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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YONGE, Christian | Watchfield, Shrivenham | 1630 | D/A1/142/075 | MF556 | |
| YONGE, Edward | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1588 | D/A1/142/037 D/A1/11/172 | MF556 MF10047B |
| YONGE, Frances | East Hendred | 1571 | D/A1/167/145 | MF96000 | |
| YONGE, Harry | Leckhampstead, Chieveley | Husbandman | 1567 | D/A1/142/020 D/A1/9/067 | MF556 MF10046 |
| YONGE, Jane | Streatley | 1586 | D/A1/142/033 D/A1/225/008 D/A1/11/078 | MF556 MF96121 MF10047B | |
| YONGE, John | Brimpton | 1591 | D/A1/225/012 | MF96121 | |
| YONGE, John | Binfield | Yeoman | 1613 | D/A1/225/014 | MF96121 |
| YONGE, John | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Husbandman | 1616 | D/A1/142/064 D/A1/15/618 | MF556 MF10065 |
| YONGE, Richard | Inkpen | Husbandman | 1559 | D/A1/142/009 D/A1/7/286 | MF556 MF10040 |
| YONGE, Richard | North Mill, Ashbury | 1566 | D/A1/142/018 D/A1/8/375 | MF556 MF10043C | |
| YONGE, Richard | Binfield | Husbandman | 1599 | D/A1/142/046 D/A1/13/372 | MF556 MF10049 |
| YONGE, Stephen | White Waltham | Cooper | 1615 | D/A1/142/063/1 D/A1/15/510 | MF556 MF10065 |
| YONGE, Thomas | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1662 | D/A1/143/5 | MF556 |
| YONGE, William | Abingdon | Woollen Draper | 1613 | D/A1/142/060 D/A1/15/330 | MF556 MF10065 |
| YORK , Elizabeth | East Hendred | 1621 | D/A1/142/068 | MF556 | |
| YORK, Elizabeth | Inkpen | 1833 | D/A1/166/76 | MF585 | |
| YORK, Richard | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1658 | D/A1/143/2 | MF556 |
| YORKE , Thomas Snr | East Hendred | 1751 | D/A1/143/58 | MF556 | |
| YORKE, Ann | East Hendred | 1762 | D/A1/225/54 | MF96121 | |
| YORKE, Elizabeth | East Hendred | 1766 | D/A1/143/63 | MF556 | |
| YORKE, Humfrey | East Hagbourne, Hagbourne | 1754 | D/A1/143/59 | MF556 | |
| YORKE, Humphrey | Clewer | Weaver | 1642 | D/A1/142/093 | MF556 |
| YORKE, Humphry | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1671 | D/A1/143/8 | MF556 |
| YORKE, Jane | East Hendred | 1676 | D/A1/225/34 | MF96121 | |
| YORKE, John | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1680 | D/A1/143/19 | MF556 |
| YORKE, Richard | East Hendred | 1611 | D/A1/142/058 D/A1/15/134 | MF556 MF10065 | |
| YORKE, Richard | East Hendred | Yeoman | 1676 | D/A1/225/35 | MF96121 |
| YORKE, Richard Jnr | East Hendred | 1637 | D/A1/142/083 | MF556 | |
| YORKE, Thomas | New Windsor, Windsor | Whitear | 1603 | D/A1/142/050 D/A1/13/1053 | MF556 MF10049 |
| YORKE, Thomas | East Hendred | 1633 | D/A1/142/080 | MF556 | |
| YORKE, Thomas | New Windsor, Windsor | Yeoman | 1688 | D/A1/143/22 | MF556 |
| YORKE, Thomas | East Hendred | 1733 | D/A1/143/51 | MF556 | |
| YOUICK, John | Sutton Courtenay | Carpenter | 1734 | D/A1/225/51 | MF96121 |
| YOUNG , William | Binfield | 1559 | D/A1/142/007 D/A1/8/083 | MF556 MF10043C | |
| YOUNG , William Snr | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1718 | D/A1/143/47 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, Alice | Leckhampstead, Chieveley | 1573 | D/A1/142/027 D/A1/9/351 | MF556 MF10046 | |
| YOUNG, Ann | Greenham, Thatcham | 1791 | D/A1/143/69 | MF556 | |
| YOUNG, Anne | West Shefford | 1624 | D/A1/142/073 | MF556 | |
| YOUNG, Anthony | Hampstead Norris | Yeoman | 1705 | D/A1/143/40 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, Augustine | Reading | Sawyer | 1748 | D/A1/143/57 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, Catherine | Woolley Farm, Chaddleworth | 1661 | D/A1/225/29 | MF96121 | |
| YOUNG, Charles | Woolstone, Uffington | Wheelwright | 1783 | D/A1/143/66 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, Charles | North Moreton | 1784 | D/A1/143/67 | MF556 | |
| YOUNG, Edmund | Whatcombe, Fawley | 1699 | D/A1/143/37 | MF556 | |
| YOUNG, Edward | Boxford | Yeoman | 1674 | D/A1/225/31 | MF96121 |
| YOUNG, Edward | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Husbandman | 1685 | D/A1/143/21 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, Edward | Abingdon | Innholder | 1689 | D/A1/225/40 | MF96121 |
| YOUNG, Edward | Welford | Yeoman | 1711 | D/A1/225/47 | MF96121 |
| YOUNG, Edward | Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1782 | D/A1/143/65 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, Edward Snr | Welford | Yeoman | 1691 | D/A1/143/25 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, Elizabeth | East Hendred | 1599 | D/A1/13/322 | MF10049 | |
| YOUNG, Elizabeth | Lambourn | 1764 | D/A1/143/62 | MF556 | |
| YOUNG, Elizabeth | Buckland | 1853 | D/A1/232/143 | MF96131 | |
| YOUNG, Frances | East Hendred | 1571 | D/A1/225/003 | MF96121 | |
| YOUNG, Francis Snr | Lockinge | 1689 | D/A1/225/41 | MF96121 | |
| YOUNG, Hannah | Burcot, Oxfordshire | 1847 | D/A1/166/80 | MF585 | |
| YOUNG, James | Shinfield | Husbandman | 1630 | D/A1/142/076 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, James | White Waltham | Yeoman | 1731 | D/A1/143/50 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, James | Shrivenham | Surgeon, Apothecary | 1784 | D/A1/225/56 | MF96121 |
| YOUNG, James | Reading | 1825 | D/A1/166/75 | MF585 | |
| YOUNG, Jenny | West Lockinge, Wantage | 1838 | D/A1/166/78 | MF585 | |
| YOUNG, Jeremy | 1631 | D/A1/225/020 | MF96121 | ||
| YOUNG, John | Binfield | 1562 | D/A1/2/025 | MF603 | |
| YOUNG, John | Binfield | 1612 | D/A1/168/091 | MF96001 | |
| YOUNG, John | Bray | Bricklayer | 1629 | D/A1/142/074 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, John | Binfield | Yeoman | 1633 | D/A1/142/081 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, John | Buckland | Yeoman | 1677 | D/A1/143/15 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, John | Wootton And Boars Hill, Cumnor | Yeoman | 1706 | D/A1/143/42 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, John | Hinton Waldrist | Yeoman | 1733 | D/A1/143/53 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, John | Hinton Waldrist | Husbandman | 1746 | D/A1/143/56 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, John | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Baker | 1784 | D/A1/143/68 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, John Snr | White Waltham | Cooper | 1670 | D/A1/143/7 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, Joseph | Reading St Mary | 1839 | D/A1/166/79 | MF585 | |
| YOUNG, Margaret | Sutton Courtenay | 1738 | D/A1/143/54 | MF556 | |
| YOUNG, Margaret | Sutton Courtenay | 1739 | D/A1/124/100 | MF544 | |
| YOUNG, Martha | Reading | 1795 | D/A1/143/70 | MF556 | |
| YOUNG, Mary | Sutton Courtenay | 1802 | D/A1/166/73 | MF585 | |
| YOUNG, Philip Weekes | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1758 | D/A1/143/61 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, Phyllis | Watchfield, Shrivenham | 1693 | D/A1/143/29 | MF556 | |
| YOUNG, Richard | Tubney | Yeoman | 1641 | D/A1/169/044 | MF96002 |
| YOUNG, Richard | Newbury | Currier | 1728 | D/A1/143/36 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, Richard Snr | Tubney | Warrener | 1637 | D/A1/225/022 | MF96121 |
| YOUNG, Thomas | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Husbandman | 1573 | D/A1/142/026 D/A1/9/349 | MF556 MF10046 |
| YOUNG, Thomas | Old Windsor | Yeoman | 1702 | D/A1/143/38 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, Thomas Snr | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1673 | D/A1/143/10 | MF556 |
| YOUNG, William | Whatcombe, Fawley | 1694 | D/A1/143/32 | MF556 | |
| YOUNG, William | Watchfield, Shrivenham | 1771 | D/A1/143/64 | MF556 | |
| YOUNG, William | Great Coxwell | Farmer | 1815 | D/A1/166/74 | MF585 |
| YOUNG, William | West Lockinge, Wantage | 1838 | D/A1/166/77 | MF585 | |
| YOUNGE , Charity | Abingdon | 1689 | D/A1/143/23 | MF556 | |
| YOUNGE, Abdias | Reading St Giles | Broad Weaver | 1624 | D/A1/142/072 | MF556 |
| YOUNGE, Alice | Abingdon | 1625 | D/A1/16/088 | MF10066 | |
| YOUNGE, Anis | Newbury | 1640 | D/A1/142/089 | MF556 | |
| YOUNGE, Dorothy | Watchfield, Shrivenham | 1678 | D/A1/143/16 | MF556 | |
| YOUNGE, Edward | Reading St Giles | Vicar | 1593 | D/A1/225/013 D/A1/12/108 | MF96121 MF10048 |
| YOUNGE, George | Chaddleworth | Husbandman | 1711 | D/A1/225/46 | MF96121 |
| YOUNGE, Humphrey | Stanford Dingley | 1642 | D/A1/142/095 | MF556 | |
| YOUNGE, John | Ashbury | Husbandman | 1554 | D/A1/142/004 D/A1/7/050 | MF556 MF10040 |
| YOUNGE, John | Brimpton | 1591 | D/A1/11/373 | MF10047B | |
| YOUNGE, John | Frilford, Marcham | Husbandman | 1605 | D/A1/142/054 D/A1/14/071 | MF556 MF10064 |