and fifter of Roger Valletort baron of Huber- 
ton, her brother giving with her in free marriage thirty- 
three knights fees and a half belonging to the faid ba¬ 
rony) died 2oEdw. I. From him defcended Peter Cor¬ 
bet, who had fummons forthwith to attend the king, to 
advife in parliament about moft important affairs of the 
realm. The faid Peter had foon after command, dated 
at Weflminfter June 14, (as had Nicholas Corbet June 
26,) to beat Portfmouth, September 1, well fitted with 
horfe and arms, thence to fail with the king into France. 
The faid Peter was fummoned by writ, dated at Canter¬ 
bury, Odtober 3, 23 Edw. I. to attend the king’s bro¬ 
ther at Plymouth upon All-Saints day, in order for them 
to fail thence to carry the wars on in France. 24Edw. I. 
July 15, Peter Corbet is witnefs to an inftrument in cuf- 
tody of the chamberlain of the Exchequer, whereby fe¬ 
deral noblemen of Scotland renounce a confederacy be¬ 
twixt the king of France and themfelves ; and the faid 
Peter was again, 25 Edw. I. in the wars againft France. 
26 Edw. I. Peter Corbet was one of the'fifteen barons to 
whom the Iheriffs of Stafford and Shropffiire were to 
deliver a letter about the fervice of the king’s army in 
Scotland. 27 Edw. I. he was found to be one of the 
next heirs of Roger Valletort, a great baron in the weft. 
The fame Peter, baron, .See. died feifed of the manor 
of Dinnewefton, a member of the barony of Caus, &c. 
28 Edward I, after having been fummoned to parliament 
23, 25, 27, 28, Edw. I. 
From the aforelaid Peter did defeend Peter Corbet, 
another baron of the realm, (Thomas who’ died in his 
father’s life-time, and John born 26 Edw. I.) to whom, 
30 Edw. I, the king fent a fummons, to John earl of 
L D R Y. 
Surrey, and (among others) to the faid Peter Corbet,' 
concerning his army in Scotland. In 33 Edw. I. Henry 
de Pomroy and Peter Cqrbet pray feifin of the manor of 
Tremington and the advowfon of the church, together 
with the borough of Afli, the manor of Califtock, and 
the advowfon of the church, and fifty or fifty-four 
knights fees in' Cornwall and Devonfhire, which, by 
writ dated April 6, was fent to' the judges, on which 
occafion was produced a grant from Roger Valletort of 
the premifes, and of .Sutton and Mackaton to Richard 
king of the Romans and earl of Cornwall, and to the 
heirs of his body, who dying without iffue, the king 
entered upon his lands, againft which they prayed relief, 
which judges remitted their complaint to the parlia¬ 
ment, and the parliament remitted it to the judges. The 
faid Peter gave his ancient feat of Newton, formerly 
called Brow Caftle, a garrifon to Caus, and the townfliip 
thereto belonging, to his nephew fir Robert Corbet, for 
his great and good fervices. 
In 1 Edw. III. writs were iffued, dated at Ramfay, 
for fummoning perfons to appear at Newcaftle-upon- 
Tyne, the Monday after Afcenfion, to attend the king’s 
fervice, in his expedition into Scotland, on which occa¬ 
fion Pryce Corbet of Caus was fummoned among others. 
ij Edw. III. William earl of Northampton was com- 
miflioned to treat with Philip king of France touching 
king Edward’s right to that crown, on which occafion 
the faid fir Robert Corbet of Newton,going with the earl, 
had letters of protection, which protection was after¬ 
wards renewed by letters, dated at the Tower of Lon¬ 
don, May 23, 12 Edw. III. July 4, 19 Edw. III. the 
king fummoned feveral to attend him with horfe and 
arms, at the feaft of St. Lawrence, and fail along with 
him into France ; on which occafion a writ was directed 
to Hugh Courtney'earl of Devon, &c. Roger Corbet of 
the county of Salop, a knight, baronet, Sec. and on the 
5th of December, 37 Edw. III. Walter Corbet had let¬ 
ters of fafe conduct to come to England, for one year, 
with two perfons to attend him. 3 Hen. IV. fir Robert 
Corbet was the king’s chamberlain, and one of the 
proxies of lady Philippa, the king’s daughter, for her 
marriage with Errick king of Denmark; the proxy was 
dated at the prince of Wales’s caftle, May 14, 6 Hen. IV. 
In 20 Hen. 111 . Bickmarfh, in Warwickftiire, was the 
inheritance of a William Corbel, of Chaddefiey Corbet, 
in Worcefter/hire. Queen Elizabeth, in the 17th year of 
her reign, made a fir Robert Corbet her envoy to the king 
of Spain, &c. Farther particulars relative to the diffe¬ 
rent branches of the Jioufe of Corbet, may be found not 
only at the Heralds’ College, but among the refpetfive 
documents and evidences of the feveral families, as well 
as in Collins’s Baronetage, Camden, Dugdale, and other 
authors, Sec.-Sec. 
As the objeCl of this ftatement is chiefly to pofnt out 
the defeent of the family of Moreton Corbet, the reader 
muff Revert to Thomas Corbet, the eldeft fon of William 
Corbet, of Wattlefborough and Caus, who while he was 
on his travels left his lands in cuftody, of his brother 
Robert of Cans Caftle, as mentioned before. This faid 
Thomas left iffue fir Roger, his only fon, who by. his 
fir ft wife was father of fir Richard Corbet, knt. who mar¬ 
ried Joan, daughter and heir of Bartholomew Turret, of 
Moreton, and had iffue, Richard Corbet, of Moreton, 
who gave Kinwilton to the monaftery of Build was, fa¬ 
ther of fir Robert, who married two wives : firft, Ma¬ 
tilda, daughter of the lord of Idefhill, 35 Edw. I. and 
fecondly, Catharine, daughter of the lord Strange, of 
Knocking. By the firft marriage he had iffue fir Tho¬ 
mas Corbet, of Moreton, father of fir Robert, who died 
49 Edw. III. Sir Roger, his fon, married Margaret, 
daughter and heir of Efdingtou, the lord of Shawbury, 
and died 18 Rich. II. Robert, his fon, married Mar¬ 
garet, daughter of fir William Malleroy, knt. and died 
17 Hen. VI. leaving iffue fir Roger Corbet, knt. who 
married Elizabeth, daughter and heir pf Thomas' Hop- 
ton, 
