Miles Corbet

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Miles Corbet (1595 – 1662) was a puritan MP for Yarmouth, England, and played a part in the regicide of Charles I, as the 59th (and last) of the signatories of the King's death warrant.

After the Restoration of Charles II of England in 1660, all the 59 men who had signed the death warrant for Charles I were in grave danger as they were considered regicides. Miles Corbet, like many of the 59, fled England. He went to the Netherlands where he thought he would be safe. However, like two other regicides (John Okey and John Barkstead) 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 hanged, drawn and quartered on April 19, 1662.

[edit] Miles Corbet's Ghost

During the reign of Cromwell, Corbet was in charge of Malahide Castle north of Dublin, Ireland. Local legend has it that each year, on the anniversary of Corbet's death, his ghost can be seen riding across parts of the castle ground.