71483_Corbet_Records
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PP_71483	Maria Corbet (71483), the mother of Jane Lacon (35741)
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PP_71483	Richard Corbet (71483), the father of Maria Corbet (71483)
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PP_142966	Roger Corbet (142966), the father of Richard Corbet (71483)
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PP_571864	Robert Corbet (571864), the father of Roger Corbet (142966)
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B_1414	1414 Birth in Moreton-Corbet Shropshire			Roger (142966)
	Roger Corbet son of Robert Corbet + Margaret his wife
	Roger's mother died in January 1439 when he was 24 years old, so born in 1414 or very early i n 1415.		D_1439
D_1439	1439-11-12 Inquisition Post Mortem in Shropshire (CIPM, Henry VI, Vol. 25, 1437-1442, p. 101)			Margaret (571863)	1439
	Margaret who was the wife of Robert Corbet of Moreton Corbet esquire died on 26 January last.			Robert (571864)
	Roger Corbet is son and next heir of Robert and Margaret, and aged 24 years and more.			Roger (142966)
B_1448	1448 Birth in Moreton-Corbet Shropshire			Roger (142966)
	Richard Corbet son of Roger Corbet
	Richard's father died in 1467 when he was 19 years old, so born in 1448.		D_1467
D_1467	1467 Inquisition Post Mortem in Shropshire (The Family of Corbet, 1914, Vol. 2, p.251; TNA C 140/24/17)				1467
	Roger Corbet knight held on the day he died in his demesne as of fee the manor of Shawbury of the King in chief by service of the 15th part of a knight's fee and that			Roger (142966)
	Richard Corbet is his son and next heir aged 19 years.			Richard (71483)
G_1468	1468-05-30 Grant (CPR, 1467-1477, pp. 95-6)
	Walter Devereux; wardship and marriage of Richard Corbet			Walter (285934)
	Grant to the King's knight Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers, of the custody of all castles, lordships, manors, lands, rents and possessions with knights' fees, advowsons, courts leet, views of frank-pledge, fairs, markets, privileges and franchises late of Roger Corbet, knight, and in the King's hands by reason of the minority of Richard Corbet his son and heir			Roger (142966)
	with the marriage of the heir [Richard Corbet] without disparagement during minority and so from heir to heir.			Richard (71483)
M_1468x75	1468x75 Marriage
	Richard Corbet and Elizabeth Devereux
	Walter Devereux is granted the right to arrange the marriage of Richard Corbet aged 19 in 1468.		L_1475	Richard (71483)
	Walter's choice for a bride was his daughter Elizabeth Devereux. She died in 1516, and her Memorial records her first husband as Richard Corbet of Moreton-Corbet.		D_1516	Elizabeth (71484)
	In 1475 Richard Corbet is in possession of Hopton lands, which had been granted to Walter Devereux along with his marriage, so the marriage to Elizabeth Devereux must already have taken place.		L_1475
	Their son and heir Robert Corbet was born in 1477x8, confirming that the marriage took place before 1478.		B_1477x8
L_1475	1475-05-25 License (CPR, 1467-1477, pp. 520-1)
	Licence for Richard Corbet knight who is going to cross the sea with the King on his voyage and service, to enfeoff Thomas Monyngton, Thomas Thornys, Hugh Stepulton, John Plowden and Thomas Cowlley of [...] the manor or reversion of Hopton, Fyttys, Eton Constantyne, co. Salop etc.			Richard (71483)
B_1477x8	1477x8 Birth in Moreton-Corbet, Shropshire
	Robert Corbet son of Richard Corbet and Elizabeth née Devereux			Richard (71483)
	Robert Corbet's father Richard Corbet died in 1492, but an IPM was only held on 28 October 1494, when Robert was 16 years old, so born before 28 October 1478.		IPM
B_1478c	1478c Birth in Moreton-Corbet, Shropshire		D_1492	Maria (71483)
	Maria Corbet daughter of Richard Corbet and Elizabeth née Devereux			Richard (71483)
D_1492	1492 Death in Shropshire (CIPM, Henry VII, Vol. 1, 1485-1496, p. 476)				1493
	Writ of Amotus 7 February 9 Henry VII [1494], Inquisition 28 October 10 Henry VII [1494]
	Richard Cobet seised of the manors of Morton Corbet, Condover, Preston Brokhurst and Peynton, and twenty messuages, 200a. land, 40a. meadow, 50a. pasture, and 10a. wood in Lawley, Bowley, Eggebald, ‘The Heth howse,’ ‘Harecote Parke,’ ‘Harecote Myll,’ and Bromfeld, with the Park of Shawbery, worth 30l.			Richard (71483)
	Richard Corbet died 6 December 8 Henry VII [1492]. Robert Corbet aged 16 and more is his son and heir.
M_1495c	1495c Marriage			Thomas (71482)
	Thomas Lacon and Maria Corbet			Maria (71483)
	The ‘Visitation of Shropshire’ of 1623 shows Maria Corbet as the daughter of Sir Richard Corbet and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Walter Devereux, first Baron Ferrers of Chartley, wife of Sir Thomas Lacon of Willey, and mother of Richard, Edward, William, George, Lancelot, Margery, Alice, Dorothy, Jane and Maria Lacon.		Visitation
	John Burke’s ‘History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland” states that Mary Corbet, daughter of Sir Richard, married Sir Thomas Laken of Willey.		Burke
	‘The History of Parliament’ entry for Edward Lacon describes him as son of Sir Thomas Lacon of Willey by Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Corbet of Moreton Corbet.		HoP Lacon
	In his will of 1536, Sir Thomas Lacon refers to his wife as having been buried in Much Wenlock, from which place her body should be moved to be buried with his own in Harley, but he does not mention her name.		Will
	There is a Lacon brass in the church in Harley, probably for Thomas Lacon’s parents, but no inscription recording their names.		Burke
	Maria died before her husband, so there was no dower to organize, and there is possibly no other record of her passing.
	In fact, beside from the Visitation, and various later histories, websites and books repeating its information, I have not yet been able to find any contemporary document giving her surname, or even her Christian name…
	The Visitation, however, does seem to be otherwise quite accurate regarding the children of Sir Richard Corbet and Elizabeth Devereux. It shows Sir Robert Corbet (d. 1513) marrying Elizabeth Vernon, Anne Corbet marrying Thomas Cornwall, Elizabeth Corbet marrying Thomas Trentham (d. 1519), Katherine Corbet marrying George Onslow, Margaret Corbet marrying Richard Clive, and, of course, Mary Corbet marrying Thomas Lacon.
	Sir Robert Corbet’s will of 1513 names three of these brothers-in-law, Thomas Cornwall, Thomas Lacon and George Onslow, among his executors. Another executor is George Bromley, first husband of his niece Jane Lacon, she being the daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon and, as we presume, Mary Corbet.		W_1513
	Thomas Trentham’s will of 1519 names his wife Elizabeth (Corbet), makes his nephew ‘young Roger Corbet’ (son of Sir Robert) one of his overseers, and makes William Egerton another of his overseers. William Egerton would later become the second husband of his niece Jane Lacon.		HoP Trentham
	As these wills agree with the information given by the Visitation, it seems reasonable to believe that this Mary Corbet did in fact marry Sir Thomas Lacon of Willey around 1495.
W_1513	1513 Will (TNA, PROB 11/17/f. 214-5)
	Whereas I, Sir Robert Corbet, knight, have made a feoffment by deed unto Sir Henry Vernon, knight, Thomas Englefield, knight, Thomas Cornwall, knight, Thomas Lacon, esquire, Roger Corbet, my son and heir apparent, esquire, Richard Vernon, esquire, Roger Thornes, esquire and George Onslowe…
	I make and ordain Thomas Cornwall, knight, Thomas [Lacon], esquire, Elizabeth, my wife, George Bromley and George Onslowe my executors, and Henry Vernon, knight, and Richard Vernon, his son and heir, overseers…			Roger (142966)
D_1516	1516 Burial in Burford, Shropshire (FMP, Staffordshire Burials 1538-1900)			Elizabeth (71484)	1516
	Here lies Elizabeth Devereux daughter of Sir Walter Devereux of Weobley knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and Lord Ferrers of Chartley which Elizabeth was wife first to Sir Richard Corbet knight of Moreton Corbet and after his decease wife to Sir Thomas Leighton of Stretton in le Dale which Elizabeth departed out of this transitory world in the year of our Lord God 1516 whose soul Jesus has			Richard (71483)
	© C. R. Watts 2023 created 20.11.2010, revised 14.05.2023
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