COVERT, Sir Walter (c.1544-1632), of Slaugham, Suss.

Family and Education

b. c. 1544, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Richard Covert of Slaugham and his 1st w. Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Walter Hendley† of Cranbrook, Kent; bro. of John†. educ. G. Inn 1567. m. (1) by 1579, Timothea (bur. 10 June 1610), da. of John Lennard of Chevening, Kent, s.p.; (2) by 1618, Jane (d.Apr. 1666), da. and coh. of Sir John Shurley* of Isfield, Suss., s.p. suc. fa. 1579; Kntd. 1591. d. 27 Jan. 1632.Suss. Gens.: Ardingly Cent. comp. J. Comber, 182; GI Admiss.; PROB 11/62, f. 117; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 88. sig. Wa[lter] Covert.

Offices Held

J.p. Suss. 1581–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Eliz. I ed. J.S. Cockburn 163; ASSI 35/73/7. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1583 – 84, 1592–3; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 137. capt. militia ft. Suss. 1584–5; Harl. 703, ff. 11, 18. dep. lt. Suss. 1585-at least 1629; CPR, 29 Eliz. I ed. L.J. Wilkinson (L. and I. Soc. ccxcv), 187; E. Suss. RO, LCD/EW1, f. 73. commr. recusancy, Suss. 1586, 1592, Harl. 703, ff. 21, 67v. subsidy 1589, 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, Ibid. f. 1; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. grain 1595, Harl. 703, f. 83. sewers, Suss. 1602 – d., Kent 1603 – 17, Kent and Suss. 1604–29, C181/1, ff. 27v, 57, 95v; 181/2, f. 320; 181/4, ff. 32, 74. piracy, Suss. 1608; Harl. 703, f. 139v. commr. and collector of aid, Suss. 1609, 1612 – 13; collector, Privy Seal loan, Suss. 1613; E179/283/12; E163/16/21; E403/2732, ff. 160v-1. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1617 – d., Suss. 1627, C181/2, f. 285v; 181/3, f. 216v; 181/4, f. 98. brewhouse survey, 1620, pressing of seamen 1620, 1623, 1625, 1626, APC, 1619–21, pp. 203, 248; 1621–3, p. 346; 1625–6, p. 29; 1626, p. 13. Forced loan 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 59. martial law 1627; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 461. collector and commr. of knighthood compositions, Suss. 1630–d. ‘Compositions for Knighthood’ ed. H. Ellis, in Suss. Arch. Colls. xvi. 46; E178/7154, f. 197; 178/5678, f. 12; E198/4/32, f. 4.