Margaret Corbet

• Name	Margaret Corbet
  Gender	Female
  Imprisonment	1684	Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [1]
  	Sentenced to be scourged through Dumfries
  Legal	24 Oct 1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Successful petition to the Privy Council by John Corbet, elder, son John and daughter Margaret against previous sentences, including banishment in the case of John, younger. Agreed to live orderly, on pain of 500 merks
  Origin	Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
  Person ID	I44593	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	John Corbett
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Imprisonment - Sentenced to be scourged through Dumfries - 1684 - Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Legal - Successful petition to the Privy Council by John Corbet, elder, son John and daughter Margaret against previous sentences, including banishment in the case of John, younger. Agreed to live orderly, on pain of 500 merks - 24 Oct 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Origin - - Ruthwell, Dumfries-shire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), PC10/309. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, X, p307.