[2] Whilst keeper of the castle he would have been responsible for the Pendle witches' time there.
[2] Covell married Dorothy Watson, with whom he had one daughter named Elizabeth in 1601.
[2] He built Judges' Lodgings in Lancaster where he lived at the time of his death on August 1, 1639.
Covell had made his will the day before his death, asking to be buried in Lancaster Priory.
At the time of his death the value of the goods in his inventory totalled £3047, and he also owned a number of properties.