Miles Corbet
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Member of the [[Short Parliament, Long Parliament, Oxford Parliament (1644), Rump Parliament, Barebone's Parliament, First Protectorate Parliament, Second Protectorate Parliament, Third Protectorate Parliament Parliament]]
for Yarmouth |
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| In office 17 March 1628 – 16 March 1660 |
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| Preceded by | Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet |
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| Born | c1594 Sprowston, Norfolk |
| Died | 19 April 1662 Tyburn gallows |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Parliamentarian |
| Alma mater | Nuffield College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Member of Parliament |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Puritan |
Miles Corbet (1595 – 1662) was a politician and Regicide. He succeeded his father as MP for Yarmouth, England and was the very last of the signatories of Charles I's death warrant.[1]
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.
[edit] References
- ^ Sarah Barber, Corbett, Miles (1594/5–1662), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
