Edward Wigan son of Thomas Wigan of the City of Bristol goldsmith, apprenticed to James Stamp of Cheapside goldsmith 2 December 1772 on payment of £20. Free, 1 March 1786. First mark entered as plateworker, in partnership with Samuel Godbehere, 13 September 1786. Address 86, Cheapside, Second mark (three sizes) with the same, 14th August 1789. Third (three sizes) with the same., 26 July 1792. Fourth mark, in partnership with Godbehere and James Bult as Goodbehere and Co, 15 March 1800, He disappears from the partnership by 16 September 1818, when Godbehere and Bult re-entered a new mark without his initials. His son Edward was apprenticed to him 2 December 1800. It should be noted that Bult had also been apprenticed to James Stamp in 1774 so the two partners had been together long before the entry of their joint mark .