Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet (d. 19 Jan 1628) was MP

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 for Norfolk

Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)

Norfolk was a County constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament...

 between 1624 and 1625 and Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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 between 1625 and 1626.

He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk, High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1612 and the elder brother of the regicide, Miles Corbet

Miles Corbet

Miles Corbet was an English politician, recorder of Yarmouth and Regicide.-Life:He was the son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk and the younger brother of Sir John Corbet, 1st Baronet, MP for Great Yarmouth from 1625 to 1629...

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His spent nearly a year imprisoned in Westminster gatehouse

Gatehouse Prison

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 for refusing to support or pay the forced loan of 1628

Ship money

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He had married Anne Capel and was succeeded in turn by his sons John and Thomas.