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Name EDGOOSE, John Birth 1575 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Christening 18 Dec 1575 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Gender Male Death 1630 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Burial 20 Apr 1630 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Person ID I1 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father EDGOOSE, John, b. Bef 1547 d. 1596, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age > 49 years) Relationship natural Mother WRIGHT, Joan d. 1617, Spalding, Lincolnshire Relationship natural Marriage 11 Aug 1570 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Family ID F3 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 BEATCH, Margaret, b. Circa 1580 d. 1613, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 33 years) Marriage 26 May 1601 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Children 1. EDGOOSE, John, b. 1601, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1668, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 67 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. EDGOOSE, Robert, b. 1603, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1669, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. EDGOOSE, Thomas, b. 1606, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1640, Bourne, Lincolnshire (Age 34 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. EDGOOSE, Elizabeth, b. 1609, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1685, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 76 years)5. EDGOOSE, Margaret, b. 1613, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1616, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 3 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 PILKIN(G)TON, Elizabeth (15??-16??) d. Aft 1630 Marriage 19 Jan 1614/15 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Children 1. EDGOOSE, Mary, b. 1615, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1615, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. EDGOOSE, Theodocia, b. 1617, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1669, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 52 years)3. EDGOOSE, Anthony, b. 1620, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1692, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. EDGOOSE, Richard, b. 1623, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1702, Whitechapel, Middlesex, England (Age 79 years)5. EDGOOSE, Adlard, b. 1626, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1626, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 0 years)Family ID F2 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Event Map 
Birth - 1575 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
Christening - 18 Dec 1575 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Marriage - 26 May 1601 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Marriage - 19 Jan 1614/15 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Death - 1630 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Burial - 20 Apr 1630 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire = Link to Google Earth
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Biographical Notes 
EDGOOSE, John (1575-1630)
John, son of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 18 December 1575.
Jhon EDGOOSE had married Jhoane WRIGHT at Pinchbeck on 11 August 1570.
His father, John EDGOOSE of Pinchbeck, husbandman, was buried at Pinchbeck on 6 November 1596. Letters of Adminstration were granted to his son John EDGOOSE.
(LCC Admons. 1596/43)
In the Lay Subsidies of 1598 and 1610 John EDGOOSE paid at Pinchbeck on land.
(PRO Lay Subs. 139/613 and 139/683)
John EDGOOSE is listed in a Terrier of Pinchbeck dated 1600 and printed in 'Records of the Cust Family'.
John EDGOOSE's landholding in the 1600 Pinchbeck Acre Book:
1 acre 3 roods in Open Bulleyn (4th Bound)
1 rood in Open Bulleyn (4th Bound)
3 roods in Cote Meadow
3 roods in Gallow Field
3 roods in Gallow Field
(Courtesy of Judith Withyman)
He married Margret BEATCH at Pinchbeck on 26 May 1601.
John, son of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 27 September 1601.
He evidently sold wood to William WYBORNE of Quadring, Lincolnshire; the following is from a probate account drawn up in 1602:
"Debtes paid and to be paid By the said accomptant to divers persons to whome the said deceased was indebted unto at the time of his lief and death, videlicet
To Annys LEAMOND uppon a bonde £ 10 8s 4d
To Joane BOAMAN given her by Anthony SQURRILL in his will 20s
To John EDGOSE for wood 10s
To Will(ia)m SILBY for rent 11s 8d
in toto £ 12 10s
(source: letter from Brooke WESTCOTT dated 1 August 2003).
Robert, son of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 11 September 1603.
His mother Joane EDGOOSE married William SMITHE of Spalding, labourer, on 4 June 1604.
Thomas, son of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 6 April 1606.
Elizabeth, daughter of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 29 October 1609.
John EDGOOSE's landholdings in the 1611 Pinchbeck acre book:
A) Owned
1 acre 1 rood (4th Bound)
3 roods (4th Bound)
3 roods (4th Bound)
1 acre 1 rood at Ash Holt [near Cockings?] (8th Bound)
1 acre 1 rood (8th Bound)
2 acres (8th Bound)
2 acres with 2 hamstalls (8th Bound)
B) Rented
1 ? rented from The Queen (8th Bound)
4 acres with 3 hamstalls with buildings rented from The Queen (8th Bound)
(By courtesy of Judith Withyman)
In August 1612 John EDGOOSE signed as a witness to a deed [surnames capitalised]:
Wichlands North of Starfengraft. Deed and bond by which Anthony OLDFEILD and Robert JACKSON of Spalding, at the request of Sir Thomas LAMBART, Knt., Dymoke WALPOLE, Esq., and Charles LAMBART his son and heir, sell for £ 40 to Henry CUST of Pinchbeck, yeoman, 6 acres and 1 rood of land north of Starfengraft. Fines recited by which this land had been conveyed to the above feoffees. Signed by Anth. OLDFEILD, Ro. JACKSON, and witnesses John X HARRYS, John X EDGOOSE, Thomas X RICHARDSON.
Bond for £ 80. Signed by Tho. LAMBARTE and Charles LAMBARTE. Dated August (blank) 1612.
(Records of the Cust Family page 115)
Margaret, daughter of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 14 March 1612/13 and buried there on 24 January 1615/16.
John EDGOOSE was a juror when the Pinchbeck Hamstall Book was drawn up in 1613. He owned two hamstalls and was tenant of four others at Seas End:
"Hugh READ late EDGOOSE called ye olnut ground - 1 hamstall"
(Folio 168)
"The Queens Matye late BELLS neare John EDGOOSE in tenure of Arthur BIRD - 1 hamstall
John EDGOOSE - 2 hamstalls builded
The Qu: Matye in tenure of John EDGOOSE near his house - 3 hamstalls 1 builded" (Folio 168 v.)
"The Qu: Matye near Bondman bridge in tenure of John EDGOOSE - 1 hamstall" (Folio 169v.)
An Index to the Administrators of the estate of William SMYTH [or SMITHE] (15??-1614) of Spalding, Lincolnshire:
BURNAM, Henrye, witness
EDGOOSE [1575-1630], John, witness
ELWARD, Will(ia)m, witness
GUSSE, Robert, Appar*iter
GUSS [sic], Rob(er)t, Senior, witness
HYLL, Mr. Otthowell, Doctor of Laws
KITTON, John, witness.
SMYTH, Joane, widow of the deceased
SMYTH, William, the deceased, late of Spalding
(Lincoln Consistory Court Admon BI303 and Axi 227 1614)
William SMITHE of Spalding, labourer, (see above) died in 1614. The signatures of John EDGOOSE, who was described as a yeoman of Pinchbeck, and of his mother Joan SMITHE appear at the foot of the Administration Bond. On the inventory of his goods and chattels made on 6 June 1614 is a note - presumably dictated by Joan SMITHE - of a debt owing "To my sonn John EDGOOSE xxj s iiij d".
(LCC Admons BI 303 & Axi 227)
An Index to the appraisers involved in making the Inventory of the goods and chattells of Willyam SMYTH [otherwise William SMITHE] (15??-1614) of Spalding, Lincolnshire, made on 9 June 1614 and proved at Grantham, Lincolnshire, on 20 July 1614:
SMITHE, William, the deceased
Appraisers
BEVILL, Thomas
CASTER, George
CASTER, Thomas
FELL, Richard
KITTON, Edward
KITTON, John
Creditors:
EDGOOSE, John (1575-1630), son[-in-law], creditor
HUCKE.... (?), Robert
(Lincoln Consistory Court Admon BI303 and Axi 227 1614)
Margaret EDGOOSE was buried at Pinchbeck on 15 July 1614, and John EDGOOSE married Elizabeth PILKINGTON there on 19 January 1614/15.
An Index of the Will of Margaret HARRISON of Pinchbeck, widow, made on 6 May 1614 and proved on 29 July 1614:
(abbreviations expanded and surnames capitalised)
EDGOOSE, John (1575-1630), supervisor
HARRISON, Margaret, Testator
HARRISON, Robert, son of the Testatrix
HARRISON, Roger, son of the aforesaid Robert HARRISON
HARRISON Robert junior, son of the aforesaid Robert HARRISON
HARRISON, Richard, son of the aforesaid Robert HARRISON
HYNDE, Robert, witness
INGRAM, Robert, son of the Testatrix's sister
RAPER, Helen
READ, Hugh, who wrote the will.
SUSANS, sole executor. Is this a misnomer for SISSONS?
WILLIAMSON, Agnes, daughter of the Testatrix's aforesaid sister
WILLIAMSON, Edward, son of the Testatrix's aforesaid sister
WILLYAMSON, Elizabeth, daughter of the Testatrix's brother
WILLIAMSON, George, son of the Testatrix's brother
WILLIAMSON, Jane, daughter of the Testatrix's brother Richard
WILLIAMSON, Joan, wife of the Testatrix's brother
WILLYAMSON, John
WILLYAMSON, Nicholas, brother of the Testatrix
WILLYAMSON, Robert
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1614 i 96)
MARY, daughter of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 29 August 1615.
Theodosia, daughter of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 11 September 1617.
Richard DAWSON of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, clerk, referred in his will made on 2 February 1617/18 to his house and all the land which he lately purchased from Sir Mathew and Sir John GAMLYN, knights, and to the two acres intermixed lately purchased from John EDGOOSE with all the appurtenances thereto belonging which were now in his own occupation and that of John PARKER.
(LCC Will 1618/ii/196)
Page 1 of an Index to the Will of Richard DAWSON, clerk, Vicar of Pinchbeck, made on 7 February 1617, covering folios 1, 2 and 3.
BALYE, Richard, yeoman
CHAMBERLIN, Tobias, tenant
COOPER, Jone, sister of the Testator, children thereof
DAWSON, Elizabeth, daughter of the Testator
DAWSON, Richard, the Testator
DAWSON, Richard, son of the Testator
DAWSON, William, son of the Testator
DAWSON, William, brother of the Testator
EDGOOSE, John, former owner of a piece of the Testator's land
EVINGTON, M(Iist)ress, tenant
GAMLYN, Sir John, knight
GAMLYN, Sir Mathew, knight
HERRIS, John deceased, of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
HOBSON, William, gentleman
LAMBE, William, deceased, grandfather of the Testator's son William
MACRENES, Widdowe, tenant
OLDFIELD, Anthonie, gentleman
PARKER, John, joint tenant with the Testator of the above land
STILES, William, tenant
WILLSBYE, William, gentleman
(Lincolnshire Consistory Court Will 1618/ii/196)
The Will of Richard DAWSON (15??-1618) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
(surnames capitalised and abbreviations expanded)
"In the name of god Amen
The vijth day of Februarie 1617 I Richard DAWSON of Pinchbecke in the county of Lincoln Clarke being sicke in bodie but of good & p(er)fect remembrance blessed be god therefore doe make and appointe this my last last will and Testam(en)t in manner and forme following
First and especially I Committ my soule into the hands of Allmightie god whoe gave it me most humblie desyering and stedfastlie beleeving to be saved by the alone merritts of Jesus Christ my redeemer and my bodie to be buried on the north side of the p(ar)ishe Church of Pinchbecke And soe nere as convenientlie may be unto the Corpes of my aged father there interred and my desire therin is to remove the sup(er)stition which possesseth the minds of many my beloved people And all my worldly [sic] I give and bequeath in forme & manner following
Inprimis I give to the Mother Churche of Lincoln -ijs vjd and to the poore of Pinchbecke iijli to be distributed to the needfull poore of of [sic] the said p(ar)ishe upon the day of my buriall
Item I give unto Will(ia)m DAWSON my sonne my house and all the lands w(hi)ch i latelie purchased of S(i)r Mathew and sir John GAMLYN knights and two acres intermixt latelie purchased of John EDGOOSE together with all the appurten(en)ices ther unto belonging and the w(hi)ch lands are nowe in the ocupac(i)on of my selfe & John PARKER Also I give unto the the said Will(ia)m my sonne foure acres of arrable and one roode lyeing in Newland Fielde and nowe in the use of of M(ist)ris EVINGTON And alsoe two acres of Coppihold w(hi)ch is in the tenure of the said M(ist)ris EVINGTON Alsoe I give unto the said Will(ia)m my sonne my windmill w(i)th the Cottage and the acre of grounde whereon my said Mill standeth and all the Appurten(a)nces thereunto belonging and one acre of pasture lying neare unto the said mill & Cottage, nowe in the tenure of widdowe MACRENES, And alsoe one house or Cottage helde in freefarme, & alsoe the Lease of the next house thertoadioyning in Spalding in the county of Lincoln the w(hi)ch houses I latelie purchased of Will(ia)m HOBSON gen(tleman) and Will(ia)m WILLSBYE gen(tleman)
Item I give unto the said Will(ia)m DAWSON my sonne my free & coppiehold houses in Peterborowe in the county of North(amptonshire) w(i)the orchard and all things there unto belonging , according to the deeds and coppies and Intendment of William LAMBE his grandfather deceased and alsoe two acres of arrable land being freehold lyeing in divers places in Peterborowe Westfield the w(hi)ch I lately purchased of my brother Willyam DAWSON, & my will is that my said brother Will(ia)m DAWSOSON shall make such good assurance therof unto the said Will(ia)m DAWSON my sonne and to his heires for ever as shalbe advised unto by the counsell in the lawe, and at the cost & charge of my Executor alsoe I give unto the said Will(ia)m DAWSON my sonne one little close being Copieholde lyeing in Wallton nere Peterborowe All the w(hi)ch forenamed lands& tenements both free & Coppie I give unto the said WIll(ia)m my sonne & to his heires for ever
Item I give and bequeath to Richard DAWSON my sonne two acre of hempland lyeing nere unto Tollbridge in Pinchbecke and allsoe two acres of Coppiehould ground therto adioyning and for the w(hi)ch I lately covenanted w(i)th Anthonie OLDFIELDE gen(t)leman and Richard BALYE yeoman being Executors unto John HERRIS of Pinchbecke deceased And my will is that my Executor paying unto [end of page 2] them the som(m)e of Fortie pounds by equal porc(i)ons upon the first day of May and upon St. Michaell tharchangell next ensueing the day of the date here of That then the forenamed Executors of John HERRIS shall surrender the said lands to the use of my sonne Richard and his heires for ever Alsoe I give unto the said Richard my sonne all hose my free and coppiehould lands lyeing and being in both or either of the highe fields in Pinchbecke aforesaid & nine of pasture being freeholde lyeing in the south field of Pinchbecke nowe in the tenure or occupac(i)on of Tobias Chamb(er))lin and one acre of woodground called by the name of Keyrigge, And one messuage wherin Will(iam) STILES now dwelleth w(it)h thappurtenances therto belonging all the wh(i)ch forenamed lands & Tenem(en)ts I give and bequeath unto the said Richarard DAWSON my sonne and to his heires for ever.
Provided allwayes & my will is that if either of my said sonnes doe dep(ar)te this life not leaving yssue of his bodie lawfullie begotten That then the surviveing brother shalbe heire unto my sonne before deceased upon condicion yt he shall paie unto Elizabeth DAWSON my daughter or to her childeren if she her selfe be dead one hundreth pounds of lawfull english money w(it)hin one whole yeare next after his brothers decease And further yf it shall please god to take both of my sonnes w(it)h out Lawfull yssue and that all my said Lands descend unto my said daughter, then I give and bequeath a rent chardge of foure poundes a yeare to be paid yearly out of my freehold lands in Pinchbecke to the most industrious poore people of Pinchbecke at the feast of Easter at the discrec(i)on of the Churchwardens & the collectors for the poore for the time being And if god his pleasure be that all my said children do departe this liife not Leaving yssue Then my will is that all my lands both free & coppie shalbe and remaine to the the heires male of my brother Will(ia)m DAWSON for ever he paying ten pounds a peece unto each of his brother and sisters. And alsoe ten pounds a peece to each of the children of my sister Jone COOPER w(i)th in one yeare next after that he shall have entred upon my forenamed lands. Provyded allwayes that this intayle shalbe noe p(re)iudice of my childerens forenamed lands yf his or their will be or necessitye compell to sell the same,
Item I give to Elizabeth my daughter Two hundred pounds to be raysed out of my living stocke and moveable next after that my debts be truly paid [end of folio 3]
the stocke soe remayning to be put forth by my Executrix into the hands of somme faithfull and trusty frends from yeare to yeare by giving good securitie for the principall but I will that noe bond be taken for the use and considerac(i)on but that it be lefte to the blessinge of god upon the stocke & the Curtisie of the dettors And if that the stocke soe imployed doe groue shorte of two hundreth pounds then I will that my sonne Will(ia)m shall make it upp out of his land or stocke. Alsoe I give unto god and to the rev(er)end Mr. and his Successors and to the societie now beng and succeding in Emannuell colledge in Cambridge my Lease of the vicarage of Pinchbecke for the tearme of yeares therein contayned and unexpired desyringe them to purchase the p(er)petuall patronage of the said vicaridge that soe the place may be supplied successively if soe gods will be by a fellowe removed out of that societie Provided all waies & my will is that my Executrixe shall have the money repaid the w(i)ch it hath and shall stand me in at that tyme of their entrance viz. 61 pounds and ten shillings and considerac(i)on for soe much moneye since the time that I purchased the said LEASE of dimmocke WALPOLE Esq. and for the wh(i)ch sum(m)e of 61 pounds and ten shillings I have paid use since the time of that purchase. And seeing that herein I do entend the good of the colledge and also of my people & desire not to gaine any thinge by the said Lease my hope herein in is that they will not desire the losse to be to my wife and children considering how great a som(m)e a corrupted conscience might have raised of the same. Further it being well knowne how ruinous I found all the vicaridge buildings & what cost I have bestowed thereon my will is that the succeeding incumbent shall not needlesslye quarrell w(i)th my Executrix about delapidac(i)on or anye thinge of like nature and that my said Executrixe may at her pleasure w(i)thin six monthes next af affter my dep(ar)ture take of from the said vicaridge ground & remove all such moveables and hovells, and leave the houses and all the other moveables whatsoever w(hi)ch I have brought upon the said ground unlesse that the w(hi)ch shall succeed me shall desire to buye such things of her at an indifferent rate as he shalbe willing to p(ar)te w(it)h all & forgoe And further my will is that my said Executrix shall take & receive all the tiethes w(hi)ch shall any way be due in the time of six monethes next after my dep(ar)ture, yf lawfullie & warauntably she may doe she hiring a sufficient preacher for and duering that tyme for to discharge the true cure And that the Colledge doe enter in the last moneth of the said sixe momonetthes, the w(hi)ch Condic(i)ons yf they be lawfull and warrantable , And yf the Colledge and my successor shall refuse in whole or in p(ar)te to p(er)forme the same then I give and bequeath my forenamed Lease whollie to my Executrix, And my willl is that she freely p(re)sent my kinsman and hers mr. Francis NEDHAM into [end of folio 4] the same And that she keepe the contingencie of the said Lease in her owne hands And further as my last request I ernestlie intreat that rev(er)e)end man of god Mr Dr. CHATTERTON & his successors and alsoe my Successor that they wilbe pleased to take notice of my two sonnes and to give theire best direcc(i)on to my wife for theire education, their maintenance being all wayes at her Charge and if it please god to blesse them w(it)h Learning then I intreat of them such lawfull favour and furtherance as they shall deserve and if they prove not capable of learning, that then they wilbe pleased to directe them to such lawfull callings or offices or trades as they in their iudgem(en)ts doe take to be freest of corrupc(i)on and deceipte, and I Charge my Executrix to be advised by them herin
Item I give to my brother Will(ia)m DAWSON Dr, HALLs workes & wishe him to spend some time therin and my will is that he discharging iustlie such som(m)es of money, as I am bound w(i)th him for and for the he standeth principall in the bonds and the w(hi)ch debtes blessed be god are but small in regard of that w(hi)ch they have beene that then all such lands as I have of his for my Counter Assurance shalbe reassured unto him & his heires for ever being at his cost and charges, Providovided and my will is that he deale trulie & faithfullie in all businesses w(hi)ch doe or shall concerve him and his my wife and Children, And where anye doubte shall arise I will that it shalbe determined by my beloved brother mr. Thomas STILES & my loving brethren mr. Gregorie STILES & Mr. Robert LAMBE, and by the survivour or survivours of either of them And I give to the aforenamed Thomas for his advise and paines therein Mr. Grenhams workes wishing him to make the word of god his counsellor & the workes of that (illegible) man his conference and consultac(i)on.
Item I give to my brother Gregorie in token of my love DOWNAM? upon the xvth Psalme and I com(m)end it to his reading. And to my brother Robert LAMBE in token of my last goodwill BARROWES method of Phisicke
It(e)m I give to my Sister ROBINSON Ten shillings a yeare duering the time of her naturall life her first yeare to begin at my dep(ar)ture and her legacie to be paid into her owne hands by equall porc(i)ons twice by the yeare
Item I give to my Sister BRIGETT an angell of goulde
Item I give to John JOSEPHE clarke my second cloake faced w(i)th velvet, and my best clothe breeches and my Jerkin & my bases, and one paire of bootes and one of my riding coates, And yf in anye thinge I have deserved well of my people then I desire them to remember (end of folio 5)
his age and his paines and not to be soe close handed towards him.
Item I give to Richard DALE my lins(?)ye cloake my second hatt & a Jerkin & xxs. of money to be paid unto him w(it)hin halfe a yeare next after my dep(ar)ture Conditionally that he serve his m(ist)ris diligentlie that halfe yeare she allowing him wages after three pounds a yeare
It(e)m I will Margaret SISON my servant shall have a little baye put uppe at theend of the Cottage to be built upon my hempland against Will(ia)m POWLES dore it to have a Chimney and a chamber and she to enioye it the tearme of her naturall life paying to my sonne Richard the yearly rent of one red apple if it be demanded.
Item I give to Thomas ANDREWE my S(er)vant my worst hatt my ould coate a paire of stockings and vs. in money
Item I give to Dorothye my servant ijs vjd
It(e)m to Izaak INMAN docter KINGs Jonah
It(e)m I give to Thomas CARRE some old apparell at my wives discrec(i)on, And to Jeremy SUTTON a strike of barley
It(e)m my will is that my loving wife ELIZABETH shall take & receive the rents and proffitts of all my lands and goods duering the nonage of my Children yf she soe longe continew my widdowe yf she shall marry againe then I will that she betake herselfe to the thirds of my lands, and leave unto my children or childe all such goods & increase of goods as were mine she having in the interim sufficient maintenance for her selfe and them yf God in mercie be pleased soe to blesse the talent he hath given me unto their use
Item All the rest of my goods unbequeathed moveable and immoveable my debts trulie paid my buriall rits discharged I give them whollie to Elizabeth my wife whome I make the full Executrix of this my last wii and testament Com(m)itting her and my tender children to our everlasting father the prince of peace and I have surrendred all my Coppiehould lands in Pinchbecke into the hands of Arthur BIRDE Customarie Tennant of the sev(er)all mannors thereof to the use and behoofe of this my last will and Testam(en)t and to noe other use,
In wittnes whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and sette my seall dated the day and yeare first w(i)thin written - Per me Richardum DAWSON. Signed and sealled in the p(rese)nce of us John JOSEPHE Arthur BIRD Richard DALE."
Probate was granted at Lincoln on 26 May 1618.
SOURCE: Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1618/ii/196, uploaded with permission by Lincolnshire County Council 2019.
TheTestator, Richard DAWSON, Cleric and Vicar of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, was buried there on 25 February 1617/18.
Anthony, son of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 1 January 1619/20.
Some land belonging to EDGOOSH is shown on a plan of Pinchbeck dated circa 1620.
(LAO MCD 851/26)
20 Jas 1 1622
Sir Thos. COVENTRY, Knt., Attorney-General, at the relation of Thos. BROWNE v. DIMOK WALPOLE: Commission out of Chancery in the 18th year of Jas. 1. for the "laying out" of sundry lands in Pinchbeck, parcel of His Majesty's late manor of Spalding, "withholden and concealed" from Thos. BROWNE, "the lessee in the commission named." Touching the execution of the commission. Authenticity of the town books of Pinchbeck. How the prior of Spalding granted his demesne lands before the dissolution? Right and title of defendant, his grandfather, Robt. WALPOLE, and his father-in-law, Sir Thos. LAMBERT, to part of the lands in Pinchbeck. [Former surveys and suits in the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 16th years of Jas. 1., a parcel of the jointure of the "late Queen Anne," being parcel of the demesnes of the manor of Spalding, and a lease by the Queen to Thos. BROWNE, and the possessions of Arthur WALPOLE, Nicholas WALPOLE, Bevil WIMBERLEY, John STATES, and John EDGOOSE, are mentioned.]: Lincoln
(National Archives E 134/20Jas1/Mich6)
(The above document is apparently lost)
Richard, son of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 12 January 1622/23.
Adlar, son of John EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 24 May 1626. He was buried there on 1 June 1626.
In his will made on 17 April 1630 John EDGOOSE of Pinchbeck, yeoman, refers to his eldest son John EDGOOSE; to his wife Elizabeth; to Theodocia, Anthony and Richard EDGOOSE, the three children which he had by Elizabeth (all of whom were under 21 years old); and to Thomas and Elizabeth EDGOOSE. There was no mention of his son Robert EDGOOSE.
An Index to the Will of John EDGOOSE (1575-1630) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, made on 17 April 1630:
BURD, Arthur, supervisor
EDGOOSE, Anthony, son of the Testator's marriage to Elizabeth PILKINGTON
EDGOOSE, Elizabeth, formerly PILKINGTON, the Testator's second wife
EDGOOSE, Elizabeth, (1609-1685), daughter of the Testator's marriage to Margaret BEATCH
EDGOOSE, John, the Testator
EDGOOSE, John (1601-1668), eldest son of the Testator
EDGOOSE, Richard, son of the Testator's marriage to Elizabeth PILKINGTON
EDGOOSE, Theodocia, daughter of the Testator's marriage to Elizabeth PILKINGTON
EDGOOSE, Thomas, (1606-1640), son of the Testator's marriage to Margaret BEATCH
HARRISON, Robert, witness [signed with a cross]
HARVIE, William, witness
SLATER, William, supervisor and witness
WALPOLE, Mr. Dymocke (????-1652), adjoining land owner
(Lincoln Consistory Court Will 1630/454)
Will of John EDGOOSE (1575-1630) of Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, yeoman
[surnames capitalised and abbreviations expanded]:
In the name of God amen the seventeene day of April Anno of D(o)m(ini) 1630 I John EDGOOSE of Pinchbeck in the County of Lincoln Yeoman, being sick in bodie but p(er)fect in mind & of good remembrance thanks be given to God for yt doe make & ordaine this my last will and testam(en)t in manner & forme following viz ffirst I bequeth my soule into the hands of Allmightie God and my bodie to be buryed in the Church Yard of Pinchbeck aforesaid. It(em) I give to the Cathedral Church of Lincocoln foure pence It(em) I give unto John EDGOOSE my Eldest sonne one messuage w(it)h all the buildings thereupon built being Costomarie and ........ (illegible) of Copyhold lying under it and foure acres lying amongst Mr. Dymock WALPOLEs lands to him the said John and to his heires and assignes according to the custome of this Mannor. And I doo give unto the said John foure acres of Lease builded lying over against the said house for & in Consideracon & upon this Condicon that he the said John shall pay my debts and legacies hereafter mentioned. It(em) I give to Elizabeth my wife ffifteene pounds of currant English money to be paid by my said sonne John within twenty daies next after my decease And two Cowes the best that she cann Chuse for and towards the mainetenance and bringing up of her youngest children. It(em) I give the said Elizabeth one standbedstead w(it)h the furniture thereupon one ould Cubbard one Chest w(it)h all therein and one brasse pott which she formerly had. It(e)m I give to Theodocia EDGOOSE Anthony EDGOOSE & Richard EDGOOSE three children which I had by her, ffortye shillings apeace to be paid when they shall accomplish the age of one and twenty yeares It(em) I give to Thomas EDGOOSE and Elizabeth EDGOOSE ffoure acres of ffreehold equaly to be devided betwixt them lying betweene Pedder Lane North EDGOOSE lane(?) west Burtyfen lane east and the ffoure acres of lease South to them & to their heires lawfully begotten for ev(er). All the rest of my goods and Chattells not before given and bequethed I give them wholie to John EDGOOSE my sonne whome I make sole Executor of this my will to pay and receive my debts and legacies and to bring my bodie seemely to the ground And I doe make sup(er)visors of this my will W(illia)m SLATER and Arthur BURD and I give them for their paines taking therein three shillings and foure pence apeece. In witnes wherof I have sett my hand the day and yeare above written. [signed] John EDGOOSE
[Witnesses]
William SLATER
Robert X HARRISON
William HARVIE
(Lincolnshire Consistory Court Will 1630/454)
He was buried at Pinchbeck on 20 April 1630.
An inventory of his goods was made by Willm SLATER, Arthur BURD, Richd PELL, and Richd CALTHROP.
(LCC Inv 136/161)
Edward SMITH and Elizabeth EDGOOSE, widow, were married at Pinchbeck on 8 September 1630.
NOTES & QUERIES:
Why was his son Robert EDGOOSE (1603-1669) not mentioned in his father's will?
(revised 10.10.2026)