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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANMORE, Joseph Barnes | East Ilsley | 1823 | D/A1/162/62 | MF583 | |
| STANMORE, Robert | Reading St Giles | Painter, Glazier | 1833 | D/A1/231/82 | MF96129 |
| STANMORE, Samuel | East Ilsley | 1805 | D/A1/161/125 | MF583 | |
| STANNIFORD, Margaret | Sulhamstead Bannister | 1597 | D/A1/116/126 D/A1/13/137 | MF539 MF10049 | |
| STANNIVER, Rosamund | Oakfield, Stratfield Mortimer | 1688 | D/A1/215/58 | MF96098 | |
| STANNYFARD, William | Stratfield Mortimer | 1576 | D/A1/115/131 D/A1/10/051 | MF538 MF10047A | |
| STANSHAW, Hierome | Newbury | 1605 | D/A1/116/251 D/A1/14/108 | MF539 MF10064 | |
| STANSHAW, Robert | Reading | 1562 | D/A1/167/120 | MF96000 | |
| STANSHAWE, Robert | The Friars, Reading St Laurence | 1549 | D/A1/114/115 D/A1/5/084 | MF537 MF10043A | |
| STANTON, Edward | Reading St Mary | Clothier | 1625 | D/A1/213/139 | MF96095 |
| STANTON, Edward | Abingdon St Helen | Woollen Draper | 1633 | D/A1/214/010 D/A1/168/247 | MF96096 MF96001 |
| STANTON, Jane | Harwell | 1641 | D/A1/119/145 | MF541 | |
| STANTON, Jane | Upton, Blewbury | 1739 | D/A1/124/101 | MF544 | |
| STANYFORD, George | Newbury | Weaver | 1535 | D/A1/1/188 | MF10042 |
| STANYFORD, Joan | Wokefield, Stratfield Mortimer | 1556 | D/A1/114/150 D/A1/7/122 | MF537 MF10040 | |
| STANYFORD, John | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1549 | D/A1/6/129 D/A1/5/082 | MF10043B MF10043A | |
| STANYFORD, John | Sulhamstead | 1549 | D/A1/114/114/2 | MF537 | |
| STANYFORD, Mabel | Wokefield, Stratfield Mortimer | 1640 | D/A1/119/140 | MF541 | |
| STANYFORD, Richard | Wokefield, Stratfield Mortimer | Yeoman | 1642 | D/A1/119/155 | MF541 |
| STAPELER (ALIAS ARCHARD), Mary | Coxwell, Faringdon | 1731 | D/A1/216/119 | MF96101 | |
| STAPELER, Vincent | Kennington, Radley | Yeoman | 1729 | D/A1/216/98 | MF96101 |
| STAPELTON, John | West Hanney, Hanney | Yeoman | 1612 | D/A1/117/080 D/A1/15/271 | MF539 MF10065 |
| STAPHERTON, Francis | Warfield | 1630 | D/A1/118/148 | MF540 | |
| STAPLER, Emma | South Hinksey, Cumnor | 1617 | D/A1/117/147 D/A1/15/865 | MF539 MF10065 | |
| STAPLER, John | Abingdon | 1742 | D/A1/216/162 | MF96101 | |
| STAPLER, Thomas | Fernham, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1620 | D/A1/118/020 | MF540 |
| STAPLER, Thomas | Abingdon | Tailor | 1721 | D/A1/123/90 | MF543 |
| STAPLER, William | Fernham, Shrivenham | Husbandman | 1596 | D/A1/116/112 D/A1/12/344 | MF538 MF10048 |
| STAPLES, Elizabeth | Reading | 1739 | D/A1/216/154 | MF96101 | |
| STAPLES, William | Reading | Glover | 1607 | D/A1/213/047 | MF96094 |
| STAPLES, William | Reading | 1607 | D/A1/168/027 | MF96001 | |
| STAPLES, William | Reading | Victualler | 1730 | D/A1/216/107 | MF96101 |
| STAPLOR, Vinson | Kennington, Radley | Yeoman | 1685 | D/A1/121/153 | MF542 |
| STARE, John | Buckhold, Bradfield | 1635 | D/A1/119/055 | MF540 | |
| STARE, Robert | Burghfield | Husbandman | 1640 | D/A1/214/043 | MF96096 |
| STARE, Robert | Burghfield | Husbandman | 1640 | D/A1/169/083 | MF96002 |
| STARKEY, Edward | New Windsor, Windsor | Tailor | 1662 | D/A1/214/96 | MF96097 |
| STARKEY, Ellen | Windsor | 1718 | D/A1/123/62 | MF543 | |
| STARKIE, Alice | Wytham | 1620 | D/A1/118/022 | MF540 | |
| STARKY, Henry | Wytham | Parson, Clerk | 1613 | D/A1/213/087 D/A1/168/097 | MF96094 MF96001 |
| STARLOKE, John | East Garston | 1554 | D/A1/114/141 D/A1/7/058 | MF537 MF10040 | |
| START, John | Reading St Giles | Soldier | 1743 | D/A1/216/176 | MF96101 |
| START, Thomas | Warfield | Husbandman | 1694 | D/A1/215/90 | MF96098 |
| STASEY, Anne | Abingdon | 1666 | D/A1/214/120 | MF96097 | |
| STASIE, John | Radley | Husbandman | 1643 | D/A1/119/167 | MF541 |
| STASIE, Richard | Cumnor | 1583 | D/A1/212/115 | MF96092 | |
| STASIE, Richard | Cumnor | 1583 | D/A1/10/418 | MF10047A | |
| STASY, Richard | Long Wittenham | Husbandman | 1641 | D/A1/119/151 | MF541 |
| STASYE, Dennis | Appleford, Sutton Courtenay | 1598 | D/A1/116/149 D/A1/13/300 | MF539 MF10049 | |
| STASYE, John Snr | Appleford, Sutton Courtenay | Husbandman | 1592 | D/A1/116/048 D/A1/12/027 | MF538 MF10048 |
| STATE, Edward | East Hendred | Husbandman | 1672 | D/A1/121/35 | MF542 |
| STATE, Richard | Childrey | 1609 | D/A1/213/059 | MF96094 | |
| STATE, Richard | Childrey | 1609 | D/A1/168/048 | MF96001 | |
| STATE, Thomas | Reading | 1608 | D/A1/213/048 | MF96094 | |
| STATE, Thomas | Reading | 1608 | D/A1/168/033 | MF96001 | |
| STATE, Thomas | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1670 | D/A1/121/6 | MF542 |
| STATES, Robert | Yattendon | Victualler | 1799 | D/A1/125/190 | MF546 |
| STAVELEY, Richard | Shottesbrooke | 1575 | D/A1/115/123 D/A1/9/457 | MF538 MF10046 | |
| STAVERTON, Edward | Warfield | 1639 | D/A1/16/586 | MF10066 | |
| STAVERTON, Richard | Warfield | 1550 | D/A1/212/016 | MF96092 | |
| STAVERTON, Richard | Warfield | 1636 | D/A1/214/029 D/A1/169/083 | MF96096 MF96002 | |
| STAYER, George | Steventon | Weaver | 1610 | D/A1/117/038 D/A1/15/028 | MF539 MF10065 |
| STAYER, John | Burghfield | Labourer | 1630 | D/A1/118/144 D/A1/168/205 | MF540 MF96001 |
| STAYER, John | Silchester, Reading | 1689 | D/A1/122/20 | MF542 | |
| STAYLYNGE, William | 1557 | D/A1/212/035 | MF96092 | ||
| STAYNES, John | Speenhamland, Speen | Tailor | 1596 | D/A1/212/176 D/A1/12/402 | MF96093 MF10048 |
| STAYNTON, Christopher | Purley | Tailor | 1578 | D/A1/115/146 D/A1/10/129 | MF538 MF10047A |
| STAYRE, Joan | Bradfield | 1630 | D/A1/118/145 | MF540 | |
| STAYRE, Thomas | Pangbourne | Husbandman | 1661 | D/A1/120/86/1 | MF541 |
| STAYRE, William | Bradfield | Husbandman | 1557 | D/A1/212/036 | MF96092 |
| STEADMAN, William | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1633 | D/A1/168/238 | MF96001 | |
| STEAR, Henry | Hagbourne | 1562 | D/A1/114/258 D/A1/2/026 | MF537 MF603 | |
| STEAR, John | West Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Yeoman | 1689 | D/A1/122/19 | MF542 |
| STEAR, John | Speen | Yeoman | 1765 | D/A1/125/60 | MF544 |
| STEATE, Richard | Coxwell, Faringdon | 1587 | D/A1/115/233 D/A1/11/127 | MF538 MF10047B | |
| STEDE, John | Abingdon | 1554 | D/A1/114/138 D/A1/7/053 | MF537 MF10040 | |
| STEDMAN, Anne | Speenhamland, Speen | 1632 | D/A1/119/006 | MF540 | |
| STEDMAN, Richard | Bradfield | Yeoman | 1648 | D/A1/120/034 | MF541 |
| STEDMAN, William | Sulhamstead Abbots | Dyer | 1633 | D/A1/214/007 | MF96096 |
| STEED, Elizabeth | Abingdon | 1661 | D/A1/120/77 | MF541 | |
| STEED, John | Abingdon | Husbandman | 1607 | D/A1/116/264 D/A1/14/249 | MF539 MF10064 |
| STEED, John | Abingdon | Yeoman | 1717 | D/A1/123/50 | MF543 |
| STEED, William | Abingdon | Maltster | 1695 | D/A1/122/64 | MF542 |
| STEEDE, James | Abingdon | 1622 | D/A1/213/124 | MF96095 | |
| STEEDE, Thomas | Abingdon | Yeoman | 1621 | D/A1/16/030 | MF10066 |
| STEEDMAN, Thomas | Reading | Broad Weaver, Apprentice | 1632 | D/A1/119/005 | MF540 |
| STEEL, George | Beedon | 1784 | D/A1/125/132 | MF544 | |
| STEEL, John | Grandpont, Oxfordshire | Victualler | 1755 | D/A1/216/209 | MF96102 |
| STEEL, Martha | Sutton Courtenay | 1804 | D/A1/231/38 | MF96129 | |
| STEEL, Richard | Chilton | 1780 | D/A1/216/244 | MF96102 | |
| STEELE, Alice | New Windsor, Windsor | 1634 | D/A1/214/005 D/A1/168/261 | MF96096 MF96001 | |
| STEELE, John | New Windsor, Windsor | 1614 | D/A1/117/106 D/A1/15/459 | MF539 MF10065 | |
| STEELE, Richard | Finchampstead | Husbandman | 1640 | D/A1/214/042 | MF96096 |
| STEELE, Richard | Finchampstead | 1640 | D/A1/169/083 | MF96002 | |
| STEEPHENS, John | Old Windsor | Yeoman | 1590 | D/A1/212/153 | MF96092 |
| STEERE, Richard | West Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Blacksmith | 1630 | D/A1/213/154 D/A1/168/179 | MF96095 MF96001 |
| STEERE, Richard | West Hagbourne, Hagbourne | 1635 | D/A1/119/049 | MF540 | |
| STEERE, Robert | Newbury | Tailor | 1607 | D/A1/117/004 D/A1/14/343 | MF539 MF10064 |
| STEERE, William | Hamstead Marshall | Gardener | 1710 | D/A1/216/6 | MF96100 |
| STEERE, William | Hamstead Marshall | Gardener | 1710 | D/A1/216/6 | MF96100 |