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Dorothy Corbet 1503 – 1540 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1503

Birth Location: Moreton Corbet, Salop, England

Death Date: 1540

Death Location: Moreton Corbet, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England

Father: Sir Shropshire

Mother: Lady Corbett

Spouse(s): Sir Peace

Children(s): Sir (Knight)

In 1503, Dorothy Corbet entered the world in Moreton Corbet, Salop, England, born to Sir Robert De Corbet, Baron Corbett of Moreton, Sheriff of Shropshire and Lady Elizabeth De Vernon, Countess of Shropshire, Baroness Corbett. Dorothy Corbet married Sir Richard Mainwaring, Commissioner of Peace, and had children including Sir Arthur Mainwaring (Knight). Dorothy Corbet passed away in 1540 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1503, Dorothy Corbet entered the world in Moreton Corbet, Salop, England, born to Sir Robert De Corbet, Baron Corbett of Moreton, Sheriff of Shropshire and Lady Elizabeth De Vernon, Countess of Shropshire, Baroness Corbett.
  • Dorothy Corbet married Sir Richard Mainwaring, Commissioner of Peace, and had children including Sir Arthur Mainwaring (Knight).
  • Dorothy Corbet passed away in 1540 in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Shropshire
1477 – 1513
Birth Location: Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England
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Lady Corbett
1481 – 1563
Birth Location: Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir Peace
1499 – 1558
Birth Location: Ightfield, Salop, England
SP

Children(s)

Sir (Knight)
1520 – 1590
Birth Location: Ightfield, Salop, England
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Dorothy Corbet's Ancestors

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Dorothy Corbet
1503 – 1540
Birth Place: Moreton Corbet, Salop, England
Parents
Sir Robert De Corbet, Baron Corbett of Moreton, Sheriff of Shropshire
1477 – 1513
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth De Vernon, Countess of Shropshire, Baroness) Corbett
1481 – 1563
Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert Vernon de) Haslington
1500 – 1571
Stokesay Castle, Stokesay, Shropshire, England
Cicely (of Crew de) Fouleshurst
1492 – 1570
Haslington, Cheshire
Great-Grandparents
Sir Vernon
1466 – 1547
Agnes Hodnet
1475 – 1531
Robert FULLERHURST\FOULSHURST
1465 – 1513
Joan Molyneux
1467 – 1520
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothy Corbet's Descendants

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Dorothy Corbet (1503 – 1540) m. Sir (Richard Mainwaring, Commissioner of) Peace (1499 – 30 Sep 1558)
  1. 1. Sir (Arthur Mainwaring) (Knight) (1520 – 4 Sep 1590) m. Margaret (Mainwaring of Over) Peover* (1521 – 1591)
    1. 1. Blanche (Horwell) King (1548 – 14 Jun 1578) m. William King (1536 – 1564)
      1. 1. Cecily ((Lady of Hempstead, Norfolk)) King-Pettus (1552 – 1641 or 1643) m. John (Petty) (Pettus) (12 Oct 1584 – 15 Apr 1629)
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas Petty) (Pettus) (1519 – 19 January 1597) m. Christian Dethick (25 January 1527 – 25 June 1578)

Dorothy Corbet's Timeline

2 Records

1503
1503
Birth of Dorothy Corbet in Moreton Corbet, Salop, England
Moreton Corbet, Salop, England
1540
1540
Age 37
Death of Dorothy Corbet in Moreton Corbet, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
Moreton Corbet, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1503
    Event Place: Moreton Corbet, Salop, England

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