William Corbet

  General Notes:

It isn't clear which of Roger Fitz Corbet's sons followed and was the father of the next generation, Simon Corbet. In Eyton's Antiquities of Shropshire, Vol. VII [pp. 10-13], Eyton claims that William, son of Roger Fitz Corbet, died without issue, and he was followed by his younger brothers Ebrard and finally Simon. He proposes that Simon was the father of both Roger Corbet (II) who died about 1165, and the next Simon Corbet, father of Robert Corbet, of Caus living in 1176-1219. Robert Corbet, son of Simon, succeeded his Uncle, Roger Corbet.

Eyton's proposed pedigree:
Corbet
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Roger Fitz Corbet
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Simon
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Simon
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Robert

In Boyer's Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans, William [p. 62], the son of Roger Fitz Corbet, is given as the father of Simon Corbet, rather than William's brother Simon as Eyton proposing.

Boyer's propsed pedigree:
Hugh le Corbet
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Roger Fitz Corbet
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William
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Simon
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Robert

Whether the third generation was William or Simon, both agree that the fourth, and following generation is Simon Corbet followed by Robert Corbet, 4th Baron of Caus. ^721,733