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    Sir Andrew Corbet (1 November 1522 – 16 August 1578) was an English Protestant politician of the mid-Tudor and early Elizabethan periods: a member of...
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  • Corbett may also refer to: Andrew Corbet (died 1578) or Andrew Corbett (1522–1578), MP for Shropshire, 1555 and 1559 Andrew Corbett (born 1980), English footballer...
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    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)...
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  • Corbet is a surname, and may refer to Alexander Steven Corbet (1896–1948), British chemist and naturalist. Andrew Corbet (1522–1578), English Protestant...
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    1578 (MDLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) in the Julian calendar. January 13 – The Siege of Gvozdansko...
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    were never ennobled. The Corbets had reached the height of their power and influence under the first Sir Andrew, who died in 1578. He and his wife had six...
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    Corbet (born in the 1530s; died 1598) was an Elizabethan politician and lawyer of Shropshire landed gentry background. A brother of Sir Andrew Corbet...
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    Shropshire, his native county. Robert Corbet was the eldest son of Sir Andrew Corbet of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire.The Corbets had a history as Marcher lords...
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    the Shropshire Corbet family. However the family had suffered dynastic and financial woes since the death of the first Sir Andrew in 1578. His two older...
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    Andrew's initials, SAC; the date 1579; and the Corbet family emblem of the elephant and castle. Robert Corbet inherited Moreton Corbet castle in 1578...
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  • Constituencies 1558–1603 – Shropshire – Author: P. W. Hasler. Corbet, Sir Andrew (1522–1578), History of Parliament. Retrieved 10 April 2013. History of...
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  • 1417: William Ludlow 1418: Adam Peshale 1419: Sir Robert Corbet of Moreton Corbet castle (died in office, 1420) 1420–1422: John Bruyn of Bridgnorth 1423:...
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  • when he died after a duel on 2 February 1642, but his precise birthdate is not known. Geoffrey Palmer, MP for Ludgershall from March 1660, died in office...
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    Crosse 1573–74 Robert Corbet 1574–75 John Mainwaring 1575–76 William Secum 1576–77 Thomas Bavard 1577–78 Sir Thomas Hesketh 1578–79 William More 1579–80...
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  • essayist Edward Meredith Cope (1818–1873), classical scholar Edward Corbet (died 1658), Anglican clergyman Athelstan John Cornish-Bowden (1943–), biochemist...
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    Corbet, son of Reginald Corbet (a distinguished judge) by his wife Alice Gratewood niece and heiress of Sir Rowland Hill; their son: Sir John Corbet,...
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    theologian and playwright (d. 1598) November 1 – Andrew Corbet, English landowner and politician (d. 1578) November 4 – Albert de Gondi, Marshal of France...
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  • 1508–1547, E) A. E. Coppard (1878–1957, E) Julia Copus (born 1969, E) Richard Corbet (1582–1635, E) Cid Corman (1924–2004, US) Alfred Corn (born 1943, US) Adam...
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    followed in 1692–93, culminating in the executions of 20 people. Five others died in jail. It has been estimated that tens of thousands of people were executed...
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    founding petitions. Also involved in the founding petitions was Reginald Corbet (who married Hill's heiress, Alice Gratewood), a justice of the peace for...
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    daughter of Sir Richard Newport (died 1570) of High Ercall; Alice Gratewood (died 1603), who married the justice Reginald Corbet; and Margaret Gratwood, who...
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  • language poet Abraham ben Daniel (1511-1578), Italian poet and rabbi Roque Dalton (1935–1975), Salvador poet Daqiqi (died 977), Persian poet Ruby Dhal (born...
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    August. Royalist forces drilled the following day under Sir Vincent Corbet of Moreton Corbet. A declaration of loyalty to the king was issued by the grand jury...
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    1570s (section 1578)
    August 11 – Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician (b. 1502) August 16 – Andrew Corbet, English landowner and politician (b. 1522) August 20 – Yamanaka Yukimori...
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    William Twisse (category 1578 births)
    William Twisse (1578 near Newbury, England – 20 July 1646) was a prominent English clergyman and theologian. He was named Prolocutor of the Westminster...
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  • theologian and playwright (d. 1598) November 1 – Andrew Corbet, English landowner and politician (d. 1578) November 4 – Albert de Gondi, Marshal of France...
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  • co-founder of Harland & Wolff, a shipbuilding company founded in 1861 Sir Corbet Woodall (1841–1916): gas engineer, governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company...
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  • known monastic connections: Barnwell Priory Abbey: (The Church of Saint Andrew-the-Less, Barnwell), built adjacent to former Priory Church, called 'The...
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    composer (d. 1652) John Bainbridge, English astronomer (d. 1648) Richard Corbet, English poet and bishop (d. 1635) William Juxon, Archbishop of Canterbury...
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  • Rodrigo of Aragon, Italian noble (d. 1512) 1522 – Andrew Corbet, English landowner and politician (d. 1578) 1526 – Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III...
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