Robert Corbet, Lord of Moreton

Primary Sources

Inquisition Post Mortem for Robert Corbet, knight. Writ, 12 December, 49 Edward III [1375]. He died on 3 December last [1375]. Elizabeth daughter of Thomas his son, aged 18 years and more, wife of John de Ippestones, knight, is his next heir in blood.

Dec. 13. 1381 Westminster.
To Robert de Swynfen escheator in Salop and the march of Wales adjacent. Order to give Fulk son of Robert Corbet of Morton knight and of Elizabeth his wife livery of the manor of Shaubury and the issues thereof since his mother's death, and to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with the manors of Morton Corbet, Harpecote, Routon, Ambaston, Watelesburgh, Hey, Bredeshulle and Hemme and the township of Hynynton, delivering to him any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that at her death the said Elizabeth held the manor of Shaubury jointly with her husband (likewise deceased) for their lives by gift of Thomas Gery vicar of Morton and Thomas de Lee of Southbache by fine levied in the late king's court with his licence, and the other manors and township by gift of Hugh le Yonge clerk and others to them with remainder to the said Fulk and the heirs male of his body, and that the manor of Shaubury is held in chief by knight service, the other premises of others than the king; and the king has taken the homage and fealty of the said Fulk. By p.s. [2006.]

To the same. Order to take the fealty of Roger son of Robert Corbet of Morton and Elizabeth his wife, and to remove the king's hand and meddle no further with the townships of Lawelegh, Blecheley and Upton Waters, eight messuages, 20 acres of land and 6 acres of meadow in Shrewsbury, delivering to the said Roger any issues thereof taken; as the king has learned by inquisition, taken by the escheator, that the said Elizabeth wife of Robert at her death held the premises jointly with her husband (likewise deceased) by gift of John Poytyu chaplain and others to them for their lives with remainder as regards the township of Lawelegh to the said Roger and the heirs male of his body, as regards other the premises to him and the heirs of his body, and that the premises in Shrewsbury are held of the king in free burgage, the said townships of others than the king.

Source: 'Close Rolls, Richard II: October 1381', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II: Volume 2, 1381-1385, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London, 1920), pp. 15-23. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/ric2/vol2/pp15-23 [accessed 9 September 2017].

Augusta Corbet's The Family of Corbet (Volume 2) (1914) is available online at http://www.archive.org/details/familyofcorbetit02corb.

[Antiquary: a magazine devoted to the study of the past, Volume 8, compiled by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson, pp. 125-6.]