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Robert Corbet (died April 1676) was an English politician who supported Parliament in the English Civil War. He was a member of the Shropshire county committee, responsible for pursuing the war against the royalists and represented Shropshire in the First Protectorate Parliament. He is particularly known as the employer and mentor of Richard Gough, author of the ''Antiquities and Memoirs of the Parish of Myddle'', a pioneering work of ethnographic literature, in which he is mentioned repeatedly. ==Background, education and early life== Robert Corbet's background was in the landed gentry of Shropshire, a county which had no resident aristocracy in the 16th century,〔Coulton p.40〕 and acquired one only slowly through the sale of honours by James I and Charles I. His parents were cousins once removed,〔(Corbet, p.272 )〕 both members of the powerful Corbet family. *Thomas Corbet of Stanwardine Hall, at Stanwardine in the Woods, near Baschurch, Shropshire. The Stanwardine branch of the Corbets were founded by Thomas's father, the first Robert Corbet of Stanwardine, a younger brother of the notable Elizabethan period Shropshire MP and administrator Sir Andrew Corbet of Moreton Corbet Castle, Shropshire. Thomas Corbet died in 1615〔Date given as 17 December 1615 on memorial.〕 and is buried in Baschurch parish church. *Margaret Corbet, daughter of Sir Vincent Corbet of Moreton Corbet, and granddaughter of the first Sir Andrew. She had a brother, also Sir Andrew Corbet, who was also a notable MP for Shropshire. The Corbets of Moreton Corbet remained powerful and influential in the county, but had struggled financially at least since the time of Richard Corbet (died 1606), Sir Vincent's spendthrift elder brother, who left debts of more than £6000.〔(Corbet, p.306 )〕〔P.W. Hasler (editor): History of Parliament Online: Members 1558-1603 - (CORBET, Richard II (c.1545-1606), of Moreton Corbet, Salop. ) - Author: J.J.C., accessed 3 October 2013.〕 Richard Gough referred to Margaret as Elizabeth,〔(Gough, p.46 )〕 which may have been another of her names but could be simply a slip, as Robert Corbet's wife was named Elizabeth: both names were used for his daughters.〔(Familysearch Community Trees, Person ID I102297: Robert Corbet )〕 Robert Corbet's birth date is unknown, but the dating of his career suggests the first decade of the 17th century, possibly the last years of the 16th century. Gough calls him a Master in Chancery, which would have necessitated a considerable period of a legal training and of practice in London. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Corbet (died 1676)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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