CORBET, DUGNAN; b.; adm. (aged 14) Oct 1720.
CORBET, EDWARD, eldest son of Pryce Maurice, Lloran, Denbighshire, and Ann, dau. of Athelstan Owen, Ynysmaengwyn, Merionethshire; bapt. St. Mary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire 26 May 1742 (IGI); at school under Markham (Admissions to Trin. Coll. Camb., iii, 190); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 May 1759, aged 17, matr. 1759, readm. as fellow commoner 3 Mar 1761; assumed surname of Corbet in lieu of Maurice 15 Feb 1783, on succeeding to Ynysmaengwyn estate; High Sheriff, Merionethshire, 1792; formed Legion of Towyn Volunteers 1795, Capt. commandant 3 Jun 1795 - 1 Oct 1801, when corps disbanded; m. 1st, Hannah, dau. of John Chambre, Petton, Shropshire; m. 2nd, Jane Thomas; d. 2 Dec 1820.
CORBET, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1718; in under school list 1722.
CORBET, J.; b.; at school under Vincent (name up school, 1801).
CORBET, JOHN DRYDEN, eldest son of Rev. John Dryden Pigott, Rector of Edgmond, Shropshire, and Frances, second dau. of Henry Bevan, Shrewsbury; b. 18 Apr 1808; adm. 4 May 1821 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 May 1826; BA 1830; ordained deacon 1831, priest (Lichfield) 7 Jul 1833; Curate, Tibberton, Shropshire, 1831-42; Rector of Edgmond, Shropshire, 1845-65; assumed surname of Corbet in lieu of Pigott, 28 Mar 1865; of Sundorne Castle, Shropshire; author, Collected Poems, 1877-8; d. unm. 25 Oct 1889.
CORBET, RICHARD, son of Vincent Corbet, Ewell, Surrey, nurseryman; b.; adm.; QS; failed to obtain election to either university 1598; Broadgates Hall, Oxford, matr. 7 Apr 1598, aged 15; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, Canoneer Student 1599-1620; BA 1602; MA 1605; BD and DD 1617; Proctor 1612; ordained; Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire; Chaplain to James I; Prebendary of Salisbury 11 Jan 1620 – res by Jun 1631; Vicar of Stewkley, Bucks., from 1620; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 24 Jun 1620 - Oct 1628; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 19 Oct 1628; translated to Norwich 7 May 1632; a strong churchman who admonished his clergy for puritan practices; an intimate friend of Ben Jonson (qv); famous for his conviviality, witty sayings, and practical jokes; his collected poems were first published in 1647; m. Alice, dau. of Leonard Hutten (qv); d. 28 Jul 1635. DNB.
CORBET, SIR RICHARD, BART., only son of Edward Corbet, Leighton, Shropshire, and Hon. Anne Newport, dau. of Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport; bapt. 2 Sep 1640; adm. 9 May 1656 (school list, 1656); a boarder in the Head Master’s house; succ. grandfather as 2nd baronet [check date]; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Jul 1658; FRS 3 May 1665; MP Shrewsbury Mar 1677 - Mar 1681; chairman, Committee of Elections, House of Commons; lic. to m. 5 Jan 1661/2 Victoria, eldest dau. of Sir William Uvedale, Kt, Wickham, Hants.; d. 1 Aug 1683.
CORBET, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1748; in school list 1752.
CORBET, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 11) Nov 1716; in under school list 1720.
CORBET, VINCENT, only son of Richard Corbet (d. 1635, qv); b. 16 Nov 1627; at school under Busby; some charming lines addressed to him when only three years old are printed among his father’s poems; Aubrey says that “he went to Westminster with Ned Bagshawe (qv), a very handsome youth, but he is run out of all, and goes begging up and downe to gentlemen” (Brief Lives, i, 187); living 10 Nov 1648, when he proved the will of his grandmother Ann Hutten.