CORBET 417 CORBET BARONY BY i. Piers Corbet, s. and h. of Thomas C, of Caus, WRIT. Salop {d. I274),(') by Isabel, widow of Alan de Dunstan- , viLLE, sister and in her issue coh. of Roa:er de Vavtort, ~^^' and da. ot another Roger de Vautort, of Harberton, Devon. He had livery of his father's lands 2 Nov. i274.() He was in the Welsh wars 1282-93. On 28 June (1283) 11 Edw. I, he was sum. to attend the King at Shrewsbury, and 8 June (1294) 22 Edw. I, to attend the King wherever he might be, and consequently ordered to be omitted from the summonses for Gascony on the i4th.(°) He was sum. to Pari. 24 June (1295) 23 Edw. 1 to 29 Dec. (1299) 28 Edw. I, by writs directed Petro Cor^^/, whereby he is held to have become LORD CORBET.() He w., istly, in or before (1252-3) 37 Hen. Ill, JoanjQ da. of Ralph de Mortimer, of Wigmore, co. Hereford, by Gwladus Du, da. of Llewelyn ap lorwerth, Prince of North Wales. He w., 2ndly, Alice. He d. 1300, before 10 Aug. His widow was living May 13 15. II. 1300. 2. Piers (Corbet), Lord Corbet, 2nd but ist surv. s. and h. by ist wifcj^*) aged 30 and more at his father's death; had livery of his father's lands 25 Sep. 1300. He petitioned for his half share of the estates of the Vautort family (his father having, shortly before his death, been found coh. to Roger de Vautort), and had livery accordingly, 30 Mar. 1305, of a small portion thereof. He took part in the Barons' letter to the Pope in I30i.(«) He was sum. to Pari, from 26 Sep. (1300) 28 Edw. I to 14 Mar. (132 1/2) 14 Edw. II. He »;., before 17 Aug. 1302, Beatrice, sister of John deBeauchamp [ist Lord Beauchamp of Somerset], da. of John de Beauchamp, of Hatch, by Cicely, da. and coh. of William de Vivonne. He d. s.p., 132 1/2, before 29 Jan. Writ for Inq. p. m. 4 June 1322. His widow, who had been jointly enfeoffed with himself in all or nearly all his property', m. John de Leyburn [Lord Leyburn], who d. 1348. She d. s.p., 1347, before Oct. III. 1322. 3. John (Corbet), Lord Corbet, br. of the half blood, ^.25 Mar. 1298. He was never sum. to Pari., being "reduced to a position of comparative beggary." He d. s.p. before 1347, (*) This Thomas m. Isabel between 1225 and 1228, while William de Raleigh was Sheriff of Devon, [ex inform. H. J. Ellis). V.G. (•>) He had a grant in May 1 28 1 to take the wolves in all the Royal forests. (") As to these writs see Preface. (^) As to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any peerage title, see Appendix A in the last volume. V.G. (*) ex inform. G. W. Watson. V.G. (*) The 1st son, Thomas, m. Joan, da. of Alan Plugenet, but d. v.p. and i.p. before St. Martin, 23 Edw. I. {ex inform. G. W. Watson). V.G. (8) For an account of this letter see The Anceitor, vols, vi, vii, and viii (1903-04). 53
