Wills Index
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTBURY, Thomas | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1693 | D/A1/139/2 | MF554 |
| WESTBURY, Thomas | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1705 | D/A1/223/167 | MF96118 |
| WESTBURY, William | Boxford | Maltster | 1777 | D/A1/141/160 | MF556 |
| WESTCOATE, Richard | Woolley, Bray | Husbandman | 1575 | D/A1/132/277 D/A1/9/458 | MF550 MF10046 |
| WESTCOT , Richard | Bray | Husbandman | 1578 | D/A1/10/137 | MF10047A |
| WESTCOT, Christopher | Altwood, Bray | 1559 | D/A1/132/155 D/A1/7/307 | MF550 MF10040 | |
| WESTCOT, John Snr | Warfield | Yeoman | 1583 | D/A1/133/067 D/A1/10/375 | MF550 MF10047A |
| WESTCOT, Robert | Bray | 1603 | D/A1/13/1020 | MF10049 | |
| WESTCOTE, John | Windsor | Shoemaker | 1728 | D/A1/224/63 | MF96119 |
| WESTCOTT, Richard Snr | White Waltham | Yeoman | 1662 | D/A1/222/50 | MF96114 |
| WESTCOTT, Robert | Bray | Blacksmith | 1637 | D/A1/221/156 D/A1/169/102 | MF96113 MF96002 |
| WESTCOTT, Thomas | Bray | 1551 | D/A1/5/143 | MF10043A | |
| WESTCOTT, Thomas | Bray | Yeoman | 1597 | D/A1/133/197 D/A1/13/094 | MF551 MF10049 |
| WESTCOTT, Thomas | Bisham | Ploughwright | 1615 | D/A1/134/113 D/A1/15/538 | MF551 MF10065 |
| WESTCOTT, William | Maidenhead | Yeoman | 1643 | D/A1/222/019 | MF96114 |
| WESTCOTT, William | Maidenhead | Yeoman | 1643 | D/A1/169/103 | MF96002 |
| WESTE, Ann | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1637 | D/A1/136/051 | MF552 | |
| WESTE, Daniel | Sutton Courtenay | Yeoman | 1665 | D/A1/137/124 | MF553 |
| WESTE, Frances | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1639 | D/A1/136/081 | MF552 | |
| WESTE, James | Abingdon | 1587 | D/A1/220/121 | MF96111 | |
| WESTE, James | Abingdon | 1587 | D/A1/11/160 | MF10047B | |
| WESTE, Joan | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1571 | D/A1/132/241 D/A1/9/267 | MF550 MF10046 | |
| WESTE, Joan | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1594 | D/A1/133/169 D/A1/12/155 | MF551 MF10048 | |
| WESTE, John | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1557 | D/A1/233/006 | MF96132 | |
| WESTE, Richard | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | Husbandman | 1577 | D/A1/132/284 D/A1/10/062 | MF550 MF10047A |
| WESTE, Richard | Reading St Giles | 1590 | D/A1/220/142 D/A1/11/372 | MF96111 MF10047B | |
| WESTE, Robert | Sutton Courtenay | Wheelwright | 1557 | D/A1/3/244 | MF604 |
| WESTE, Thomas | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | Labourer | 1581 | D/A1/133/036 D/A1/10/252 | MF550 MF10047A |
| WESTE, William | Uffington | Weaver | 1677 | D/A1/138/45 | MF553 |
| WESTE, William Snr | Warfield | Yeoman | 1648 | D/A1/137/040 | MF553 |
| WESTELL, John | Wallingford | Baker | 1743 | D/A1/140/208 | MF555 |
| WESTELL, Lois | Wantage | 1842 | D/A1/165/106 | MF585 | |
| WESTEN, Elizabeth | Bisham | 1581 | D/A1/133/056 D/A1/10/323 | MF550 MF10047A | |
| WESTEN, Muriel | Cookham | 1604 | D/A1/134/014 D/A1/13/1354 | MF551 MF10049 | |
| WESTEN, Richard | Warfield | Yeoman | 1603 | D/A1/134/007 D/A1/13/1142 | MF551 MF10049 |
| WESTEN, William | Bisham | 1532 | D/A1/1/181 | MF10042 | |
| WESTEN, William | Cookham | 1588 | D/A1/11/159 | MF10047B | |
| WESTEND, Richard | Old Windsor | Yeoman | 1680 | D/A1/223/13 | MF96116 |
| WESTEND, Richard | Old Windsor | Yeoman | 1728 | D/A1/224/64 | MF96119 |
| WESTHALL, John | East Ilsley | Tailor | 1757 | D/A1/224/158 | MF96120 |
| WESTILL, Edmund | Bourton, Shrivenham | Tailor | 1636 | D/A1/221/141 D/A1/169/102 | MF96113 MF96002 |
| WESTLER, Marian | Fyfield | 1543 | D/A1/132/008 | MF550 | |
| WESTLEY, William | Reading St Laurence | Attorney | 1624 | D/A1/135/022 | MF552 |
| WESTMERLAND, Elizabeth | Reading | 1685 | D/A1/138/104 | MF553 | |
| WESTMERLAND, Joan | Reading St Mary | 1703 | D/A1/223/156 | MF96118 | |
| WESTMOLAND, Roke | Shrivenham | 1549 | D/A1/220/011 D/A1/5/087 | MF96110 MF10043A | |
| WESTON , Agnes | Long Wittenham | 1597 | D/A1/133/194 D/A1/13/037 | MF551 MF10049 | |
| WESTON , Agnes | Beedon | 1600 | D/A1/133/227 D/A1/13/573 | MF551 MF10049 | |
| WESTON , Agnes | Harwell | 1601 | D/A1/133/238 D/A1/13/763 | MF551 MF10049 | |
| WESTON , Andrew | North Moreton | Husbandman | 1599 | D/A1/133/214 D/A1/13/402 | MF551 MF10049 |
| WESTON , Elizabeth | Beedon | 1625 | D/A1/135/037 | MF552 | |
| WESTON , George | Stanmore, Beedon | Husbandman | 1642 | D/A1/137/001 | MF553 |
| WESTON , John | Beedon | Husbandman | 1586 | D/A1/133/094 D/A1/11/063 | MF550 MF10047B |
| WESTON , John | Long Wittenham | Husbandman | 1596 | D/A1/133/189 D/A1/12/410 | MF551 MF10048 |
| WESTON , John | Stanmore, Beedon | 1611 | D/A1/134/134/1 D/A1/134/073 D/A1/15/168 | MF551 MF551 MF10065 | |
| WESTON , John | Beedon | Husbandman | 1613 | D/A1/134/094 D/A1/15/351 | MF551 MF10065 |
| WESTON , John | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1617 | D/A1/134/134/2 | MF551 | |
| WESTON , John | Stanmore, Beedon | Yeoman | 1638 | D/A1/136/057 | MF552 |
| WESTON , Mabel | Kintbury | 1559 | D/A1/132/140 D/A1/8/127 | MF550 MF10043C | |
| WESTON , Margery | Harwell | 1640 | D/A1/136/083 | MF552 | |
| WESTON , Richard | Oare, Chieveley | Yeoman | 1605 | D/A1/134/023 D/A1/14/084 | MF551 MF10064 |
| WESTON , Richard | Pangbourne | Yeoman | 1648 | D/A1/137/044 | MF553 |
| WESTON , Richard Snr | Abingdon St Helen | Yeoman | 1717 | D/A1/140/3 | MF555 |
| WESTON , Robert | Sutton Courtenay | Labourer | 1600 | D/A1/133/228 D/A1/13/583 | MF551 MF10049 |
| WESTON , Robert | Stanmore, Beedon | Husbandman | 1615 | D/A1/134/115 D/A1/15/549 | MF551 MF10065 |
| WESTON , Roger | Newbury | Clothier | 1620 | D/A1/134/184 | MF551 |
| WESTON , Thomas | Stanmore, Beedon | Husbandman | 1593 | D/A1/133/158 D/A1/12/077 | MF551 MF10048 |
| WESTON , Thomas | Stanmore, Beedon | Day Labourer | 1618 | D/A1/134/161 D/A1/15/824 | MF551 MF10065 |
| WESTON, Alice | Goosey, Stanford In The Vale | 1588 | D/A1/220/129 D/A1/11/157 | MF96111 MF10047B | |
| WESTON, Alice | Beedon | 1636 | D/A1/221/151 D/A1/169/102 | MF96113 MF96002 | |
| WESTON, Ann | Abingdon | 1704 | D/A1/139/100 | MF554 | |
| WESTON, Anthony | Drayton | Carpenter | 1724 | D/A1/140/59 | MF555 |
| WESTON, Bartholomew | Drayton | Yeoman | 1654 | D/A1/222/41 | MF96114 |
| WESTON, Benjamin | Newbury | Innholder | 1849 | D/A1/166/33 | MF585 |
| WESTON, Charles | Hurst | Gardener | 1722 | D/A1/140/48 | MF555 |
| WESTON, Christopher | Pangbourne | Yeoman | 1676 | D/A1/138/37 | MF553 |
| WESTON, Deborah | Abingdon | 1726 | D/A1/140/75 | MF555 | |
| WESTON, Edward | Shippon, Abingdon St Helen | Yeoman | 1672 | D/A1/137/197 | MF553 |
| WESTON, Edward | Steventon | Yeoman | 1724 | D/A1/224/44 | MF96119 |
| WESTON, Edward | Abingdon St Helen | Yeoman | 1743 | D/A1/140/211 | MF555 |
| WESTON, Edward | Wallingford | Maltster | 1774 | D/A1/141/150 | MF556 |
| WESTON, Elizabeth | Beedon | 1574 | D/A1/220/080 | MF96110 | |
| WESTON, Elizabeth | Drayton | 1663 | D/A1/137/107 | MF553 | |
| WESTON, Elizabeth | Beedon | 1821 | D/A1/165/20 | MF584 | |
| WESTON, Frances | Steventon | 1735 | D/A1/224/100 | MF96119 | |
| WESTON, Francis | South Moreton | Blacksmith | 1713 | D/A1/139/177 | MF554 |
| WESTON, George | Compton | Yeoman | 1814 | D/A1/164/103 | MF584 |
| WESTON, Henry | Beedon | Yeoman | 1647 | D/A1/222/032 | MF96114 |
| WESTON, Henry | Beedon | Yeoman | 1647 | D/A1/169/102 | MF96002 |
| WESTON, Henry | Milton | Yeoman | 1724 | D/A1/140/62 | MF555 |
| WESTON, Hugh | Harwell | Carpenter | 1589 | D/A1/220/135 D/A1/11/192 | MF96111 MF10047B |
| WESTON, Joan | Letcombe Regis | 1559 | D/A1/220/040 | MF96110 | |
| WESTON, Joan | Letcombe Regis | 1559 | D/A1/167/104 | MF96000 | |
| WESTON, Joan | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1606 | D/A1/221/007 D/A1/168/008 | MF96112 MF96001 | |
| WESTON, Joan | Greenham, Thatcham | 1678 | D/A1/138/51 | MF553 | |
| WESTON, Joan | Milton | 1682 | D/A1/138/86 | MF553 | |
| WESTON, John | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1605 | D/A1/221/005 D/A1/14/185 | MF96112 MF10064 | |
| WESTON, John | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | Yeoman | 1617 | D/A1/134/141 D/A1/15/660 | MF551 MF10065 |
| WESTON, John | Long Wittenham | Husbandman | 1644 | D/A1/222/021 D/A1/169/103 | MF96114 MF96002 |
| WESTON, John | Beedon | Husbandman | 1660 | D/A1/223/9 | MF96116 |