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Jerome Corbet was an Elizabethan politician and lawyer of Shropshire landed gentry background. A brother of Sir Andrew Corbet〔(P.W. Hasler (editor): History of Parliament Online: Members 1558-1603 - CORBET, Jerome (d.1598), of the Middle Temple, London and Beslow, Salop. - Author: Patricia Hyde ), accessed September 2013.〕 and, like him, a supporter of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement, he became an MP for Bridgnorth and a member of the Council in the Marches of Wales. ==Background and education== Jerome Corbet was the youngest son of *Roger Corbet (died 1538) of Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, and Linslade, Buckinghamshire, son of Sir Robert Corbet (died 1513) and Elizabeth Vernon (died 1563). The Corbets were a wealthy and powerful gentry who could trace their link with Shropshire and the Welsh Marches back to the Norman Conquest. *Anne Windsor (died 1550–51), daughter of Andrew Windsor, 1st Baron Windsor.〔(S.T. Bindoff (editor): The History of Parliament: Members 1509-1558 - CORBET, Roger (Author: Alan Harding) ), accessed August 2013〕 The Windsors could also trace their ancestry back to the Norman Conquest and were hereditary wardens of Windsor Castle, from which they derived their name. Sir Andrew, a cousin of the notorious Edmund Dudley, had acquired immense wealth and powers of patronage as Keeper of the Great Wardrobe under both Henry VII and Henry VIII, a post in the kings' secret financial system which gave him control of a vast budget.〔Penn, Thomas (2011): Winter King: the Dawn of Tudor England, Penguin Books, p. 169, ISBN 978-0-141-04053-0〕 Jerome Corbet's parents married because Roger Corbet's father died when he was about 12 years old and his marriage and wardship fell into the hands of Windsor, who arranged Roger's marriage to his own daughter, Anne.〔 Both Corbet and Windsor family connections were to prove useful to Jerome, who was faced by the prospect of earning his own living, as he was not destined to succeed to the Corbet estates. Roger Corbet died in 1538. His will mentions that he has three sons beside Andrew, his heir, but the scribe failed to include Jerome's name alongside his brothers, Walter and Robert, referring instead vaguely to "brethren".〔(Will of Roger Corbet, dated 27 November 1538 and proved 1 February 1539 ) from the National Archives, PROB 11/27, f. 194, available at The Oxford Authorship Site, accessed July 2013.〕 This part of the will was probably transcribed from an earlier version made before Jerome was born and inadequately amended, so Jerome was still an infant at the time of his father's death. Jerome and his brothers were each left an allowance of £6 13s. 4d. per year from age 21 until they could earn their own living of at least £20 a year. When Anne, his mother, died, probably in 1551, she was still trying to secure the future of her younger children.〔(Will of Anne Corbet, dated 22 September 1550 and proved 8 November 1551 ) from the National Archives, PROB 11/34, ff. 241-2, available at The Oxford Authorship Site, accessed July 2013.〕 Her first priority was her unmarried daughter, Elizabeth, for whose marriage she left 300 marks, equal to £200 – a sum which was to be divided between Walter, Robert and Jerome if Elizabeth died unwed. However, Anne's next priority was to leave an allowance of £9 per annum for Jerome's education. Following in the footsteps of his uncle Reginald Corbet, who had faced a similar situation, Jerome entered the Middle Temple in 1555.〔 Apparently, his brother Walter was also at that time studying for the bar as the Middle Temple Parliament noted: :''"Admissions. 22 June. Jerome Corbett as expectant to a chamber with Walter Corbett his brother, and he will give place to ancients."''〔Charles Henry Hopwood, K.C.(editor) (1904): Middle Temple Records (Minutes of Middle Temple Parliament, 24 May 1555 ), accessed 10 September 2013〕 The admission date suggests, but cannot prove, a birth date around 1537, as 18 was commonly the age of admission to legal training. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jerome Corbet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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