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Personal data Thomas Corbet , of Caus, Sheriff of Shropshire 

• He was born in the year 1182 in Caus Castle, Westbury, Shropshire, England.Sources 9, 10, 11, 12
• He died September 1274, he was 92 years old.Source 1
• He is buried in Shrewsbury Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
• A child of Robert II Corbet and Emma Pantulf
• A child of Robert II Corbet and Emma Pantulf
• This information was last updated on April 20, 2023.

Household of Thomas Corbet , of Caus, Sheriff of Shropshire

(1) He is married to Matilda.

They got married January 1212 at Caus, Shropshire, England, he was 30 years old.

(2) He is married to Isabel (Beatrice) de Valletort.

They got married in the year 1218 at Caus, Shropshire, England, he was 36 years old.Source 13

Child(ren):

1. Venice Corbet  ± 1221-????
2. Emma de Corbet  1223-1284 
3. Winnewine Corbet  ± 1225-> 1284
4. Petronilla Corbet  ± 1225-????
5. Elizabeth Corbet  ± 1227-????
6. Alice de Corbet  ± 1225-> 1261 
7. Piers (Peter) 1st Baron Corbet  ± 1235-< 1300 
8. Roger Corbet  ± 1233-> 1327
9. Nicholas Corbet  ± 1235-????
10. Robert Corbet  1230-> 1327 

(3) He is married to Matilda [Wikibio] sss.

They got married January 1212 at Caus, Shropshire, England, he was 30 years old.

Notes about Thomas Corbet , of Caus, Sheriff of Shropshire

Thomas Corbet, son of the last-named Robert, made and agreement with King Henry II to pay 100 £ for his relief, according to the feudal tenures of that period, for the lands descended to him from his father. This Thomas Corbet was sheriff of Shropshire in 1249, in 1270 he was a donor to the abbey of Shrewsbury, and in 1272 he founded the chapel of St Margaret, in Caus. He married Isabel, sister and co-heir of Reginald de Valletort, Baron of Trematon Castle, in Cornwall, and widow of Alan de Dunstanville, by whom he had issue, Peter, his only son, and two daughters, Alice, married to Robert de Stafford, Baron of Stafford, and Emma, wife of Sir Brian de Brampton, of Brampton Brian, He died in 1275, and was s by his son. [Burke's Commoners]

Father of Emma who m. Sir Bryan de Brampton III. [WFT Vol 1 Ped 5673]

m. Isabel Vautord, dau. of Reginald (d. 1187) of Hamberton, Devon. [The Barons of the Welsh Frontier: The Corbet, Pantulf and Fitz Warin Families]

b. 1182, d. 1274; son of Robert corbet and Emma Pantulf; m. Isabel de Valletort; father of:
1. Venice
2. Emma who m. Brian de Brampton
3. Winnewine
4. Elizabeth who m. Edmund Cornwall
5. Roger
6. Peter who m. Joan Mortimer and Alice de Orreby
7. Robert who m. Elizabeth le Strange
8. Nicholas
9. Alice who m. Robert de Stafford
[Raymond L Montgomery <(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX), 27 May 2002]

Son of Robert Corbet and Emma Pantulph; m. Isabel de Valletort; father of:
1. Peter who m. Alice de Orreby and Joan de Mortimer
2. Alice who m. Robert de Stafford
3. Emma who m. Bryan de Brampton
[Michael Rugg <(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX), 3 May 2002]

Caus Castle, Shropshire: An 11th century motte castle covering an area of about 2.4 hectares (6 acres). Caus received a shell enclosure on the motte in the following century, as well as a rectangular curtain round the inner bailey. The curtain had cylindrical towers on each of the corners. The stonework was protected by extensive earthworks, which included double ditching. The castle was demolished during the Civil War and there are very few remains still visible today. [Castles of Britain and Ireland, p. 135]

b. 1207, d. 1274; son of Emma Pantulf and Robert Ii de Corbet of Caus; m. Isabel Valletort. [Lisa Wallendorf Scarola <(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX), 25 Mar 2003]

b.c. 1173, d. 1274; son of Robert Corbet of Caus and Emma Pantulf; m.c. 1218 Isabel Valletorte. [Sally Six <(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX), 15 Jan 2003]

pg 136, " A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire" by Sir Bernard Burke, published 1883

vol 3, pg 628, Burke's "Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland"

Thomas Corbet, son of the last-named Robert, made and agreement with King Henry II to pay 100 £ for his relief, according to the feudal tenures of that period, for the lands descended to him from his father. This Thomas Corbet was sheriff of Shropshire in 1249, in 1270 he was a donor to the abbey of Shrewsbury, and in 1272 he founded the chapel of St Margaret, in Caus. He married Isabel, sister and co-heir of Reginald de Valletort, Baron of Trematon Castle, in Cornwall, and widow of Alan de Dunstanville, by whom he had issue, Peter, his only son, and two daughters, Alice, married to Robert de Stafford, Baron of Stafford, and Emma, wife of Sir Brian de Brampton, of Brampton Brian, He died in 1275, and was s by his son. [Burke's Commoners]

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