Consulate The Sovereign Barony of Caux, Asia
Honourary Consul General, Col. the Right Hon. Dr. Sir Craig William G. MacBaine, MD, PhD, welcomes you to the officical site of the Consulate General for The Sovereign Barony of Caux in Southeast Asia
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This year has been proclaimed "The Baronial Year of Peace", by His Lordship John I, Baron of Caux.
Through the enactment of this proclaimation, I have been assigned as "Commissioner of Special Events for the Baronial Year of Peace". To help awareness, I have commissioned Sithorn Clothing & Accessories of Bangkok, Thailand, to design a special events T-shirt to mark this occasion. This T-shirt is now available in two sizes, Medium and Large, and cost 9.00 USD, including shipping and handling. This T-shirt can be purchased through this website, or the three other websites listed below. Please,"Help us, help the World" and show that we all care and are concerned about world peace. Please purchase a T-shirt to show your support. We look forward to hearing from you all, and welcome all enquires.
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History of the Barony
The Corbets
The Corbets are an ancient family which can be traced back to Normandie. It is believed that the Corbets are of Danish origin and that the raven was their symbol. The Corbet name derives from the old Norman "Le Corbeau" which, over time, changed to "Le Corbet". It could be derived from two possible sources. The Danish were known to display the "Reafan" or the raven as a sacred standard in battle. It is written by the historians, Pliny and Tacitus, that there was a warrior family who took their family name and emblem from "The Raven". They related that their direct ancestor was the Roman hero Marcus Valerius Corvus. It is said that Valerius had a Raven land on his helmet at a critical moment during a battle in Gaul and lead him to victory. The latin for crow or raven is Corvus. The first documentation of this family is in A.D. 1040 when Le Carpentier mentions one Hugo le Corbet or le Corbeau as "Chivalier." Until the Norman Invasion in 1066 they were an important family in the Pays de Caux region of Normandie.
The family's history begins with Hugo le Corbet or le Corbeau. With two of his sons, Roger and Robert, Sir Hugo joined in the battle of Hastings with William the Conqueror in 1066. Hugo helped counsel the Conqueror in regards to the Welsh border lands which were unconquerable. For their service as knights to the Conqueror, Robert and Roger were given Baronies. Roger received twenty-five manors in Shropshire (The Barony of Caux). Robert received a grant of fifteen manors in Shropshire (the Barony of Longden). These Manors had been townships under Saxon rule. Roger called both his castle and Barony "Caux" or "Caus" after his home in Normandie. The Corbets owed fealty to the Earl Roger de Montgomery. They were in sovereign service to help control the borders of Wales, with absolute local authority over their demesnes.
The Shropshire manors were granted to the Corbet brothers in 1069 CE by the Conqueror, and were reconfirmed by his son William Rufus in 1091 CE. At this time, the Barony (along with several more along the Welsh border) became "Marcher Baronies". Independent and sovereign under the overlordship of the King, they were essentially free states. This sovereign status was reconfirmed on the Barony of Caux in 1165 CE by the Count of Anjou, Henry II, Pretender to the English Throne.
Descent of Hugo le Corbeau
Hugo le Corbeau, d. 1080, born at Caux, Normandie, Baron of Caux, Normandie
Roger FitzCorbet, his son, d. 1134, born at Caux, Normandie, Baron of Caus
William Corbet, his son, d. 1170, born at Caus, Shropshire, Baron of Caus
Simon Corbet, his son, d. 1190, born at Caus, Baron of Caus
Robert Corbet, his son, d, 1222, born at at Caus, Baron of Caus
Thomas Corbet, his son, d. 1274, born at Caus, Baron of Caus,
Peter Corbet, his son, d. 1300, born at Caus, Baron of Caus
John Corbet, his son, d. 1370, born at Caus, Baron of Caus
John Corbet, his son, d. 1397, born at Caus, Baron of Caus
The Barony passed to Beatrice Corbet in 1397, and the title was vacated in 1422.
The sovereign status of the Barony, free of royal oversight of Baronial affairs, was reconfirmed on his grandson William Corbet in Shropshire by Henry II, Count of Anjou and Pretender to the Throne of England in 1165 CE.
The Sovereign Barony of Caux (SBC) was restituted on August 27, 2001 CE, by His Lordship, John I, first and thirty-seventh Baron of Caux, of the Corbet family.
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