Roger Corbet

Roger Corbet (c.1501–1538) was an English politician and landowner of the Tudor Period. A member of the Shropshire landed gentry, he represented the Borough of Truro in the English Reformation Parliament.

Roger Corbet was the son of

Sir Robert and Elizabeth had three surviving sons. Roger's two brothers were both MPs:

Sir Robert also had four surviving daughters by Elizabeth: 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, but left nothing specific for Richard and Reginald. Roger was his heir and 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."

Tomb of Sir Robert Corbet (died 1513) and his wife, Elizabeth Vernon, in St Bartholomew's church, Moreton Corbet.

Effigy of Sir Robert Corbet, Roger Corbet's father.

Effigy of Elizabeth Vernon, Roger Corbet's mother, who long outlived her husband, dying in 1563.

Figures on south side of Corbet/Vernon tomb, including sisters of Roger Corbet.

Effigies of Richard Corbet, one of Roger's brothers, and Margaret Savile.

Tomb of Roger's maternal grandparents, Anne Talbot (died 1494) and Henry Vernon (died 1515) in St Bartholomew's church, Tong, Shropshire.

Roger Corbet was about twelve when his father died and his wardship became a commodity to be sold by the Crown. The History of Parliament avers that his wardship was bought by Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, a close friend of Henry VIII, and that it was probably he who arranged Roger's marriage to Anne Windsor, the daughter of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor. The family historian Augusta Corbet documents the Brandon wardship. There is also a record of Brandon appointing George Onslow as steward of the Shropshire estates in February 1514. However, Brandon cannot have held the wardship for long.

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