Mary (Faunt) Corbin (aft. 1555 - 1614)

Born after 1555 in Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of George Corbin — married about 1585 in England

Descendants

Died 1614 before age 59 in Hall End, Warwickshire, England

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Biography

Mary was the daughter of William Faunt^[1][2] and his second wife, Jane Vincent.^[3][4][5] Her birth date is not known but her parents married in 1546, her father died in 1559, and three of her children are known to have been born in the first half of the 1590s, so she was of child-bearing age then: against that background, it has been estimated as about 1555. She may have been born in Leicestershire where her father had his main interests.

Her father's Will made provision for her dowry.^[6]

Mary married George Corbin of Warwickshire.^[1][2][4][5] The date and place of their marriage are not known. They had the following children:

• Henry,^[4][5] born in 1591 or 1592^[1][2]
• Anne, who was born in 1593 and married John Dawkins^[1][2][4][5]
• Thomas,^[4][5] born on 24 May 1594^[1][2]
• Jane, who married James Prescott^[1][2][4][5]

Mary died in 1614. Her husband survived her, dying in 1636.^[1][4][5]

Research Notes

The 1870 Harleian Society edition of the 1619 Leicestershire Visitation mistakenly names her husband as George Kerkin.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} 'The Corbin Family' in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 28, 1920, p. 282, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} William D Ligon. The Madresfield Muniments, 1929, p. 53, Familysearch (image 57)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} John Fetherston (ed.). The Visitation of the County of Leicester in the year 1619, Harleian Society, 1870, p. 28, Internet Archive
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. I, p. 534, CORBIN 15, Google Books
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, p. 297, CORBIN 18-20
6. ↑ History of Parliament Online, entry for 'FAUNT, William (1495/96-1559), of Foston, Leics'

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 21 January 2023.

Mary (Faunt) Corbin appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Henry Corbin to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod (vol. I, pages 533-535 CORBIN). This profile was originally badged by the Magna Carta Project in 2015 as part of a trail to Surety Baron Robert de Ros and was later connected to project-approved trails to the Bigods, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy, and Saher de Quincy. The trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails on the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".