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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 23 Sep 2026
Father EDGOOSE, John, b. Bef 1525 d. 1568, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age > 43 years) Mother [EDGOOSE], Margaret d. 1560, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 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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Biographical Notes 
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 alphabetical index of the Will of John EDGOOSE (before 1525-1568) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, made on 18 June 1568:
CAWTHORPE, Robert, godson of the Testator.
CAWTHORPE, Thomas, the Testator's trusted friend was appointed supervisor.
EDASON, Joanne.
EDGOOSE, Elizabeth EDGOOSE - wife of the Testator.
EDGOOSE, John - the Testator.
EDGOOSE, Johnne - sole executor.
EDGOOSE, Marryan - daughter of the Testator.
HARRISONNE, Johnne, godson of the Testator.
MASONNE, William's unnamed daughter, goddaughter of the Testator.
ROLLITT, Thomasina.
ROLLITT, Margarett.
RUSSETT, Gilbert - witness.
RUSSETT, Johnne - godson of the Testator.
SAMSONNE, Robert - godson of the Testator.
SLATER, John - witness.
SLATER, Roger - witness.
YONGE, Johnne - witness.
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1568/222)
Probate was granted on 30 June 1568.
31 January 1569 (12 Eliz.). Lease of marsh ground in Stepney, Middlesex, to William WOOD and wife Elizabeth; Joan BROWN, widow; Thomas KINGE and wife Agnes; John, William and Mary ATKYNSON v. John MARSHE.
Original Lease made to Thomas SAME, baker of Stratford le Bow and John EDGOSE of Stepney, limeburner.
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.
(L.C.C Admon. 1596/43, surnames capitalised)
"A true Inventarie of all the goodes & cattals of Jhon EDGOOSE
of Pinchbecke in the parties of Holland w(i)th in the countie of
Lincolne husbandma(n) lately deceased take(n) & prysed the xvth
daye of Nove(m)b(e)r a(nn)o 1596, by Jhon SLATER Thomas CAWTHOOPE,
W(illia)m Jhonson, & Thomas Gr(e)ne(?).
In p(ri)mis
In the haule ij tables, one haussaddle, ij formes, one
cubberd, one ambrie iij turned chayres, & one bench
xx s.
It(e)m
In the chimnie the hookes & yrons w(it)th the hawlinge, &
other implementes in the haule
vj s.
viij d.
Item
In the p(ar)lor one standinge bedd, ij greate chistes,
ij litle arkes w(i)th other implementes there
xiij s.
iiij d.
Item
In the chamb(e)r one standinge bedd, one featherbedde,
one bolster, one coveringe, one payre of sheetes, one
chayre w(i)th other implem(en)tes
xx s.
Item
In the inwarde parlor ij standinge beddes,
ij matteresses, one coverlid, one payre of sheetes w(i)th
other implem(en)tes
vjs
viij d.
Item
In the other litle parlor one litle standing bedde, ij
formes , one leade w(i)th other implem(en)ts
x s.
Item
In the kitchen the yrons & hookes in the chimnie, one
dish bench, one chease presse, one stone trough, one sooe
v payles, one oulde chist w(i)th other treene vessells
xvj s.
Item
In the chamb(e)r over the kitchin certeine wheate, & rye,
certeine cheases, one chease hecke, one iacke w(i)th one
coate of male, one litle chist, one plancke w(i)th other
implem(en)ts
xxx s.
Ite(m)
all the pewter, & the brasse w(i)th candlestickes, &
salt sellers, one brasen mortar, & a pestill, & one
brase(n) laver
iij Ij
Item
all the linen
xxvj s. viij d
Item
one sworde, & one woode kniffe w(i)th his apparell,
& monie in his pursse
xx s.
Item
ij spittes, & the cobyrons
iij s. iiij d.
Item
in the lath all the barlye, rye, & beanes
ij Lj
Item
all the heye at home, and in the feilde
iij Lj
Item
all the hempe, & the hempoer seade
xx s.
Item
in the mylie house one mylie w(i)th ij payre of
stones, & certeine oulde woods there
iij Lj vjs. viij d.
Item
in the hovell one cart, one plough, one payre of
harrowes w(i)th all the geares th(e)r(e)to
xxvj s. viij d.
Item
in the yarde all the pulleine w(i)th iij swine & six pigges
Item
certeine swine troughes w(i)th all the fyre woode in the yarde
xx s.
Item
v kye, ij quoyes of iij yeares oulde, and ij calves
xij Lj
It(e)m
one stoned horse, ij mares, one colt, one fillie off
iij yeare ould, & one foale
ix L
Ite(m)
one lease of certeine grounde
xxx s.
It(e)m
iij roodes of rye groweinge
x s.
Summa tot fiftie & one po(u)ndes xix s. iiij d.
"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.
Correction: John EDGOOSE was a husbandman rather than a yeoman.
William SMITHE and Joane EDGOOSE, widow, were married at Pinchbeck on 4 June 1604.
(revised 01.10.2026)