 This partnership is confirmed by land records showing, for example, that Newport and Mitton, together with John Lingen, their cousin and Sir John Burgh's grandson, sold their interest in Burgh's wood at Stirchley in 1501 to another cousin, Sir Edward Leighton of Wattlesborough.Newport also inherited land in Kent from Henry Grey, 4th (7th) Baron Grey of Codnor.The Corbets were another of the group of powerful gentry families that dominated the county.