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((Short description|English family of Anglo-Norman extraction))
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((more citations needed|date=April 2018))

((Infobox family
|surname = Corbet
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|coat of arms = [[File:CorbetArms.svg|140px]] <br/> One variant of the arms of the '''Corbet''' family: Or, a raven sable
|country =[[Kingdom of England]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain]], [[United Kingdom]]
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|founded= 11th century
|founder = Roger and Robert Corbet
|motto = '''DEUS PASCIT CORVOS''' <br/> ''God feeds the Ravens''
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|historic_seat = [[Moreton Corbet Castle]]
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 | 1 = '''English branch'''
 | 2 =     [[English feudal barony|Baron]] of [[Caus Castle|Caus]] (11th century)
 | 3 =     [[Corbet baronets of Sprowston (1623)]]
 | 4 =     [[Corbet baronets of Stoke upon Tern (first creation, 1627)]]
 | 5 =     [[Corbet baronets of Moreton Corbet (first creation, 1642)]]
 | 6 =     [[Corbet baronets of Leighton (1642)]]
 | 7 =     Viscountess Corbet (1679) (life peerage created for the widow of [[Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet]])
 | 8 =     [[Corbet baronets of Stoke upon Tern (second creation, 1786)]]
 | 9 =     [[Corbet baronets of Moreton Corbet (second creation, 1808)]]
 | 10 = '''Scottish branch'''
 | 11 = [[Baron Rowallan]]
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|footer = Arms of Peter Corbet (died 1322), 8th [[English feudal barony|feudal baron]] of [[Caus Castle|Caus]]<ref>Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, Caus, p. 29.</ref> and 2nd Baron by writ, as shown on his seal attached to the [[Barons' Letter, 1301]]: ''Or, two ravens sable''. Legend on seal: ''Sigillum Petri Corbet'' ("Seal of Peter Corbet")))

The '''Corbet family''' is an aristocratic English family of [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]] extraction, who were amongst the early [[marcher lords]], holding the [[English feudal barony|barony]] of [[Caus Castle|Caus]]. Following the extinction of the senior line (and therefore the loss of the barony) the junior line based at [[Moreton Corbet Castle]] would go on to become one of the most powerful and richest of the [[landed gentry]] in [[Shropshire]].((cn|date=December 2023)) The family trace their ancestry to two barons found in the 1086 [[Domesday Book]] and they probably came from the [[Boitron, Orne|Boitron]] and [[Essay, Orne|Essay]] region, near [[Sées]] in [[Normandy]].<ref>((cite book|last=Keats-Rohan|first=K. S. B.|title=Domesday People|url=https://archive.org/details/domesdaypeoplepr00keat_692|url-access=limited|publisher=Boydell Press|year=1999|pages=[https://archive.org/details/domesdaypeoplepr00keat_692/page/n382 373], 400|isbn=9780851157221))</ref> The name Corbet derives from the [[Anglo-Norman language|Anglo-Norman]] word ''corb'', meaning "crow" or "raven",((sfnp|Hanks|Hodges|Mills|Room|2002|p=141|ps=none)) matching the modern French ''corbeau''. Variants of the name include: Corbet, Corbett, Corbitt, Corbit, Corbetts, Corbete, Corben and possibly the variant of Corbin.((sfnp|Hanks|Hodges|Mills|Room|2002|p=152|ps=none)) The underlying derivation is from the Latin word ''corvus'', crow. Generally it is thought to be a jocular reference to a person who was thought to resemble a crow or raven: in hair colour, tone of voice or shape of nose. However, the Scandinavians believed that a raven on the battlefield was a beneficial omen and ensured victory.

Furthermore in Italy there are two families called Corvo (or Corbo) and Corvino (or Corbino), in English they mean Crow and Little Crow respectively. These families descend from the Roman [[gens Valeria]], the first descendants of Valeri Massimi while the second descendants from Valeri Poplicola. The surname is really due to an event described by Tito Livius in book 7, chapter 26 of "Ab Urbe Condita". A battle is described where the Roman military tribune [[Marcus Valerius Corvus|Marcus Valerius]] was helped by a crow during a duel and for this he took the nickname Corvus.
In fact it could be a family that has Roman origins, which is why it is found throughout Europe with the same translated surnames and shields of similar or equal blazons: the Romans, in order to colonize the conquered territories, had the custom of installing some members of the 14 families founders of Rome, like the gens Valeria.

==History==
===Feudal barons of Caus and their descendants===
In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, Roger Corbet and his brother Robert were listed as some of the most important [[tenant-in-chief|tenants-in-chief]] of the king and the powerful [[Marcher Lord]] [[Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury|Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury]]<ref>Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, p. 29.</ref><ref>((cite web | url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/name/455000/robert-son-of-corbet/ | title=Open Domesday Project | publisher=University of Hull | accessdate=2012-08-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017001743/http://domesdaymap.co.uk/name/455000/robert-son-of-corbet/ | archive-date=2013-10-17 | url-status=dead ))</ref> Roger Corbet is generally believed to have been the first [[English feudal barony|feudal baron]] of [[Caus Castle|Caus]] in [[Shropshire]], which was a barony within the marcher lordship of Roger de Montgomerie (died 1094). He was succeeded after 1121 by his son Robert Corbet (d. pre-1155). He was succeeded by Roger Corbet, who himself was succeeded by Robert (died 1222), who left a son Thomas who died in 1274. There followed his son and heir Peter Corbet (died 1300) who left a son Peter Corbet (died 1322), who died childless. The barony then passed to his half-brother John. Although the family soon died out in the senior line, when the barony was lost, cadet branches spread out and thrived.

====Corbets of Moreton Corbet====
From the eclipse of the senior line at Caus, the most important Shropshire branch of the Corbets was that of Moreton Toret, later called [[Moreton Corbet]], where they had a [[Moreton Corbet Castle|castle]]. Members of this branch regularly represented [[Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Shropshire]], and sometimes other constituencies, in the [[House of Commons of England]] over several centuries. They were among the most powerful and richest of [[landed gentry]] families in the county, especially in the 16th century, when there was no resident [[aristocracy]].((sfnp|Coulton|2010|p=40|ps=none)) Together with its offshoots at [[Stoke upon Tern]] and Stanwardine, the Moreton Corbet family played a major part in the county's passage through the [[English Reformation]] and the [[English Civil War]]. Some of the Corbet politicians are featured in the family tree below. The Corbets long retained part of their former vast estates in Shropshire. The [[Return of Owners of Land, 1873]] showed that, of the 13 landowners who owned more than 8,000 acres in the county, two were Corbets: Sir V. R. Corbet owned 9,489 acres and I. D. Corbet owned 8,118 acres.

((Chart top|width=100%|text-align=left|The Corbets of Moreton Corbet, Stanwardine and Stoke))
Based on pedigrees derived from the Heraldic Visitation of Shropshire, 1623,<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/visitationshrop00britgoog#page/n188/mode/2up Grazebrook and Rylands, p. 134-38.]</ref> and in Augusta Corbet's family history,<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/familyofcorbetit02corb#page/368/mode/2up Corbet, facing p. 368.]</ref> supplemented by more recent information from the History of Parliament Online.<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/ History of Parliament Online].</ref>

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((Tree chart | | | | | | | | | |Kat |-|Rob1|v|Mat| | | | | | | | | | |Kat=Katherine, daughter of John [[Baron Strange#1299 creation|le Strange]] of [[Knockin]] and [[Myddle]]|Rob1='''Sir Robert Corbet (died 1300) of [[Moreton Corbet|Moreton Toret]] and [[Wattlesborough Castle|Wattlesborough]]'''|Mat=Matilda (died 1309), daughter John de Arundel))
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((Tree chart | | | | | |Am|v| Tom | |Fulk| |John| | | | | | | | | | | | | |Am=Amice|Tom='''Thomas Corbet (died 1310) of Moreton Toret and Wattlesborough'''|Fulk=Fulk Corbet, Canon of [[Lichfield Cathedral]]|John=John Corbet))
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((Tree chart | | | | | | | |Rob|v|Liz| | | | | | | | | | |Rob='''Sir Robert Corbet (1304–75) of Moreton Toret and Wattlesborough'''|Liz=Elizabeth, daughter of Fulk, 1st [[Baron Strange of Blackmere]]))
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((Tree chart |Harl|v|Joan|-|Dar|!|Liz2|v|Fulk| | |!| | | | | |Fulk='''Sir Fulk Corbet (died 1382) of Moreton Corbet'''|Liz2=Elizabeth|Harl=Robert de Harley|Joan=Joan Corbet|Dar=[[John Darras]] of Sidbury and [[Neenton]]))
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((Tree chart| |!| | | |Liz1|v|Tom1| | | | |!| | | |Rog|v|Marg1|Liz1=Elizabeth|Tom1=Sir Thomas Corbet (died c.1359)|Rog='''[[Roger Corbet (died 1395)|Sir Roger Corbet (died 1395) of Moreton Corbet]]'''|Marg1=Margaret Erdington (died 1395)|))
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((Tree chart |Al||Ip|-|Liz1||Maw|-|Liz2| | | | |!|Al=Alicia Harley|Ip=[[John Ipstones|Sir John Ipstones]] (d. 1394) of [[Blymhill]]|Hamo=Sir Hamo Peshall|Liz1=Elizabeth Corbet|Maw=John de la Pole of [[Dinas Mawddwy]]|Liz2=Elizabeth Corbet, heiress to Wattlesborough|))
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((Tree chart | | | | | | |Rob|v|Marg|v|Will| | | | | |Rog|v|Liz|Will=William Mallory of [[Papworth St. Agnes]]|Marg=Margaret|Rob='''[[Robert Corbet (died 1420)|ROBERT CORBET of Moreton Corbet]]''' (1383–1420)|Rog=[[Roger Corbet (died 1430)]] of [[Shrewsbury]]|Liz=Elizabeth Lichfield of [[Eastham, Worcestershire]]))
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((Tree chart| | | | | | | | | |!| | |Tom| | | | |Hump|-|Marg|Tom=Thomas Mallory|Marg=Margaret Corbet|Hump=Humphrey Stafford of Frome))
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((Tree chart|Tom|-|Anc| |!| |Anna|-|John| | |!| | |Mary|-|Rob|Tom='''Thomas Corbet''' of Moreton Corbet (died c.1436)|Anc=Ancaret de Barre|Anna=Anna or Julianna Corbet|John=John Sandford|Mary=Mary Corbet|Rob=Robert Charlton))
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((Tree chart| | | | | | |Rog|v|Liz| | | | |Dot|-|Phil|Rog='''Roger Corbet of Moreton Corbet''' (died 1468)|Liz=Elizabeth Hopton|Dot=Dorothea Corbet|Phil=Philip Kynastone|))
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((Tree chart|Anna|-|Tom| |!| |Liz|-|Rik| |!| |Rich|v|Liz2|Tom=Thomas Sturry of Rossall|Anna=Anna or Julianna Corbet|Rik=Richard Cholmeley of Chester|Liz=Elizabeth Corbet||Rich='''Sir Richard Corbet of Moreton Corbet''' (died 1493)|Liz2=Elizabeth, daughter of [[Walter Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley]]))
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((Tree chart| | | |Tom2|-|Maria| | | |Tom3|-|Jane| | | |!|Maria=Maria Corbet|Tom2=Thomas Thornes of [[Shelvock]]|Jane=Jane Corbet|Tom3=Thomas Crump of [[Upton Magna]]|))
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((Tree chart|Kat|-|Tom4| |!| |Anna|-|Tom1| |!| |Liz|-|Tom3| |!|Kat=Katherine Corbet|Tom4=Thomas Onslow of [[Rodington, Shropshire]]|Anna=Anna Corbet|Tom1=Thomas Cornwall of [[Burford, Shropshire]]|Liz=Elizabeth Corbet|Tom3=Thomas Trentham of Shrewsbury))
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((Tree chart| | | | | | |Rob|v|Liz| |Tom2|-|Maria| | |Ric|-|Marg|Rob='''Sir Robert Corbet''' of Moreton Corbet (died 1513)|Liz=Elizabeth (d. 1563), daughter of Sir [[Henry Vernon (died 1515)|Henry Vernon]] of [[Tong, Shropshire|Tong]] and [[Haddon Hall|Haddon]]|Maria=Maria Corbet|Tom2=Thomas Lacon of Willey, Shropshire|Marg=Margaret Corbet|Ric=Richard Mainwaring of [[Ightfield]]))
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((Tree chart | | | | | |ANN|v| ROG | | RICH |-|MARG | | | REG |v|AL| | | | |ANN=Anne Windsor, daughter of [[Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor]]|ROG='''[[Roger Corbet]] (died 1538) of Moreton Corbet and [[Linslade]]'''|RICH=[[Richard Corbet (died 1566)|Richard Corbet of Poynton]]|REG=[[Reginald Corbet]] of [[Stoke upon Tern]]|MARG=Margaret Savile|AL=Alice Gratewood, co-heiress of [[Rowland Hill (MP)|Sir Rowland Hill]]))
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((Tree chart |Jane|v|AND| |Rob2|v|Jane2| |JER|-|Dot| |Rick2|v|Anne|AND='''[[Andrew Corbet (died 1578)|Sir Andrew Corbet (died 1578)]] of Moreton Corbet'''|JER=[[Jerome Corbet]] of Beslow|Rob2=Robert Corbet of Stanwardine|Jane=Jane Needham|Dot=Dorothy Poyner|Anne=Anne Bromley, daughter of [[Thomas Bromley|Sir Thomas Bromley]]|Rick2=Richard Corbet of Stoke|Jane2=Jane Kynaston))
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((Tree chart |ROB| |RICH|-|JUD|v|WILL| |VIN|v|FRAN|!| |John|v|Anne|ROB='''[[Robert Corbet (died 1583)]] of Moreton Corbet'''|RICH='''[[Richard Corbet (died 1606)]] of Moreton Corbet'''|VIN='''Sir Vincent Corbet (died 1623) of Moreton Corbet'''|JUD=Judith Austin|WILL=William Boothby|FRAN=Frances Humfreston|John=[[Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, of Stoke upon Tern|Sir John Corbet]], [[Corbet baronets|1st Bart.]], [[Puritan]] and [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]]|Anne=Anne Mainwaring of Ightfield))
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((Tree chart | | | | | | | | | |LIZ|v|AND2|| | |Marg|v|Tom| |John2|LIZ=Elizabeth Boothby|AND2='''[[Andrew Corbet|Sir Andrew Corbet]] of Moreton Corbet''', Parliamentarian|Marg=Margaret Corbet|Tom=Thomas Corbet of Stanwardine|John2=Sir John Corbet, 2nd Baronet, [[Cavalier]]))
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((Tree chart | | | | | | | |SAR|-|VIN2| | | |LIZ|-|ROB|VIN2='''[[Sir Vincent Corbet, 1st Baronet]] of Moreton Corbet''', [[Cavalier]]|ROB=[[Robert Corbet (died 1676)|Robert Corbet]] of Stanwardine, lawyer and [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]]|LIZ=Elizabeth Ludlow|SAR=Sarah Monson))
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===Channel Islands Corbets===
[[File:JeanThomasCorbet1880's.jpg|thumb|1880s image of Jean Thomas Corbet and wife taken by Grut photographers, Guernsey Channel Island]]
The Corbets of the [[Channel Islands]] are documented in numerous Extentes namely; 1309 Roll of Assizes – 2 references to "Richard Corbel" of Trinity
1272 Extentes – 1 reference to "Raoul Corbel"
1331 Extentes – 1 reference to "Richard Corbel", and 2 each to "Jean Corbey" and "William Corbey"
1528 Extentes – 1 reference to "Vincent Corbel" of Trinity
1607 Extentes – 1 reference each to "Silvester Cobell", "Hellier Corbet", "Vincent Corbell", "John Corbell" and 2 references to "Drewet Corbell"
1668 Extentes – 1 reference to Corbel family
1749 Extentes&nbsp;– 2 references to "Elizabeth Corbet, daughter of James Corbet"((citation needed|date=June 2021))
Some of these Corbets were born [[Jersey]] and the most notable was
– Major Gov. [[Moses Corbet]] (1728–1814) – Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.((citation needed|date=June 2021))
Most of the Corbets had already moved to or later moved to [[Guernsey]] where the family flourished until c. 1956 upon the death of William Corbet, son of Jean Thomas Corbet.((citation needed|date=June 2021)) By the 20th century the Corbets were the largest land owners in the Vale Parish once known as the Clos du Valle.((citation needed|date=June 2021)) The Corbets under Jean Thomas Corbet Esq. (1836–1926) owned and operated two granite quarries which they exported stone to England.((citation needed|date=June 2021)) Louise Corbet, daughter of Jean Thomas married John Bichard and thus together the families created the first glasshouse growing operation in Guernsey; the vast estate was called "Les Landes".((citation needed|date=June 2021)) The Corbets entertained [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] and [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] on their visit to the vineries in 1921.((citation needed|date=June 2021)) The Corbets' Fruit Export Company thrived and they were suppliers to [[Buckingham Palace]]. In the 1930s the Corbet family donated land that would become the Corbet Field, an important athletic area.

Notable descendants and relatives of Jean Thomas Corbet include;
– [[Denys Corbet]] (1826–1909), poet and painter. (cousin)
– [[Christian Cardell Corbet]] (born 1976), FA, FRSA, portrait sculptor and painter, sculptor in residence – Royal Canadian Navy and benefactor; regimental sculptor – The Royal Canadian Regiment.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://theroyalcanadianregiment.ca/news/2013_07_07CinC_Bust.html |title=The Regimental Website of the Royal Canadian Regiment |access-date=2013-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212101459/http://theroyalcanadianregiment.ca/news/2013_07_07CinC_Bust.html |archive-date=2013-12-12 |url-status=dead ))</ref><ref>((cite web| url = http://www.aroyalportrait.com/| title = A Royal Portrait ((!)) Prince Philip))</ref>

===Scottish branch===
The first Corbet in Scotland came from Shropshire, and settled in [[Teviotdale]] under [[David I of Scotland|Earl David]] (later King David I of Scotland) in the first quarter of the 12th century. He is said to have obtained the manor of [[Fogo, Scottish Borders|Fogo]] which he held as a vassal under the [[Earl of Dunbar|Earls of Dunbar]].((citation needed|date=June 2021))

Robert fitz Corbet appeared in Scotland in about 1116 as one of the retinue of Earl David, who later became King David I. The author, Augusta Corbet, who wrote ''The Family of Corbet&nbsp;– Its Life and Times'', says that Robert was the son of Roger Corbet and grandson of Corbet le Normand. It is said he belonged to the family which held [[Drayton, Northamptonshire|Drayton]] in Northamptonshire.((citation needed|date=June 2021))

Robert Corbet was a witness in the instrument or Inquisition made by David, Prince of Cumberland, into the lands belonging to the old Church of Glasgow, and is also a witness in other deeds of David when he was King of Scotland (1124–53).((citation needed|date=June 2021))

((blockquote|The Cumberland or Cumbria of those days extended to the Clyde, and included Glasgow, which David incorporated into Scotland. David appears to have allotted lands in Roxburghshire to Robert Corbet, where his descendants were "great lords of several generations". For many centuries the Corbets held lands in the Scottish Borders and were loyal to Scotland. By the late 13th century, the Corbets owned land in the Castle Douglas/ Dalbeattie areas in addition to their traditional tenures. A century later, Constantine Corbet owned lands in Fife and a Walter Corbet owned lands around Lochmaben. By the late 16th century, Corbets owned lands in Clydesdale, with Symont Corbet's will showing land held near Hamilton (1574).|))

In 1745 the Corbets supported the British Government. When Bonnie Prince Charlie landed in Scotland. Robert Corbet, then provost of Dumfries, rode out with his men to meet him and warned the Prince to stand aside as Dumfries would have nothing to do with him. He then returned to Dumfries and locked the gates against the Prince.((citation needed|date=June 2021))

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, Corbets were busy in Scotland in a variety of occupations, including shipmasters, tanners, tailors, schoolmasters, weavers, etc. In 1784, James Corbett was a weaver in Larkhall and in Hamilton, other Corbetts were prospering in the late 18th century. Janefield, part of the Tollcross estate and now a cemetery, was occupied and farmed by a James Corbett in 1751.((citation needed|date=June 2021))

The Scottish Corbett branch of the family currently hold the title [[Baron Rowallan]].<ref>((London Gazette |issue=28512 |date=11 July 1911 |page=5169))</ref> Their arms include the raven seen on the arms of the English branch of the family and they share the same motto ''Deus Pascit Corvo'' - God feeds the ravens.

==Castles and seats==

*[[Acton Reynald Hall]] is a 19th-century country manor house and park created by the Corbet Family in the 17th century at Acton Reynald, Shropshire, England, and an example of one of the many Corbet Lordships in Shropshire.
*[[Acton Burnell Castle]] ruins about eight miles Southeast of Shrewsbury, near to the Acton Burnell Church and Hall, claim attention, from the many interesting and historical facts connected with it; it is recorded a Parliament was held here in the year 1283 by Edward I, on which occasion the Lords sat at Shrewsbury, and the Commons in the banqueting hall of the castle here, the gable ends of which still remain; here it was that the statute known by the name of the Acton Burnell Statute or "Statuta de Mercatoribus (Statutes of Merchants)" was passed. Long before Edward I, William The Conqueror took the Saxon Godric's manor from him and gave it to the Norman Earl of Shrewsbury, who in turn conferred it on Roger Fitz-Corbet. It is supposed that Roger, the Domesday tenant of Actune, was ancestor of those Burnels, from whom afterwards the manor took its distinctive title of Acton Burnell.
*[[Alberbury Castle]] was built by Fulke Fitz Warine in the 13th century and held under the Barons of Caus, was added protection for [[Shrewsbury Castle]] against the threat of the Welsh. In addition, Shropshire was also given a Norman sheriff called Warin who held a number of manors around [[Oswestry]].
*[[Caus Castle]] (also known as, or recorded in historical documents as Cause; Caurs; Chaus; Caws; Caurse; Alretone; Auretone; Averetonee), often described as a fortress of uncommon strength and extent, is about 2 miles southwest of [[Westbury, Shropshire]], England and is located along the Welsh Marches. Caus Castle was built by Roger Corbet (1066–1134) a Domesday founder for his family, and is named for his homeland in [[Pays de Caux]], Normandy, France, and was the seat of their [[Marcher Lordships]] granted under [[Roger de Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury|Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury]] (Shropshire) and King William the Conqueror.
*[[Hopton Castle]] is in the [[Hopton Castle (village)|village of the same name]] and is located between [[Knighton, Powys]], Wales and [[Craven Arms]] (Newton), Shropshire, England. Hopton Castle passed by marriage to the Moreton Corbet family in the 15th century.
*[[High Ercall Hall]] & High Ercall Church (pronounced High Arcal) in the borough of Telford & Wrekin, were owned by the Corbets by marriage to the Newport's.
*[[Longnor Hall]] A 17th-century manor house built by the Corbets in the Shropshire village of [[Longnor, Shropshire]]. The hall displays the Corbet crow arms on its gable end.
*[[Moreton Corbet Castle]] in Shropshire, England was acquired by the Corbets in 1235, when Sir Richard Corbet of Wattlesborough b. 1191, who married Joan Thoreton b. 1200 the daughter of Bartholomew Thoreton of Moreton Thoret. Sometime around 1560 Sir Andrew Corbet rebuilt the castle and built a new east range with a great hall, to this was added an ornate south range designed in a L-shape by Sir Andrew's son, Robert Corbet. It is this latter addition that stands as one of the landmarks in English architectural history.
*[[Rowallan Castle]] was the seat for later chiefs of the Corbets which was originally the seat of the chiefs of [[Clan Muir]].<ref>((cite web | url=http://www.theclanmuir.org/Rowallan_castle.htm | title=Rowallan Castle Ancestral Home of Clan Muir | publisher=Clan Muir|accessdate=2009-05-25))</ref><ref>((cite web | url=http://www.old-picture.com/europe/Kilmarnock-Rowallan-Scotland-Castle.htm | title=Rowallan Castle, Kilmarnock, Scotland | publisher=old-picture.com |accessdate=2009-05-25 ))</ref>
*[[Sibdon Castle]] in [[Sibdon Carwood]], near Craven Arms, Shropshire, England. The fortified manor at Sibdon Carwood, the predecessor to the 17th-century Sibdon Castle country house, is given the name "Shepeton Corbet" by a number of historical documents, including that of John Leland (c. 1535–43), who also gives the suffix to [[Hopton Castle|Hopton Corbet Castle]] and Moreton Corbet Castle. This is an indication that the Corbet family owned these fortified manors around the time, of which Moreton Corbet's castle both remains in their ownership and retains the suffix to this day.
*[[Sundorne Castle]] was home of the Corbet-Pigott family
*[[Wattlesborough Castle]] was a fortified manor held by the Barons of Caus, which later passed from the Corbets to the John de Mowthe Family.
*[[Siston]], Gloucestershire, which branch died out in the late 14th century. The arms of Corbet of Siston continued to be quartered by the Denys family of Siston, which inherited the Corbet estates by marriage, although no children resulted.

==Armorials==
[[File:CorbetBaronetsOfMoretonCorbetArms.JPG|thumb|150px|Arms of [[Corbet baronets]] of Moreton Corbet, cr. 1808: ''Or, a raven sable''<ref>Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 204.</ref>]]
[[File:ArmsOfCorbetOfChadesleyCorbet.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Arms of Corbet of [[Chaddesley Corbett]]: ''Or a raven proper within a bordure engrailed gules.''<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/generalarmoryofe00burk#page/228/mode/2up Burke's General Armory, p. 228.]</ref>]]

[[File:ArmsCorbetofSiston&Hope.jpg|thumb|150px|Arms of Corbet of [[Siston]], Glos. & Hope, Salop.: ''Argent, a raven proper within a bordure sable [[bezant]]ee''. These arms continued to be quartered by the Denys family of Siston]]
Family legend has a mythical Corbet le Normand arriving in 1066 with [[William the Conqueror]] from Normandy carrying a banner displaying a raven, from his supposed name ''Le Corbeau'', usually translated from Norman French as "the Raven".<ref>Corbet, Augusta E., The Family of Corbet, its Life and Times, vol. 1</ref>

Sir Roger Corbet displayed ''two ravens proper on a gold shield with a bordure red engrailed'' under [[Edward III of England|King Edward III]];

Sir Peter Corbet, 2nd Baron of Caus, displayed ''two ravens proper on a gold shield'' at the [[Battle of Falkirk]] in 1298, as recorded in the [[Roll of arms|Falkirk Roll]] and in the [[Barons' Letter, 1301]];

Sir Thomas Corbet, displayed ''two ravens proper on a gold shield''; Sir Thomas Corbet, displayed ''three ravens proper on a gold shield'' at the First Dunstable Tournament in 1308;

Sir Thomas Corbet, displayed ''six ravens proper on a gold shield with a red canton with 2 silver lions passant gardant'' in 1567.

Other variations include A Raven or two Ravens and a key on a Silver Shield. The arms of the recently extinct Corbet baronets are: ''Or, a raven sable''.<ref>Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p. 204.</ref>

==References==

===Citations===
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===Further reading===
Sir Bernard Burke: [https://archive.org/stream/generalarmoryofe00burk#page/n5/mode/2up The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales], Harrison, London, 1884, accessed 9 December 2013 at Internet Archive

Augusta Elizabeth Brickdale Corbet: [https://archive.org/stream/familyofcorbetit02corb#page/n11/mode/2up The family of Corbet; its life and times, Volume 2] at Open Library, Internet Archive, accessed 9 December 2013.

George Grazebrook and [[John Paul Rylands]] (editors), 1889: [https://archive.org/stream/visitationshrop00britgoog#page/n2/mode/2up The visitation of Shropshire, taken in the year 1623: Part I] by Robert Tresswell, [[Somerset Herald]], and [[Augustine Vincent]], [[Rouge Croix Pursuivant]] of arms; marshals and deputies to [[William Camden]], [[Clarenceux king of arms]]. With additions from the pedigrees of Shropshire gentry taken by the heralds in the years 1569 and 1584, and other sources. Accessed 9 December 2013 at [[Internet Archive]].

[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/research/members History of Parliament Online: Members], History of Parliament Trust, 1994, accessed 9 December 2013.

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