Everard Corbet (abt. 1091 - aft. 1155)

Born about 1091 in Caus Castle, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

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Biography

Everard Corbet was a member of the aristocracy in England.

1139 Foundation of Shrewsbury Abbey

From Dugdale, we find that the foundation of Shrewsbury Abbey included donations by his father, Roger Corbet, and with the consent of his brother William and Everard himself.

Roger's sons Everard and Simon made a gift to Shrewsbury Abbey of a ferndeel of land in Wentnor, mentioned in a confirmation charter of 1155.^[1]

The editor of the Shrewsbury Cartulary assigns the gift to the years after 1139, since it is not in Stephen's charter of that date. ^[1]

A manuscript reciting the foundation of Shrewsbury abbey records donations including by "Rogerus Corbeth" of “villam…Wenelegam”, with the consent of "filiis suis Willelmo et Eurardo" ^[2]

Henry II King of England confirmed the foundation of Shrewsbury abbey by charter dated 1155 which includes a reference to the donation by "Rogeri Corbeth ecclesiam de Wantenoura" and by "Ebrardi et Symonis filii eius" of land "in Wantenover" ^[2]

However, the similar confirmation issued by Henry III King of England refers to the donation by "Ebrardi et Symonis filiorum eius", referring back to Roger. It is therefore not certain whether Simon was the son of Roger or of Roger’s son Everard. ^[2]

Gift to Haughmond Abbey

Everard and Simon also gave land to Haughmond Abbey, Everard with the consent of Simon. ^[3]

Barons of Caus

Ebrard Corbet, the third Baron of Caus, succeeded his brother William. Ebrard in turn was succeeded by Roger Corbet II. Anderson's History does not specify the relationship between Ebrard and Roger. ^[4]

Everard was the third of nine barons of Caus. The relationships between some of them are not completely clear:

1. Roger Fitz Corbet, First Baron of Caus
2. William Corbet, son of Roger, Baron of Caus
3. Ebrard Corbet, brother of William, Baron of Caus
4. Roger Corbet, who may be the son of William, Baron of Caus
5. Robert Corbet, son of Roger, Baron of Caus or perhaps Simon
6. Thomas Corbet, son of Robert, Baron of Caus
7. Peter Corbet, son of Thomas, Baron of Caus
8. Peter Corbet, son of Peter, Baron of Caus
9. John Corbet, brother of Peter, Last Baron of Caus

Issue

From the pedigree attached herein, we learn that Everard died without issue (ob.s.p.) ...

Augusta Corbet's Pedigree of the Barons of Caus shows Roger Fitz-Corbet, Domesday Baron of Caus, ob. (circa) 1134 ^[5] as the father of four children: William Corbet of Wattlesborough, Baron of Caus; Everard, ob. s. p.; Simon, ob. s. p.; Roger, Lord of Tasley, ob. 1175, and Robert, founder of the Swedish Branch of Corbets.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Anglo Norman Corbets by Barbara Coulton© Barbara Coulton, The Anglo Norman Corbets © Barbara Coulton. J. C. Nobel, The Corbett One Name Study, The Corbet Study Group. The material previously appeared online at website.lineone.net, however, this link no longer operates. Excerpts from the material also appear in a post-it display by Curt Hofeman attached on Feb 27, 2004, to the website of J. Weber, The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Accessed October 18, 2017. jhd
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Charles Cawley, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Untitled English Nobility: Corbet Accessed October 20, 2017. jhd
3. ↑ Rees, Cartulary, no. 36; note on gift, p.44. Cited by Barabara Coulton, The Anglo Norman Corbets © Barbara Coulton. J. C. Nobel, The Corbett One Name Study, The Corbet Study Group. Accessed October 18, 2017. jhd
4. ↑ John Corbet Anderson. Shropshire: It's Early History and Antiquities London: Willis & Sothoron, 1864, p. 353. Accessed October 21, 2017. jhd
5. ↑ Augusta Elizabeth Brickdale Corbet. "Pedigree of the Barons of Caus." The Family of Corbet: Its Life and Times]. London: the St. Catherine Press, 1915. Volume I, page 161.

• Visitation of Shropshire Page 134: Corbet

• "The family of Corbet, its life and times", by Mrs. Augusta Elizabeth Brickdale Corbet Corbet

• Dugdale Monasticon III, Shrewsbury Abbey, Shropshire, II, p. 519