Peter Corbet

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• Alternate birth: of Leighton, Nantwich, Cheshire, England

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From Complete Peerage, III:417 and XIV:205:

Piers Corbet, son and heir of Thomas C., of Caus, Salop (died 1274), by Isabel, widow of Alan de Dunstanville, sister and in her issue coheir of Roger De Vautort, and daughter of another Roger De Vautort, of Harberton, Devon. He had livery of his father's lands 2 November 1274. He was in the Welsh wars 1282-93. On 28 June 1283, he was summoned to attend the King at Shrewsbury, and 8 June 1294, to attend the King wherever he might be, and consequently ordered to be omitted from the summonses for Gascony on the 14th. He was summoned to Parliament 24 June 1295 to 29 December 1299, by writs directed Petro Corbet, whereby he is held to have become Lord Corbet.

He married, 1stly, in or before 1252-3, Joan, daughter of Ralph De Mortimer, of Wigmore, co. Hereford, by Gwladus Du, daughter of Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, PRince of North Wales. He married, 2ndly, Alice de Orreby. He died 1300, before 10 August. His widow was living May 1315.

Family/Spouse: Alice Orreby. Alice (daughter of Fulk de Orreby) died after Apr 1315. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Corbet was born in of Leighton, Nantwich, Cheshire, England.

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• Alternate birth: Bef 1195, of Caus, Westbury, Shropshire, England

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Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire, 1248-50. "The appointment of Thomas Corbet (a Baron Marcher) to be Sheriff of Shropshire and Staffordshire in this same year (1248) is an extraordinary one, and has given rise to a discussion whether he, or his namesake of Hadley, was the person so distinguished. When we find that Thomas Corbet of Hadley was deceased in August 1247, we are satisfied that it was the Baron of Caus." [Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, citation details below. Marcher lords were rarely made sheriffs for the same reason that they rarely went on crusade: their presence at the border was constantly required.]

Thomas married Isabell de Valletort before 1 Jul 1235. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Or de Vautort.

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• Alternate death: Bef 17 Oct 1222

Robert married Emma Pantulf. Emma (daughter of Hugh Pantulf and Christiana Fitz Alan) was born in of Wem, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Or de Vautort.

Roger married Alesia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 28 Dec 1224

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Sheriff of Shropshire 1179-89.

Hugh married Christiana Fitz Alan about 1170. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ralph married Joan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She may have been a daughter of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, a natural child of Henry I, who died in 1175. See Todd A. Farmerie on SGM, 18 Nov 1996, and the exchange between John P. Ravilious, Douglas Richardson, and Todd A. Farmerie that begins here (12-13 Oct 2004).

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• Alternate death: Bef 1177

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Founder of Haughmond Priory.

William married Christiana of Gloucester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Called by Eyton (citation details below) "neice of Robert the Consul."

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Occurs 1086-1121. Domesday tenant-in-chief of the king and of Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury.

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"Robert Pantulf (fl. 1130), according to the cartulary of the nunnery of Caen, robbed the nuns of 6 pounds of silver. In the Bedfordshire pipe roll for 1130 an entry is found concerning a trial by combat between him and Hugh Malbanc, whose estates were contiguous to Robert's." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

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Sheriff of Shropshire from 1101 onwards. Founded Sporle Priory in Norfolk.

"[A] favoured supporter of Henry I, who was descended from the hereditary stewards of Dol in Brittany." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

Alan married Aveline de Hesdin. Aveline (daughter of Ernulf de Hesdin and Emmeline) died after 1148. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]