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SECTION XIII. CORBOULD BRACON LODGE. ' JOHNCORBOULD (see Section XII) of 8; Dove Lane, Norwich (1783), p. of St. Peter Mancroft (1768-80) and St. Gregory (1786-94), one of the City Fathers of Norwich (admitted to the Freedom of the City 4 July 1789), gentleman and mer- chant, partner in the firm of Corbould and Wilmot, 7, Dove Lane, Nonvich, b. at Brooke, 1720, bapt. at Brooke 20 June 1720, purchased Bracon Lodge, Bracon Ash, Norwich, 8 Aug. 176j, enIarged it in 1798 and there erected a serpentine kitchen-garden wall. Retired from business c. 1788, with a considerable fortune and went to reside at 65, St. Giles Street, Norwich. Died 8 June 1801 aged 81 and was buried in the chancel of Bracon Ash Church. He made a wise distri- bution of part of his fortune during his lifetime. His will is dated 30 May 1801, proved P.C.C. 10th Oct. 1801, Jno. Corbould jnr., and William Foster, gent., of Norwich, executors, witnessed by William Forster, S. Hatfield and Wm. Whittred, pr. at under L~o,ooo. By this will he left L4,j 5 o to his dau. Ann, LIOOto P. W. Longdill, Ej each to all nephews and nieces, all real estate to his son John. He married c. I 765, ANN(aged 20), d. 27 Nov. I 791, aged j 6, bur. in the chancel of Bracon Ash Church, dau. of . MILLER,of Bracon Ash, and had issue :- I. ANN CORBOULD,b. 1766, d. unm. 31 Jan. 1843 at St. George TombIand, Norwich, aet 77, and was bur. in Bracon Ash Church. Will pr. in London, 20 Feb. 1843, value of estate E9,ooo. 2. REV. JOHN CORBOULD,M.A., of Hungate Lodge, Weston Longville and Bracon Lodge, Bracon Ash, b. in the parish of St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich, 20 April I 768, bapt. at St. Peter Mancroft Church 24 April 1768, educ. at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge (B.A. 1790, M.A. 1793). Ordained by the Bishop of Norwich, deacon 29 Sep. 1790, priest 5 June 1792. Appointed curate at Tacolneston 29 Sep. 1790, and curate of Weston Longville 22 Nov. 1791 (by the Rector, Rev. Jas. Woodforde, extracts from whose entertaining diary are given in Appendix E.) ; Rector of Bawdeswell I Oct. 1807, and Rector of Eccles-next-the-Sea 31 Oct. r808. Patron of the rectory of Strumpshaw-with-Bradeston, in the incumbency of the Rev. William Nelson (d. I 8 I 2). Succeeded to Bracon Lodge, Forncett and Wreningham estates under the will of his father in 1801. Died 3rd July 1810 at Bracon Lodge and was buried in the chancel of Bracon Ash Church. Married 6th Feb. 1794 ELIZABETH,b. 8 Feb. 1769, bapt. 12 Feb. 1769, lived at 8, Chapel Field Road, St. Giles, Norwich (183 I), d. 2 Jan. I 8g 2 aged 82, bur. in the chancel of Bracon Ash Church, only dau. of the Rev. Thomas WARREN,LL.B. (Caius College, Cambridge), Rector of Tasburgh Page 93 MISS ELIZABETHCORBOULD, 1827-1905. Dau. of the Rev. Thomas Corbould, Rector of Tacolnes ton. Page 94 I 7j7-97, Rector of Tacolneston I 764-96 (acquired the advowson after being presented to the living), b. 1730, d. at Norwich 27 Sep., bur. in the chancel of Tacolneston Church 3 Oct. 1797 (by his wife Elizabeth, b. 1729, bapt. 2 Jan. 1731, m. 1757, bur. at Tacolneston 18 Oct. 1816 aged 87, dau. of James and Elizabeth Fuller), and granddau. of John Warren* of the p. of St. George Tombland, Norwich, bur. at Tacolneston 28 Sep. I7j 3, by his wife Mary, bur. at Tacolneston 27 Feb. 1769. The Rev. J. Corbould's will is dated 10 July 18 10, and was proved in London I April 1830. His trustees (Eliz. Corbould, his widow ; Philip Meadows Martineau and Rev. Edward Mellish) sold Bracon Lodge on 14 May 18 13 to the Rev. Thomas Trench Berney of Bracon Ash. The Rev. and Mrs. John Corbould had :- Ia. LIEUT. JOHN WARRENCORBOULD~ 20th Madras Native Infantry, H.E.I.C.S., b. 22 Oct. 1794, bapt. at St. Gregory's, Norwich 28 Oct. 1794, cadet 1811, 2nd Lieut. 11 June 1812, Lieut. 28 Nov. 1817, ret. 7 July 1820. Unmarried. Lost at sea, July 1822. Administration granted to his mother 7 Feb. 1824. 2a. REV. THOMASCORBOULD, B A. Cantab, of Tacolneston Rectory, b. 11 May 1796, bapt. 14 May 1796 at St. Gregory's Church, Norwich, educated at Norwich Grammar School (member of the Valpeian Club) and at Benet College, Cambridge, ordained deacon at Norwich Cathedral 27 June 1819 and licensed to the parish of Upton, Norfolk. Ordained priest at Norwich I 5 Oct. 1820. Curate at Martham to Rev. George Pearse 10 Sep. 1836. Afterwards lived in Norwich. Rector of Tacolneston from 28 Oct. 18j8 till his death there 28 Jan. I 869 aged 72. Buried in Bracon Ash churchyard. Will proved at Norwich, 11 May 1869, by his brother Edward and his brother-in-law Rev. Hy. Banfather, at under ~20,ooo. Married by licence at Martham I I Dec. 1826, HANNAH,of Martham, Norfolk, spinster, b. 1793, d. 23 Nov. 187~aged 82, sister of Capt. George Edward FRANCIS,of Martham Grange, Norfolk, 77th Regt. of Foot and the East Norfolk Militia. The Rev. Thomas and Mrs. Corbould had issue :- ~b.ELIZABETH CORBOULD, of 43, All SS. Green, Norwich, b. 26 Dec. 1827, d. unm. 18 Nov. 190j, and was bur. at Bracon Ash. Will pr. at Norwich 5 Feb. 1906 at E36,109. 2b. ANNECORBOULD, b. at Upton 20 Dec. 1828, d. in her 8th year, bur. in Martham Church. 3a. MARYANNE CORBOULD, vide " BANFATHER" (Section XIV). 4a. CHARLESCORBOULD, b. 1799. See " CORBOULDOF ORILLIA" (Section XVII). *Descended from William, first Earl of Warren and Surrey, by his wife Gundreda, dau. of William the Con- The seventh earl was granted the castle and honour of Eye in Suffolk, and the manors of Grantham and ?ZZLi, co. Lincoln. Page 95 ja. FRANCESCORBOULD, b. 21 June 1800, bapt. 9 July 1800 at St. Giles, Norwich. Died young. 6a. EDWARDCORBOULD, of Weasenham, and afterwards of Heigham, Norwich, gent., b. 24 March 1802, bapt. at St. Giles' Church, Norwich, 7 April 1802, educated at Norwich Grammar School (member of Valpeian Club) and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1823). Died at Heigham, unm. 4 Feb. 1878, aged 7j, bur. in Bracon Ash churchyard. Will dated 29 Jan. 1877 (codicil 27 Aug. 1877), pr. at Norwich 11 March 1878. Personal estate sworn under Ejj,ooo. 7a. FRANCESCAROLINE (FANNY) CORBOULD, b. I I Oct. 1803, bapt. at St. Giles's Church, Norwich, d. unm. 8 Jan. I 82j, bur. at Bracon Ash. 8a. REV. WILLIAMCORBOULD-WARREN, B.A., b. at Bracon Lodge, Norfolk, 27 July I 806, bapt. privately at Bracon Ash I 3 Aug. I 806, received into the congregation 19 March I 8 10, educated at Norwich Grammar School (member of the Valpeian Club) and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In 1836 the Crown, presumably by lapse, presented him to the Rectory of Tacolneston, which he held till his death 30 Aug. I 8 j 8. He assumed the additional arms of Warren by a grant of the College of Arms in 18~3,and by a decree dated 19 July 1813, p. 2137 London Gazette, changed his name to CORBOULD-WARRENon succeeding to the advow- son and Tacolneston Hall in trust for life under the will of Elizabeth Catherine (nCe Howard), widow of his uncle the Rev. John Warren, Rector and Patron of Tacolneston. His will, dated I j Sep. I 8 j 7, was pr. 16 Dec. I 8 j 8 by his widow. He married 12 June I 839, ANNE(b. 29 Dec. 18 12, d. 20 Oct. 1864), dau. of Sir William CUBITT,kt., of Dilham, Norfolk, and of Ipswich, C.E., F.R.S. (1830), President of the Institute of Civil Engineers, Chief Engineer of the S.E. Railway, and of Messrs. Ransome, Ipswich. Mrs. Corbould was a sister of Joseph Cubitt, c.E., and an aunt of Lady Mackwor th. They had issue :- ~b.JOHN CORBOULD, b. 19 Jan., d. 2 April 1841. zb. KATHARINECORBOULD-WARREN, b. 1842. See "WAY, OF SPAYNESHALL " (Section XV). jb. REV. JOHN\V. CORBOULD-WARREN,LL.M., J.P. See " CORBOULD- WARRENOF TACOLNESTON" (Section XVI). qb. FRANCESCAROLINE CORBOULD-WARREN, of I 7, Western Parade, Southsea, b. at Tacolneston I Aug. 1845, died at Southsea 9 May 1899, bur. at Bishops Stortford 14 May. Will proved in London 17 June 1899. Married at Saugor, India, I March 1870, MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAMTHOMAS BAKER, of Bayfordbury, b. there I 3 Oct. I 830, bapt. at Bayford Church I j Feb. I 83 I. He joined the I zth Foot (Suffolk Regt.) and served in South Africa 1853 (medal), and the Page 96 Afghan War 1879-80, his regiment forming part of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Div., commanded by General Maude, V.C. Received the Afghan medal and was promoted Brevet Lieut.-Colonel I July 1881, commanding 2nd Batt. of his regiment. Retired 14 July I 883, on which date he was gazetted an Honorary Major- General. Member of the Junior United Service Club and of the Bishops Stortford Masonic Lodge. Died at Bishops Stortford 3 Aug. 1890, bur. there 8 Aug. Major-General Baker was the 3rd son of Colonel George Baker, who was born at Bayfordbury 8 Jan. 1794, and served as an Ensign of 16th Lancers through the Peninsular War (medal with 2 clasps; taken prisoner by the French, exchanged 2 years later). Geo. Baker fought at Waterloo as an Ensign, aged 21, and was awarded the medal.