Miles Corbet (1595–1662) was an English politician, recorder of Yarmouth and

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Life

He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk and the younger brother of

Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet (c. 1589 – 19 January 1628) was MP for Norfolk between 1624 and 1625 and Yarmouth between 1625 and 1626. He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1612 and the elder bro ...

, MP for Great Yarmouth from 1625 to 1629. He entered

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and was appointed

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of Great Yarmouth. Miles succeeded his brother John as MP for

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, serving from 1640 to 1653, and signed

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. In 1644 he was made clerk of the

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. In 1649 Oliver Cromwell granted the estate of

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to Corbet after the

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. The castle was returned to its ancestral owners in 1660 with the restoration of Charles II. In 1655 Corbet was appointed

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. After the

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in 1660, all the 59 men who had signed the death warrant for Charles I were in grave danger as they were considered

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s. Miles Corbet, like many of the 59, fled England. He went to the

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where he thought he would be safe. However, with two other regicides (

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and

John Barkstead John Barkstead (died 1662) was an English major general and regicide. Barkstead was a goldsmith in London; captain of parliamentary infantry under Colonel Venn; governor of Reading, 1645: commanded regiment at siege of Colchester; one of the kin ...

) he was arrested by the English ambassador to the Netherlands, Sir George Downing, and returned to England under guard. After a trial, he was found guilty and then executed on 19 April 1662. In his dying speech he said:

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External links

The former home of Miles Corbet
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Corbet, Miles 1595 births 1662 deaths Corbett, Miles English MPs 1628–1629 English MPs 1640 (April) English MPs 1640–1648 English MPs 1648–1653 Executed regicides of Charles I People executed by Stuart England by hanging, drawing and quartering Executed people from Norfolk People executed under the Stuarts for treason against England People executed at Tyburn Members of Lincoln's Inn English politicians convicted of crimes Chief Barons of the Irish Exchequer