Background Roger Corbet (died 1395)

a remaining part of medieval keep @ moreton corbet. castle heavily modified in mid-16th century sir andrew corbet , entirely new building on italian model begun next son, robert.

roger corbet third son of:

sir robert corbet (died 1375) of moreton corbet. corbets of moreton corbet descended corbet family of caus castle, had been important landowners in welsh marches time of william conqueror. senior line of corbets @ caus had petered out in 1347 , properties passed ralph de stafford, 1st earl of stafford cadet branch made home @ moreton corbet castle, significant stronghold in north shropshire.
elizabeth, daughter of fulk, 1st baron strange of blackmere. le strange family important dynasty of marcher lords. fulk le strange called parliament edward ii , served him seneschal of gascony, key post in administration of remaining plantagenet possessions in france. title passed through both male , female, , in 1383 passed via female descent , marriage talbot family, later become earls of shrewsbury.

roger corbet had 2 older brothers, thomas , fulk, younger brother, john, , sister, joan. inherited of family estates because of complex series of arrangements made parents. eldest son, thomas, predeceased parents, concerned keep estates in corbet family preventing going elizabeth, thomas s daughter, had married sir john ipstones, later twice mp staffordshire. hence initiated series of transactions, involving daughters, intended put of estates in tail, , favouring in particular fulk , roger. however, of provisions mutually-contradictory, generating disputes roger pursued in 1380s , 1390s. in fact, litigation began before death of sir robert. in 1374 elizabeth , ipstones went court of common pleas try possession of manor of braunstone in leicestershire, had been given thomas erdington, son of roger s sister, margaret.