page_title: Moreton Corbet Castle
section_title: Medieval Stronghold
hierarchical_section_title: Moreton Corbet Castle / History / Medieval Stronghold
caption_attribution_description: Moreton Corbet Castle (1st Phase).
context_page_description: Moreton Corbet Castle is an English Heritage property located near the village of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England, 8 miles northeast of Shrewsbury. It is a Grade I listed building. The ruins are from two different eras: a medieval stronghold and an Elizabethan era manor house. The buildings have been out of use since the 18th century.
context_section_description: In 1086 two Anglo Saxon thegns, Hunning and Wulfgeat, were living at Moreton Corbet. Perhaps they had a fortified structure here. By the early thirteenth century they had been replaced by another Englishman, Toret. His descendant Peter Toret was lord of Moreton Corbet by 1166 and it is likely that he was living in the castle. In February 1216 William Marshall stormed Moreton Corbet castle on behalf of King John of England against Bartholomew Toret. At this time the castle was known as Moreton Toret Castle. In 1235 Bartholomew died and Richard de Corbet, his son-in-law, inherited the castle and changed its name to Moreton Corbet.
  The castle next saw action in the English Civil War when the castle changed hands at least four times.
  Moreton Corbet remains the property of the Corbet family.
caption: sixteenth century gatehouse
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