Joan Larke

Joan Larke
Bornc. 1490
Diedc. 1532
NationalityEnglish
Known formistress of Cardinal Wolsey
Spouses
  • George Legh
  • Sir George Paulet
Children(by Cardinal Wolsey):
Very Rev Thomas Wynter
Sister Dorothy Clancey
(by George Legh):
Thomas Legh
Elizabeth Legh (Lady Barlow)
Mary Legh
Ellen Legh
ParentPeter Larke

Joan Larke (c. 1490 – 1532) was the mistress of the powerful English statesman and churchman in the Tudor period, Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, and mother of his two illegitimate children.