 It was during this period that he married Margaret, daughter of Sir John Savile of Thornhill, Yorkshire.. She was the widow of Thomas Wortley of Wortley, who died in 1545, and whose house at Wortley now became one of Corbet's homes.When in Shropshire he resided in his mother's home at Poynton, south of Moreton Corbet, on the River Roden, Shropshire.Either through his wife or through purchase, Corbet acquired substantial holdings in Yorkshire and he was to become prominent in the affairs of both his home counties and regions.