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EDGOOSE, John
Bef 1547 - 1596 (> 49 years) Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.![[EDGOOSE], Margaret](img/female.jpg)
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Name EDGOOSE, John Birth Bef 1547 Gender Male Death 1596 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Burial 6 Nov 1596 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Person ID I18 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father EDGOOSE, John, b. Bef 1525 d. 1568, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age > 43 years) Relationship natural Mother [EDGOOSE], Margaret d. 1560, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Relationship natural Marriage UNKNOWN Family ID F11 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WRIGHT, Joan d. 1617, Spalding, Lincolnshire Marriage 11 Aug 1570 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Children 1. EDGOOSE, Margaret, b. 1573, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. Yes, date unknown2. EDGOOSE, John, b. 1575, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1630, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. EDGOOSE, Joan, b. 1579, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F3 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Event Map 
Marriage - 11 Aug 1570 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Death - 1596 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Burial - 6 Nov 1596 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire = Link to Google Earth
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, John (????-1596)
The Jhon EDGOOSE who married Jhoane WRIGHT at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 11 August 1570 was probably the son of the Johnne EDGOSE of Pinchbeck, yeoman, whose will was proved at Lincoln in 1568 (or 1569?).
(LCC Wills 1568 222)
He may, however, have been the Johnne EDGOOSE referred to in the will of Johnne EDGOOSE, carpenter, of Kirton, Lincolnshire, i.e. Johnne EDGOOSE, son of his nephew Roberte EDGOOSE.
(LCC Wills 1567 241)
An Index of the Will of John EDGOOSE (before 1525-1568) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, made on 18 June 1568. Probate was granted on 30 June 1568.
*John EDGOOSE, the Testator.
Elizabeth EDGOOSE, wife of the Testator.
Thomasina POLLITT.
Margarett POLLITT.
Marryan EDGOOSE, daughter of the Testator.
*Johnne EDGOOSE, sole executor.
Joanne EDASON.
Robert CAWTHORPE, godson of the Testator.
Robert SAMSONNE, godson of the Testator.
Johnne HARRISONNE, godson of the Testator.
William MASONNE's unnamed daughter, goddaughter of the Testator.
Johnne RUSSETT, godson of the Testator.
Thomas CAWTHORPE, the Testator's trusted friend appointed supervisor.
Roger SLATER, witness.
Gilbert RUSSETT, witness.
John SLATER, witness.
Johnne YONGE,witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1568/222
John, son of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 18 December 1575.
Joane, daughter of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 5 July 1579.
John EDGOOSE's landholdings in the 1583 Pinchbeck acre book:
A) Owned
1 acre 1 rood of pasture in Open Bullyn (4th Bound)
1 rood of pasture in Open Bullyn (4th Bound)
B) Rented
1 rood rented from The Queen (9th Bound)
5 acres at Cockings Plash rented from A. WALPOLE (9th Bound)
4 acres with buildings rented from The Queen (9th Bound)
2 acres with an entry rented from Jeffery READE (9th Bound)
3 roods of pasture in Open Bullyn (4th Bound)
1 acre of pasture in Open Bullen (5th Bound)
3 roods in Gallow Field (5th Bound)
(By courtesy of Judith Withyman)
John EDGOOSE, husbandman, was buried at Pinchbeck on 6 November 1596. Letters of Administration were granted to his son John EDGOOSE.
(LCC Admon. 1596/43)
"With the increase in the use of gunpowder the fully armoured knight, gentleman, or yeoman in Pinchbeck's case, was disappearing and had gone altogether by the end of the century....... One can only surmise that the 'coat of mail' owned by John EDGOOSE, another yeoman, in 1596 was a relic of the medieval or early Tudor era!"
(From Judith Withyman's 'Geese, Gowts and Galligaskins 1560-1660' page 224)
"Yeoman John EDGOOSE also had 'two butts' which would have been used for archery practice. He had a long four acre plot of land which was to the left side of Cuckoo Lane, a place highly suitable for such dangerous activities there being few dwellings in the area."
(ibid, page 224. John EDGOOSE was a husbandman rather than a yeoman)
William SMITHE and Joane EDGOOSE, widow, were married at Pinchbeck on 4 June 1604.
(revised 09.02.2026)