page_title: Reginald Corbet
section_title: Background and early life
hierarchical_section_title: Reginald Corbet / Background and early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Tomb of Anne Talbot (died 1494) and Henry Vernon (died 1515). He was put in charge of Catherine of Aragon and Prince Arthur by Henry VII and was with Arthur when he died at Ludlow. Tomb in St Bartholomew's Church, Tong, Shropshire.
context_page_description: Reginald Corbet was a distinguished lawyer in four reigns across the mid-Tudor period, and prospered throughout, although he seems to have been firmly Protestant in sympathy. He was appointed serjeant-at-law and Justice of the King's Bench, and represented Much Wenlock in the parliament of 1542 and Shrewsbury in those of 1547, October 1553 and 1555. He enjoyed great wealth, partly because his wife was an heiress of Sir Rowland Hill, the first Protestant Lord Mayor of London.
context_section_description: Reginald Corbet was the third son of Sir Robert Corbet (c. 1477–1513) of Moreton Corbet Castle in Shropshire, the Corbet family being landed gentry of Anglo-Norman descent, living in the Shropshire Welsh Marches for centuries, many of whom had represented Shropshire in Parliament, and Elizabeth Vernon (died 29 March 1563), daughter of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon Hall and Tong, and Anne Talbot, daughter of John Talbot, Second Earl of Shrewsbury. Elizabeth had close ties with powerful families. Her father had been treasurer to Arthur Tudor, the Prince of Wales. The Talbots had vast estates in western and northern England.
  Reginald had two brothers: Roger Corbet (c. 1501–1538), the heir to Sir Robert's estates, and Richard Corbet (died 1566). Both were to be MPs. However, of the three brothers, only Roger was provided for when Sir Robert died on 11 April 1513: aged about 12, he was to undergo a long wardship before coming into full possession of the Corbet estates in 1522. Although Sir Robert made generous provision for his four daughters, he never mention Richard or Reginald, The will dates from 1509, making it likely that the two younger sons were born after that date, so Reginald was probably little more than an infant when his father died. Both younger sons would have to look elsewhere for advancement. For Richard this meant, initially, the court, while for Reginald it was the law.
caption: Tomb of Reginald's maternal grandparents, Anne Talbot (died 1494) and Henry Vernon (died 1515) in St Bartholomew's church, Tong, Shropshire.
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