page_title: Richard Corbet (died 1566)
section_title: Background and early life
hierarchical_section_title: Richard Corbet (died 1566) / Background and early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Church of St Bartholomew, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire. Tomb of Robert Corbet (died 1513) and his wife, Elizabeth Vernon. Effigy of Sir Robert Corbet.
context_page_description: Richard Corbet was an English landowner and politician who represented Shropshire in the parliaments of 1558 and 1563.
context_section_description: Richard Corbet was the second son of
  Sir Robert Corbet (c. 1477 – 1513) of Moreton Corbet Castle in Shropshire. The Corbets were of Anglo-Norman descent and had lived in Shropshire for centuries, an important family locally and regionally in the Welsh Marches. They were never ennobled, and became part of the landed gentry class that monopolised representation of the Shropshire in the Parliament of England.
  Elizabeth Vernon (died 29 March 1563), daughter of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon Hall and Tong and Anne Talbot, daughter of John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury. Elizabeth's father, Richard's grandfather had been treasurer to Arthur Tudor, the Prince of Wales. The Talbots were among the most powerful families in the country, with large estates on the western side of England.
  Richard had two brothers. The elder and the heir to Sir Robert's estates was Roger Corbet (c. 1501 – 1538), MP for Borough of Truro in the English Reformation Parliament of 1529–36 The younger, Reginald Corbet, was a distinguished lawyer, Serjeant-at-law and Justice of the King's Bench, who represented Much Wenlock in 1542 and Shrewsbury in the parliaments of 1545, October 1553 and 1555. Richard also had four sisters who survived their parents: Jane, Joan or Anne, Mary and Dorothy. All married into the local landed gentry.
  Sir Robert died on 11 April 1513. His will made generous provision for his daughters, guaranteeing them their keep and 100 marks each their marriages, while Roger was to inherit all his estates and half of his cattle and household goods, together with "my best salt with the covering, my best piece of silver with the covering, my best goblet and half my spoons." However, nothing specific was left for Richard and Reginald, who were perforce to make their careers elsewhere.
caption: Effigy of Sir Robert Corbet, Richard's father, in St Bartholomew's church, Moreton Corbet
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