Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet
- Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet
Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet was MP for Norfolk between 1624 and 1625 and Yarmouth between 1625 and 1626.
His spent nearly a year imprisoned in Westminster gatehouse for refusing to support or pay the the forced loan of 1628.[Sarah Barber, "Corbett, Miles (1594/5–1662)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ] ]He was the father of the regicide,
Miles Corbet.[Sarah Barber, "Corbett, Miles (1594/5–1662)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ] ]References
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