Wills Index
You can search this index of over 38,000 entries to see what Archdeaconry of Berkshire wills, administrations and inventories we have for the period 1480 to 1857.
Let's explain the difference between these records.
Wills: this is the most common record in which an individual sets out their intentions as to what should happen to their possessions after death and to appoint executors.
Administrations (admons): If a person died without making a will (intestate), the court had to appoint people to administer the estate and issued letters of administration. The appointed persons would then enter an administration bond to carry out various tasks. However, they do not reveal anything about actual possessions unless an inventory is included.
Inventories: This was made as a true record of the extent and value of the deceased’s estate and often included debts as well as possessions.
It's also worth noting that sometimes, all that survives is a registered copy of a probate record, which is a hand written version in a bound volume.
How to use the wills index:
The index is listed by surname, but also provides details of place name and occupation as well the document reference of the record and what microfilm/fiche (MF) copies we have.
To use the Name Search simply enter the name as surname, first name. For example: Blackmore, Dennis.
You can also search by surname only or first name only.
For place names or occupations please use the Keyword Search.
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Name | Place Name | Occupation | Year | BRO Ref | MF Copy |
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RUSSELL, Edward | Tubney | Yeoman | 1762 | D/A1/114/40 | MF537 |
RUSSELL, Frideswide | Shinfield | 1630 | D/A1/112/077 | MF536 | |
RUSSELL, James | Ufton Nervet | Husbandman | 1574 | D/A1/111/044 D/A1/9/425 | MF535 MF10046 |
RUSSELL, James | Sulhamstead Bannister | Husbandman | 1685 | D/A1/113/71 | MF536 |
RUSSELL, Joan | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1559 | D/A1/110/149 D/A1/8/091 | MF535 MF10043C | |
RUSSELL, Joan | Hartley, Shinfield | 1604 | D/A1/111/139 D/A1/13/1288 | MF536 MF10049 | |
RUSSELL, John | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1557 | D/A1/3/140 | MF604 | |
RUSSELL, John | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1558 | D/A1/233/241 | MF96132 | |
RUSSELL, John | Newbury | Weaver | 1608 | D/A1/111/158 D/A1/14/417 | MF536 MF10064 |
RUSSELL, John | Shinfield | Yeoman | 1608 | D/A1/111/157 D/A1/14/400 | MF536 MF10064 |
RUSSELL, John | Abingdon | 1788 | D/A1/114/76 | MF537 | |
RUSSELL, Joseph | Newbury | Cloth Worker | 1662 | D/A1/113/3 | MF536 |
RUSSELL, Rebecca | Abingdon | 1799 | D/A1/114/82 | MF537 | |
RUSSELL, Richard | Cookham | 1529 | D/A1/1/124 | MF10041 | |
RUSSELL, Richard | Bradfield | 1594 | D/A1/111/103 D/A1/12/134 | MF535 MF10048 | |
RUSSELL, Richard | Maidenhead | Victualler | 1606 | D/A1/168/025 | MF96001 |
RUSSELL, Richard | Maidenhead | 1606 | D/A1/14/187 | MF10064 | |
RUSSELL, Robert | Berkshire | 1684 | D/A1/113/69 | MF536 | |
RUSSELL, Stephen | Burghfield | 1560 | D/A1/111/003 D/A1/6/150 | MF535 MF10043B | |
RUSSELL, Thomas | Sulhamstead Bannister | 1566 | D/A1/111/019 D/A1/9/023 | MF535 MF10046 | |
RUSSELL, Thomas | Shinfield | 1574 | D/A1/111/042 D/A1/9/400 | MF535 MF10046 | |
RUSSELL, Thomas | Bradfield | 1616 | D/A1/112/018 D/A1/15/603 | MF536 MF10065 | |
RUSSELL, William | Leckhampstead, Chieveley | Husbandman | 1605 | D/A1/111/142 D/A1/14/085 | MF536 MF10064 |
RUSSELL, William | Sunninghill | Husbandman | 1715 | D/A1/113/143 | MF537 |
RUSSELY, Richard Snr | Uffington | 1657 | D/A1/113/1/2 | MF536 | |
RUSSHELEY, Arthur | Uffington | Yeoman | 1557 | D/A1/3/127 | MF604 |
RUSSHELYE, Edith | Uffington | 1557 | D/A1/110/136 | MF535 | |
RUSSON, John | Reading St Mary | 1596 | D/A1/111/110 D/A1/12/426 | MF535 MF10048 | |
RUSSON, John | Abingdon | Tanner | 1672 | D/A1/113/38 | MF536 |
RUSSON, Mary | Abingdon | 1689 | D/A1/113/81 | MF536 | |
RUST, John | Sutton Courtenay | 1837 | D/A1/161/37 | MF583 | |
RUT , Rowland | Peascod Street, Clewer | Millwright | 1595 | D/A1/111/109 D/A1/12/303 | MF535 MF10048 |
RUTHE, John | Bucklebury | Priest, Vicar | 1549 | D/A1/210/149 | MF96088 |
RUTHERFORD, Samuel | Abingdon | Doctor Of Physic | 1705 | D/A1/238/25 | MF96142 |
RUTT, John | Inkpen | Yeoman | 1725 | D/A1/113/160 | MF537 |
RUTT, Peter | Hamstead Marshall | Yeoman | 1662 | D/A1/113/5 | MF536 |
RUTTE, Peter | New Windsor, Windsor | Millwright | 1592 | D/A1/210/210 | MF96088 |
RUTTE, Peter | New Windsor, Windsor | 1592 | D/A1/12/071 | MF10048 | |
RUTTER, Anthony | Bisham | Wheelwright | 1580 | D/A1/111/059 D/A1/10/287 | MF535 MF10047A |
RUTTER, John | Bray | Yeoman | 1545 | D/A1/5/011 | MF10043A |
RUTTER, John | 1545 | D/A1/233/233 | MF96132 | ||
RUTTER, Richard | East Garston | 1546 | D/A1/110/117 D/A1/5/033 | MF535 MF10043A | |
RUTTER, Thomas | Bray | Yeoman | 1545 | D/A1/3/132 | MF604 |
RUTTER, Thomas | Abingdon | Whittawer | 1678 | D/A1/113/54 | MF536 |
RYCE, Alice | Pamber, Hampshire | 1609 | D/A1/111/166 D/A1/14/562 | MF536 MF10064 | |
RYCFORD, William | Warfield | Wheelwright | 1546 | D/A1/110/119 | MF535 |
RYCHADES, Thomas | Shinfield | 1564 | D/A1/111/015 D/A1/8/308 | MF535 MF10043C | |
RYCHAR, John | Reading St Laurence | Haberdasher | 1578 | D/A1/111/052 D/A1/10/123 | MF535 MF10047A |
RYCHARD, Richard | Childrey | 1544 | D/A1/110/109 | MF535 | |
RYCHARDES, James | Farnborough | 1566 | D/A1/111/018 D/A1/9/022 | MF535 MF10046 | |
RYCHARDES, Joan | Swallowfield | 1600 | D/A1/111/126 D/A1/13/557 | MF536 MF10049 | |
RYCHARDES, John | Wootton, Cumnor | 1570 | D/A1/111/030 D/A1/9/340 | MF535 MF10046 | |
RYCHARDES, John Snr | Burghfield | Yeoman | 1589 | D/A1/111/084 D/A1/11/286 | MF535 MF10047B |
RYCHARDES, Thomas | Shellingford | Husbandman | 1583 | D/A1/111/068 D/A1/10/411 | MF535 MF10047A |
RYCHARDES, William | Burghfield | 1528 | D/A1/1/051 | MF10041 | |
RYCHARDES, William | Shellingford | Slater | 1563 | D/A1/111/005 D/A1/7/361 | MF535 MF10040 |
RYCHARDS , Simon | Wootton, Cumnor | Husbandman | 1591 | D/A1/111/095 D/A1/12/014 | MF535 MF10048 |
RYCHARDS, William | East Hanney, Hanney | Husbandman | 1592 | D/A1/111/096 D/A1/12/019 | MF535 MF10048 |
RYCHARDSUN, John | 1582 | D/A1/111/067 | MF535 | ||
RYDAR, John Snr | Newbury | 1559 | D/A1/110/154 D/A1/7/276 | MF535 MF10040 | |
RYDDERCH, John | New Windsor, Windsor | Maltster | 1705 | D/A1/113/114 | MF537 |
RYDER , George Snr | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1731 | D/A1/113/178 | MF537 |
RYDER, Ann | East Garston | 1760 | D/A1/114/38 | MF537 | |
RYDER, James | Abingdon St Helen | Haberdasher | 1585 | D/A1/111/075 D/A1/11/007 | MF535 MF10047B |
RYDER, Richard | Reading St Laurence | Shoemaker | 1595 | D/A1/111/106 D/A1/12/262 | MF535 MF10048 |
RYDER, Robert | Lambourn | 1564 | D/A1/111/014 D/A1/7/369 | MF535 MF10040 | |
RYDER, William | Reading St Laurence | Mercer | 1594 | D/A1/210/211 D/A1/12/195 | MF96088 MF10048 |
RYFFYNNE, Thomas | North Hinksey, Cumnor | Yeoman | 1603 | D/A1/111/136 D/A1/13/1078 | MF536 MF10049 |
RYGBY, Thomas | Aston Tirrold | 1563 | D/A1/210/175 | MF96088 | |
RYGBYE, Julian | Aston Tirrold | 1540 | D/A1/1/208 | MF10042 | |
RYGGYNS, Agnes | Marcham | 1557 | D/A1/6/115 | MF10043B | |
RYMAN, Ann | 1548 | D/A1/210/148 | MF96088 | ||
RYMAN, Thomas | Holt, Kintbury | 1698 | D/A1/113/101 | MF31702 | |
RYME, Alice | Hinton Waldrist | 1644 | D/A1/112/135 | MF536 | |
RYME, Henry | Petwick, Childrey | Yeoman | 1614 | D/A1/112/009 D/A1/15/482 | MF536 MF10065 |
RYME, John | Fawler, Sparsholt | Husbandman | 1559 | D/A1/110/156 D/A1/8/027 | MF535 MF10043C |
RYME, John | Hinton Waldrist | Husbandman | 1608 | D/A1/210/233 D/A1/168/031 | MF96089 MF96001 |
RYME, John | West Challow, Letcombe Regis | Husbandman | 1627 | D/A1/210/258 D/A1/16/107 | MF96089 MF10066 |
RYME, John | East Hanney, West Hanney | Yeoman | 1688 | D/A1/211/80 | MF96091 |
RYME, Robert | Childrey | Husbandman | 1558 | D/A1/110/144 D/A1/7/134 | MF535 MF10040 |
RYMES, John | East Hanney, West Hanney | Yeoman | 1761 | D/A1/114/39 | MF537 |
RYNALDE, Agnes | West Hagbourne, Hagbourne | 1548 | D/A1/110/121 | MF535 | |
RYNG, John | Cumnor | Husbandman | 1566 | D/A1/111/021 D/A1/9/106 | MF535 MF10046 |
RYNG, Robert | Cumnor | Husbandman | 1558 | D/A1/110/143 | MF535 |
RYTHER, Henry | Stratfield Mortimer | 1617 | D/A1/112/024 D/A1/15/733 | MF536 MF10065 | |
RYTHER, William | Swallowfield | Turner | 1612 | D/A1/111/177 D/A1/15/298 | MF536 MF10065 |
RYVARS, Joan Snr | Kintbury | 1597 | D/A1/111/116 D/A1/13/153 | MF535 MF10049 | |
RYVE, William | Stratfield Mortimer | 1563 | D/A1/111/012 D/A1/8/274 | MF535 MF10043C | |
RYVER, John | Lambourn | 1570 | D/A1/111/029 D/A1/9/212 | MF535 MF10046 | |
RYVER, Richard | Kintbury | 1580 | D/A1/111/057 D/A1/10/265 | MF535 MF10047A | |
RYVERS, John | Coleshill | Husbandman | 1613 | D/A1/112/004 D/A1/15/388 | MF536 MF10065 |