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Dorothy Corbet 1490–1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1490

Birth Location: Moreton Corbet, Salop, England

Death Date: 1540

Death Location: Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England

Father: Robert Shropshire

Mother: Elizabeth Vernon

Spouse(s): Richard Sir

Children(s): Catherine Mainwaring

Dorothy Corbet was born in 1490 in Moreton Corbet, Salop, England, the child of Robert Corbet Sir Knight Sheriff Of Shropshire And Elizabeth Vernon. Dorothy Corbet married Richard Mainwaring Sir, and had children including Catherine Mainwaring. Dorothy Corbet passed away in 1540 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • Dorothy Corbet was born in 1490 in Moreton Corbet, Salop, England, the child of Robert Corbet Sir Knight Sheriff Of Shropshire And Elizabeth Vernon.
  • Dorothy Corbet married Richard Mainwaring Sir, and had children including Catherine Mainwaring.
  • Dorothy Corbet passed away in 1540 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Shropshire
1477–1513
Birth Location: Moreton Corbet, Salop, England
RS
Elizabeth Vernon
1481–1563
Birth Location: Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Richard Sir
1499–1558
Birth Location: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
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Children(s)

Catherine Mainwaring
1536–1613
Birth Location: Ightfield, Shropshire, England
CM

Dorothy Corbet's Ancestors

Self
Dorothy Corbet
1490–1540
Birth Place: Moreton Corbet, Salop, England
Parents
Robert Corbet Sir Knight Sheriff of Shropshire
1477–1513
Moreton Corbet, Salop, England
Elizabeth Vernon
1481–1563
Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England
Grandparents
Richard Corbet
1451–1493
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England
Elizabeth Devereux
1455–1516
Chartley Castle, Herefordshire, England
Henry (Vernon Knight, Guardian and Treasurer to Arthur Prince of) Wales
1447–1515
Haddon, Huntingdonshire, England
Anne Talbot
1445–1494
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Roger Corbet
1420–1467
Elizabeth Hopton
1421–1498
Walter Devereux
1420–1485
Anne Ferrers
1422–1500
William Lancashire
1421–1467
Margaret Swynsen
1425–1471
John Talbot
1413–1460
Elisabeth Butler
1415–1473
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Corbet
1373–1440
Margaret Mallory
1410–1470
Thomas Hopton
1388–1440
Eleanor Lucy
1395–1460
Walter III
1387–1435
Elizabeth Bromwich
1390–1440
Thomas Ferrers
1400–1465
Richard Lord
1394–1451
Benedicta Ludlow
1396–1427
John Talbot
1384–1453
Mathilde Neville
1390–1425
James Ormond
1392–1452
Johanna Beauchamp
1400–1430

Dorothy Corbet's Descendants

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Dorothy Corbet (1490–1540) m. Richard (Mainwaring) Sir (1499–7 Oct 1558)
  1. 1. Catherine Mainwaring 1536–1613 m. Thomas Starkey 1524–1581
    1. 1. Margaret Starkey 1554–1628 m. George Whitman 1549–1625
      1. 1. Richard (Abijah) Whitman 1570–1625 m. Alice Eaton 1565–1626
        1. 1. John (Whitman) Rev. 1598–1692 m. Ruth Reed 1631–1662

Dorothy Corbet's Timeline

2 Records

1490
1490
Birth of Dorothy Corbet in Moreton Corbet, Salop, England
Moreton Corbet, Salop, England
1540
1540
Age 50
Death of Dorothy Corbet in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1490
    Event Place: Moreton Corbet, Salop, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England
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