Peter Corbet (1229 - bef. 1300)

Born 1229 in Caus, Shropshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 10 Aug 1300 before age 71 in Caus, Shropshire, England

Biography

Peter Corbet was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Peter Corbet of Caus^[1]

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Peter was probably born at Caus Castle, Shropshire, England.

He was the son of Thomas Corbet,^[1] Sheriff of Shropshire b. c 1184, d. c Sep 1274 and his wife, Isabel de Valletort.

Peter married twice:

1. Joan de Mortimer, daughter of Ralph de Mortimer, Baron Wigmore, Constable of Clun Castle and Gladys 'the Black', Princess of Wales; Joan died after 1270;
2. Alice de Orreby, daughter of Fulke de Orreby, Chief Justice of Chester and his wife, — Strange. Peter's wife, Alice, was holding dower properties of the inheritance of his son, Peter, on 7 May, 1315.^[4]

He was the father of:

1. Thomas Corbet, eldest son, died before 11 November, 1295, married Joan, daughter of Alan Plukenet and died without heir of himself;^[1]
2. Peter Corbet, born in or before 1270 [said to be aged 30 and more at the inquisition taken regarding his father on 11 September, 1300], married Beatrice by 14 September, 1298;^[1] died before 4 June, 15 Edward II [1322];^[5]
3. John Corbet, born on 25 March, 1298 [said at the inquisition taken regarding his brother, Peter, to be aged 24 at the feast of the Annunciation, 1322^[5]]; died after 1327;
4. John II Corbet
5. Sibyl Corbet b. c 1253
6. Alice Corbet^[6]b. c 1276, d. a 2 May 1330

Baron

On 2 November, 1274, King Edward I accepted the homage of son and heir, Peter Corbet, now Baron of Caus.^[7]

Death

Peter Corbet of Caus died before 10 August, 1300, and was succeeded by his son, Peter.^[1]

A writ issued on 10 August, 28 Edward I [1300], regarding Peter Corbet of Caus Gerton in Galloway (Galwythya), resulted in Inquisitions in Salop which found Peter his son, aged 30 and more was his next heir, and:^[1]

• on Sunday the eve of the Decollation of St John the Baptist, 28 Edward I, which found Peter held the castle and manor of Caurs; and Worthin, the manor, including ‘le Oldemulne‘ and ‘le Newemulne’.
• the day of the Decollation of St John the Baptist, 28 Edward I [[11 September, 1300], Munsturley. The manor (extent given with names of tenants); Wontenouere. The manor (extent given with names of tenants); Shelve. A water-mill, 21s. 4d. rent from 16 tenants at will, and 3s. 6d. from 7 cottars, pleas &c.
• the morrow of the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, Forton. A messuage, 3 carucates of land containing 300a., 24a. meadow, a water-mill, and 12a. wood.

Lower Gorthor. 21s. 5 1/2d. assised rents of Welsh free tenants, and pleas &c. of court; Baghaltreff. 4s. 9 1/2d. similiar rents; Upper Gorthor. 24s. 8 1/2d. similiar rents, and pleas &c. of court; Steyfrestones. The forest containing 10a. ALL the above manors, lands &c. in Salop held of the king in chief by barony, by service of 5 knights’ fees and he held no other lands on this side Trent.

• not dated, Yokelthull. Peter son of Thomas Corbet, who held the manor of Yokelthull (extent given), including a wood called ‘le Park,’ which is a member of Caus, of the king in chief by barony, gave the manor, at the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 26 Edward I [14 September, 1298], to Peter his son and heir and Beatrice his wife and the heirs of their bodies, to hold without doing any service, without the king’s licence, and immediately after forty days retook (?) the manor into his hand by the will of the said Peter his son, and so died seised.
• Binneweston. The aforesaid Peter son of Thomas, who held the manor (extent given), which is a member of Caus, in the same manner of the king, had a firstborn son named Thomas, who by his father’s will espoused Joan daughter of Alan Plukenet and died without heir of himself; after whose death at the feast of St Martin, 23 Edward I [11 November, 1295], the said Peter, without the king’s licence, gave the manor to the said Joan as dower, to hold of the said Peter for her life without doing any service, with reversion to the said Peter and his heirs.

On 7 May, 1315, the King, Edward II of England, at Westminster, ordered Peter Corbet and Beatrice his wife, not to enfeoff Edmund, earl of Arundel, of the castle of Caus and two parts of the manors of Caus, Wentenore, Munsterleye, Yokethull, Shelve, Hope, Overe Gordor, Nother Gordor, and Baughaltref, and of other lands, and of the reversion of the lands that Alice, late the wife of Peter Corbet, deceased, holds in dower of his inheritance, and of the reversion of the lands that Joan, late the wife of Henry de Bohun, holds for life of the said inheritance, because Peter holds them in tallaged fee, to wit to himself and his heirs of the body, so he cannot legally enfeoff the earl.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, ed., Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office. Vol III Edward I, (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1912), 451. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/cu31924011387812/page/451/mode/1up : accessed 15 September, 2022). Abstract No 600. Peter Corbet of Caus. [C. Edw. I. File 94. (6.)].
2. ↑ The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, 1819, p. 290; Families Directly Descended from all the Royal Families in Europe, by Elizabeth M. Rixford, p. 10; Wallop Family, p. 57, 601.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 609.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} W H Stevenson and C H Woodruff, eds., Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office. Edward II. AD 1313—1318. (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1893), 226-27. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/calendarclosero01offigoog/page/226/mode/1up : accessed 31 March, 2022.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, MA, ed., Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office. Vol VI. Edward II, (Hereford: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910), 183-84. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/cu31924099427845/page/183/mode/1up : accessed 12 September, 2022). Abstract No 318. Peter Corbet. [C. Edw. II. File 69. (9)].
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 406.
7. ↑ John Corbet Anderson. Shropshire: It's Early History and Antiquities London: Willis & Sothoron, 1864, p. 355-356. Accessed October 21, 2017.

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• Ormerod, George. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (George Routledge and Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London, 1819) Page 290
• Rixford, Elizabeth. Families Directly Descended from all the Royal Families in Europe (Free Press Printing Co., Burlington, Vermont., 1932) p. 10; Wallop Family, p. 57, 601.