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MARCHE, John The Elder
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Name MARCHE, John Suffix The Elder Gender Male Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I1361 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father MARCHE, Richarde d. 1540, Limehouse, Greater London, England
Mother EDGOOSE, Elizabeth d. 1578, Limehouse, Greater London, England
Marriage UNKNOWN Family ID F167 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes
JOHN MARCHE the elder
"Four loads of lime were bought from John MARCHE, the limeman of Limehouse...."
(From Jane COX's 'London's East End' [ISBN 978 0 7509 5291 0] page 135)
The Will of Elizabeth DRIVER late MARCHE formerly EDGOOSE (????-1578), made on the 12 day of August 1578. Probate was granted on 21 July 1579.
01*Elizabeth DRIVER, widow, the Testatrix
02 Richard DRYVER, gentleman of Limehouse, Middlesex, late husband of the Testatrix
03*John MARCHE the elder, son of the Testatrix
04 Justinian MARCHE, second son of the Testatrix
05 Thomas MARCHE the elder, son of the Testatrix
06 John MARCHE the younger, son of the Testatrix
07 Thomas MARCHE the younger, son of the Testatrix
08 Anne RUDING, daughter of the Testatrix
09 Richard RUDING, son-in-law of the Testatrix, husband of Anne RUDING
10 John MARCHE the younger's unnamed wife
11 Elizabeth BETT, niece of the Testatrix
12 Richard MARCHE, nephew of the Testatrix
13 John MARCHE, nephew of the Testatrix
14 Mary MARCHE, niece of the Testatrix, sister of Richard and John MARCHE
15 Anne MARCHE, niece of the Testatrix, sister of Mary MARCHE
16 Justinyan MARCHE's unnamed children
17 Richard RUDING's unnamed children
18 Jane RUDING, eldest daughter of Richard RUDING
19 Alice WOODFALL her maid
20 Mistress JONE RUDING
00 Unnamed children of the Testatrix's daughter Katherine
21 Goodwyffe BACCHUS
22 Katherine MALTSTER
23 Elizabeth MALTSTER
24 Anne MALTSTER
25 Joan TRAFFORD
26 Thomas GRENAM
27 Henry CHAPMAN's wife
28 Margaret MARCHE, daughter of the Testatrix
29 Reference to a bequest owing from the Testatrix's mother to her brother George DRIVER.
30 Richard RUDING, witness
31 Thomas MARCHE, witness
(PRO PROB 11/61/392)
(revised 18.02.2020)

