Petronilla (Booley) Corbet (1216 - aft. 1272)

Born 1216 in Booley, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Wife of Richard Corbet — married 1231 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England

Descendants

Died after 1272 after age 56 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England

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Biography

Petronilla de Booley ^[1]

1231 Marriage of Richard Corbet and Petronilla Booley

Petronilla married Richard Corbet in 1231 at Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England^[2]

Richard married Petronilla, lady of Edge Baldenham and Booley, who was living in 1272, made a grant to Buildwas Abbey in 1223, ^[2]

Richard Corbet married an heiress, "Petronilla." who brought her husband land in Edgebolton or Edgebaldenham and Booley. I do not find any hint of her husband's name. ^[3]

She, as Lady of Booley and Edgebaldenham, conveyed her estates in these places to her husband, Richard Corbet -- the third of the name -- of Wattlesborough. ^[3]

In the Tenure Roll of Shrewsbury Abbey for 1255 it is stated that "Robert Corbet" (the son of Richard Corbet and Petronilla) "holds the Vill of Booley under the Abbot of Salop and he of the King in Capite, and as within the liberties of Eyton", and in the Inquest held on his death in 1300 this tenure is stated to have been held by service of 5s. rent.

Her husband, Sir Richard Corbet, son of Richard, knight of Wattesborough, flourished 1225-1248, and was Lord of Morton at the Inquest of Bradfort Hundred taken in 1255. ^[2]

Richard succeeded his grandfather Bartholomew Toret, and was Jusiciar of Shropshire.^[2]

1255 Death of Richard

Petronilla's husband, Richard of Wattlesborough, died in 1255, and Robert, their eldest son, then of full age, succeeded him. ^[4]

1272 Petronilla's Death

She died in 1272 at Moreton Corbet, Wem, Shropshire, England

Issue

Petronilla was the mother of Roger Corbet, Robert Corbet, Richard Corbet, Petronilla (Corbet) Lee and John Corbet^[2]

Documented Children

Petronilla and Richard appear to have had three children: ^[4]

1. Robert Corbet, born 1234
2. Richard Corbet, born 1236, Moreton Corbet, styled of "Mailhurst". The younger son of Richard and Petronilla lived apparently at Mailhurst, a member of the large Manor of Pontesburie.^[4]
3. Petronilla Corbet,born 1238, Moreton Corbet, a daughter, called Petronilla after her mother.^[4]

Petronilla married Sir Thomas de la Lee. Many are the Deeds in the Muniment Room at Acton-Reynold relating to the doings of this Sir Thomas de la Lee and his wife Petronilla. ^[4]

1. Reginald. Duke in his History of the County mentions that they had a son named Sir Reginald who is said to have founded a Chantry to the Church of St. Leonard at Brugge (Bridgnorth).^[4]

Other Children Linked on WikiTree

1. Roger Corbet born 1232, Moreton Toret, Shropshire, England
2. John Corbet, born 1240, Moreton Toret, Shropshire, England

1272 Suit

Petronilla, the Lady of Booley, had a suit in 1272 in the Coram Rege against "Loretta", widow of Hunald, and Matilda, widow of Richard Purcel, for cutting down the trees of "Petronilla Corbet in the bosc of Weston."^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/12311418/person/-136217600/facts
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Petronilla Corbet, Lady of Edge Baldenham Booley www.geni.com/people/Petronilla-Corbet-lady-of-Edge-Baldenham-Booley/600000 (broken link not on archive.org 20 January 2024) Geni Managed by Private User. Last Updated, September 7, 2017. Accessed October 13, 2017. jhd
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Augusta Elizabeth Brickdale Corbet. The Family of Corbet: Its Life and Times. London: the St. Catherine Press, 1915. Volume II, page 221
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Augusta Elizabeth Brickdale Corbet. The Family of Corbet: Its Life and Times. London: the St. Catherine Press, 1915. Volume II, page 222

See also:

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/18112781/person/1222439808/facts
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/7122319/family