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"For many centuries Shawbury had very close connections with the family of Corbets. The following is a brief resume of such: The Corbet or de Corbeau family had come over with William the Conqueror. They were granted lands on the Shropshire border and eventually, over the centuries, came to own much of Shropshire. A son from Caus, their original Norman home, married a Saxon heiress of Moreton Turet. Thereafter the name being Moreton Corbet. Shawbury. Stanton, High Hatton, part of Edgebolton, Little Wytheford, Shawbury Heath and of course all the hamlets to the north of Moreton Corbet were part of the estate.
A certain Richard Corbet lived at Poynton in the 1500's, whilst Sir Andrew moved to Shawbury Park. Sir Andrew's eldest son Robert lived at Sowbatch. He was a diplomat. Because of his travelling he also had a residence in Buckinghamshire. He inherited the estate on his father's death, and he was responsible for the Italian type architecture of the Castle. However, he and brother Richard died quite young so the estate went to his younger brother Vincent, who was granted a knighthood in 1612 His son, Sir Andrew, conceived the idea of moving the family seat from Shawbury Park to a more spacious one at Acton Reynold. The previous home there had fallen into disrepair.
The names Vincent and Andrew seemed to be the dominant ones as landowners until in 1915 Sir Gerald Vincent (Corbet) inherited the estate. He once again moved the family residence. This time it was to Preston Brockhurst Manor. As there was no heir, great changes took place after his death." Shawbury, Salop From John Maxwell Corbett:
In Battlefield Church some 3 or 4 miles out of Shrewsbury on the A49 Whitchurch Road, is an impressive monument to Sir John Corbet who died in the 19th century. It states that he could trace his line of direct descent through 21 generations from le Corbet who accompanied the Conqueror. Battlefield Church was built to commemorate the fallen of the Battle of Shrewsbury 1403. It therefore seems to have no parish as such, or at least there is no visible village, the church standing in open fields some distance from the road from which it is visible. Because of this it was in very poor structural condition when I saw it with one of the tower pinnacles lying where it had fallen through the nave roof.
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