page_title: Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, of Stoke upon Tern
section_title: Parliamentarian
hierarchical_section_title: Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, of Stoke upon Tern / Parliamentarian
caption_attribution_description: English: Sir John Corbet, 2nd Baronet of Stoke upon Tern and Adderley, Shropshire. Fought for the royalists in the English Civil War. B&amp;w photo of late 17th century oil painting.
context_page_description: Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet of Stoke upon Tern was an English politician who represented Shropshire in the House of Commons of the long Parliament. A moderate Puritan, he was noted before the English Civil War for his campaigns against extra-parliamentary taxation, which led to his imprisonment, and for waging a long running dispute over control of his parish church at Adderley. He was a notable member of the Shropshire county committee, responsible for pursuing the war against the royalists. Part of a Presbyterian middle group in Parliament, he was one of those secluded from parliament by Pride's Purge, and was stripped of his remaining public offices after the Restoration.
context_section_description: Corbet was returned as knight of the shire for Shropshire in the Long Parliament, along with  Sir Richard Lee, his nephew. After the attempted arrest of the Five Members on 4 January 1642, Parliament raised the issue of control of the militia by proposing to take the appointment of the Lords Lieutenant of the counties from the king. Corbet presented a petition from Shropshire on the subject to the House of Lords later in the month. He was one of the MPs deputed to negotiate with the king on the issue, in an attempt to stave off hostilities. In March, however, both Houses passed the Militia Ordinance, placing the militia under parliamentary control, and declared the act valid without royal consent.  The king responded by establishing Commissions of array, effectively dividing the country into opposed armed camps. In the summer, faced with the likelihood of a royalist mobilisation in the shires, the Commons outlawed the commissions of array and set out commissions to enforce the Militia Ordinance. Corbet and two other members were sent to Shropshire with the remit:
  “That Mr. Pierpoint, Sir John Corbet, and Mr. More, do forthwith repair into the County of Salop, and possess that County, with the Declaration of both Houses, concerning the Illegality of the Commission of Array: And that they, together with such others of the said County as they shall think fit to use and employ therein, do propound the Propositions concerning Contribution of Horse, Arms Money, or Plate, for the Defence of the Kingdom, in the several Parts of that County. And it is further Ordained, That the said Mr. Pierpoint, Sir John Corbett, and Mr. More, shall and may require the Sheriff, and all other Officers in the Trained Bands, and all other Persons whatsoever, in the said County, to preserve the Peace, and to be therein aiding and assisting to the said Mr. Pierepoint, Sir John Corbett, and Mr. More.”
caption: Sir John Corbet, 2nd Baronet of Stoke upon Tern and Adderley, Sir John's son and heir. He fought for the royalists in the English Civil War and was present at the siege of Bridgnorth.
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