Joan (Cooke) Covert (abt. 1502 - 1545)

Born about 1502 in Rustington, Sussex, England

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Joan Cooke was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Joan Cooke was the daughter and coheir of Thomas Cooke of Rustington in Sussex. She married by 1522 John Covert. She died before 1545.

Research Notes

She was daughter and coheir of Thomas Cooke of Rustington, which was not Sir Thomas Cooke KB & Malpas-1, disconnected for now.

She previously had the birth date 1460 and death date 25 Oct 1515.

Joan Cooke, daughter of Thomas Cooke of Rustington in Sussex was the first wife of John Covert to whom she was married by 1522. Together they had two sons and two daughters. During the course of the marriage her husband took for his mistress Anne, daughter of William Beard of Cowfold. With her John had 3 sons and 3 daughters. ^[1]

Joan must have died by 1545 when John married Anne.

The Visitations of Sussex lists her as Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Cooke of Rustington, wife of John Covert and mother of Richard.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ History of Parliament online: COVERT, John (by 1501-58), of Ifield and Slaugham, Suss
2. ↑ Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, pp 53, Cooke & 73, Cooke-Covert.

• John Burke and Bernard Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies. London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1841. P 139.