Hugh Corbet (abt. 1046 - 1063)

Born about 1046 in Pays De Caux, Normandy, France

Died 1063 at about age 17 in Normandy

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Biography

His birthdate is shown as 1046. He stayed in Normandy in the senior family domains. The birth estimation for Corbet the father places his birth at 1020, his marriage at 1041, and his children's births after 1041. Thus 1046 appears a reasonable birth estimate. ^{[1] [2]}

Augusta Corbet's Pedigree of the Barons of Caus shows Roger Fitz-Corbet, Domesday Baron of Caus, ob. (circa) 1134 ^[3] 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. ↑ Rev. A. T. Pelham, paper on Moreton Corbet, reported in [http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA125&lpg=PA126&dq=Thomas%20Corbet%20pilgrim%20shropshire&sig=2SRFZ2_r5_pMf6frI7XXV076YaI&ei=KwwdTMzOGo-ONfnsxJIF&ct=result&id=YHA-AAAAYAAJ&ots=HmA7sT8Rvp&output=text The Antiquary], Volume 8, pp. 125, Accessed October 17, 2017. jhd
2. ↑ Posting by Curt Hofemann on Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Families of the Pacific Northwest, by Jim Weber, rootsweb.com
3. ↑ 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.