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.
If you would like to look at or order copies of any of the records listed, please Contact Us.
| Name | Place Name | Occupation | Year | BRO Ref | MF Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEW, John | Enborne | Yeoman | 1666 | D/A1/98/79 | MF571 |
| MATTHEW, Mary | Midgham, Thatcham | 1736 | D/A1/205/93 | MF96072 | |
| MATTHEW, Samuel | Ashampstead | Yeoman | 1715 | D/A1/205/45 | MF96071 |
| MATTHEW, Sarah | Woolhampton | 1781 | D/A1/100/146 | MF572 | |
| MATTHEW, William | Wokingham | Yeoman | 1803 | D/A1/157/64 | MF581 |
| MATTHEWES., Richard Snr | Wallingford | Tallow Chandler | 1678 | D/A1/204/128 | MF96070 |
| MATTHEWS , Richard Snr | Hampstead Norreys | Yeoman | 1728 | D/A1/100/5 | MF572 |
| MATTHEWS, Abraham | Speen | Yeoman | 1842 | D/A1/158/41 | MF581 |
| MATTHEWS, Benjamin | Stanford Dingley | 1836 | D/A1/158/16 | MF581 | |
| MATTHEWS, Charles | Besselsleigh | Innholder | 1722 | D/A1/99/138 | MF572 |
| MATTHEWS, Elizabeth | Lambourn | 1709 | D/A1/69/102 | MF519 | |
| MATTHEWS, George | Enborne | 1805 | D/A1/230/5 | MF96127 | |
| MATTHEWS, George | Wantage | Sacking Maker | 1844 | D/A1/230/39 | MF96127 |
| MATTHEWS, George Henry | Speen | Farmer | 1848 | D/A1/158/58 | MF581 |
| MATTHEWS, James | Ashampstead | Woodmonger, Wheelwright | 1722 | D/A1/99/136 | MF572 |
| MATTHEWS, James | Abingdon | 1742 | D/A1/205/104 | MF96072 | |
| MATTHEWS, James | Speen | Yeoman | 1807 | D/A1/157/76 | MF581 |
| MATTHEWS, John | Fawler, Kingston Lisle | Yeoman | 1691 | D/A1/204/160 | MF96070 |
| MATTHEWS, John | Shinfield | 1771 | D/A1/205/132 | MF96072 | |
| MATTHEWS, John | Woodley, Sonning | 1817 | D/A1/230/17 | MF96127 | |
| MATTHEWS, Joseph | Speen | Yeoman | 1804 | D/A1/157/66 | MF581 |
| MATTHEWS, Mary | Hamstead Marshall | 1739 | D/A1/205/103 | MF96072 | |
| MATTHEWS, Mary | Thatcham | 1803 | D/A1/230/3 | MF96127 | |
| MATTHEWS, Moses | Speen | Woodman | 1784 | D/A1/100/155 | MF572 |
| MATTHEWS, Sarah | Reading | 1832 | D/A1/158/9 | MF581 | |
| MATTHEWS, Thomas | Swallowfield | Cordwainer | 1728 | D/A1/100/9 | MF572 |
| MATTHEWS, Thomas | Shinfield | Yeoman | 1839 | D/A1/158/28 | MF581 |
| MATTHEWS, William | Fawler, Kingston Lisle | Yeoman | 1677 | D/A1/98/128 | MF571 |
| MATTINGHAM, Mary | Henwick, Thatcham | 1617 | D/A1/97/062 | MF570 | |
| MATTINGLEY, Agnes | Binfield | 1577 | D/A1/96/176 D/A1/10/091 | MF570 MF10047A | |
| MATTINGLEY, Agnes | Warfield | 1601 | D/A1/96/144 D/A1/13/737 | MF570 MF10049 | |
| MATTINGLEY, Ann | Holyport, Bray | 1737 | D/A1/100/49 | MF572 | |
| MATTINGLEY, Edward | Wargrave | Yeoman | 1716 | D/A1/99/116 | MF572 |
| MATTINGLEY, Francis | Stratfield Mortimer | Yeoman | 1674 | D/A1/98/122 | MF571 |
| MATTINGLEY, Francis | Stratfield Mortimer | Yeoman | 1709 | D/A1/205/26 | MF96071 |
| MATTINGLEY, George | Baulking, Uffington | 1800 | D/A1/205/155 | MF96072 | |
| MATTINGLEY, Henry | Newbury | Joiner | 1569 | D/A1/203/200 | MF96067 |
| MATTINGLEY, Hugh | White Waltham | Labourer | 1623 | D/A1/97/094 | MF570 |
| MATTINGLEY, Jane | Waltham St. Lawrence | 1668 | D/A1/98/87 | MF571 | |
| MATTINGLEY, John | Binfield | Carpenter | 1559 | D/A1/96/031 D/A1/8/101 | MF570 MF10043C |
| MATTINGLEY, John | Warfield | Carpenter | 1600 | D/A1/96/282 D/A1/13/516 | MF570 MF10049 |
| MATTINGLEY, John Snr | New Windsor, Windsor | Smith | 1597 | D/A1/96/263 D/A1/13/159 | MF570 MF10049 |
| MATTINGLEY, Marian | New Windsor, Windsor | 1620 | D/A1/204/006 | MF96068 | |
| MATTINGLEY, Richard | New Windsor, Windsor | Carpenter | 1617 | D/A1/97/057 D/A1/15/683 | MF570 MF10065 |
| MATTINGLEY, Richard | Waltham St Lawrence | Yeoman | 1638 | D/A1/204/056 | MF96069 |
| MATTINGLEY, Richard | Waltham St Lawrence | 1638 | D/A1/169/059 | MF96002 | |
| MATTINGLEY, Richard | Pangbourne | Boat Builder | 1821 | D/A1/157/99 | MF581 |
| MATTINGLEY, Stephen | Binfield | Yeoman | 1601 | D/A1/96/146 D/A1/13/744 | MF570 MF10049 |
| MATTINGLEY, Thomas | Tidmarsh | 1687 | D/A1/204/152 | MF96070 | |
| MATTINGLY , Cuthbert Snr | Hurley | Yeoman | 1746 | D/A1/100/79 | MF572 |
| MATTINGLY, Elizabeth | Woolstone, Uffington | 1818 | D/A1/157/92 | MF581 | |
| MATTINGLY, James | Uffington | Yeoman | 1805 | D/A1/157/71 | MF581 |
| MATTINGLY, Joan | Binfield | 1662 | D/A1/204/85 | MF96069 | |
| MATTINGLY, John | New Windsor, Windsor | 1602 | D/A1/13/1014 | MF10049 | |
| MATTINGLY, John | Baulking, Uffington | Yeoman | 1799 | D/A1/100/179 | MF572 |
| MATTINGLY, John Jnr | New Windsor, Windsor | Blacksmith | 1602 | D/A1/203/257 | MF96067 |
| MATTINGLY, Mary | Uffington | 1803 | D/A1/230/4 | MF96127 | |
| MATTINGLY, William | Cookham | 1694 | D/A1/99/23 | MF572 | |
| MATTINGLY, William | Woolstone, Uffington | Yeoman | 1818 | D/A1/157/94 | MF581 |
| MATYNGLEY, Richard | Waltham St Lawrence | Yeoman | 1571 | D/A1/96/119 D/A1/9/247 | MF570 MF10046 |
| MATYNGLEY, Thomas | Waltham St Lawrence | 1545 | D/A1/3/075 D/A1/3/080 D/A1/6/028 | MF604 MF604 MF10043B | |
| MATYNGLY, Thomas | Waltham St Lawrence | 1545 | D/A1/233/198 | MF96132 | |
| MAUKES, Pernell | Stanford In The Vale | 1609 | D/A1/97/011 D/A1/14/513 | MF570 MF10064 | |
| MAUKS, William | Inkpen | Sawer | 1673 | D/A1/138/6 | MF553 |
| MAULE, John | Exeter, Devon | Coachman | 1831 | D/A1/230/29 | MF96127 |
| MAULKES, Richard | Kintbury | Husbandman | 1621 | D/A1/97/087 | MF570 |
| MAULTHUS, Anne | Shinfield | 1687 | D/A1/98/171 | MF571 | |
| MAULTHUS, John | Reading St Laurence | Clothier | 1628 | D/A1/97/122 | MF571 |
| MAULTHUS, William | Reading St Giles | 1636 | D/A1/97/167 | MF571 | |
| MAUNCELL, John | East Hendred | 1636 | D/A1/204/044 | MF96068 | |
| MAUNCEY, Robert | Bray | 1527 | D/A1/1/048 | MF10041 | |
| MAUNDER, Richard | Abingdon | Innholder | 1705 | D/A1/99/77/1 | MF572 |
| MAUNSELL, Julian | Newbury | 1577 | D/A1/96/177 D/A1/10/107 | MF570 MF10047A | |
| MAUX, John | Stanford | 1591 | D/A1/11/376 | MF10047B | |
| MAVERLEY, John | Letcombe Bassett | Shepherd | 1595 | D/A1/96/246 D/A1/12/239 | MF570 MF10048 |
| MAVERLEY, Phyllis | Letcombe Bassett | 1618 | D/A1/97/068 D/A1/15/855 | MF570 MF10065 | |
| MAVERLY, Elizabeth | Eastbury, Lambourn | 1769 | D/A1/100/129 | MF572 | |
| MAWDESLEY, Gilbert | Clewer | 1515 | D/A1/1/022 | MF10041 | |
| MAWE, Edmund | Burghfield | 1578 | D/A1/203/214 | MF96067 | |
| MAWKES, Elizabeth | Inglewood, Kintbury | 1591 | D/A1/96/232 D/A1/11/398 | MF570 MF10047B | |
| MAWKES, John | Stanford In The Vale | Husbandman | 1638 | D/A1/204/047 D/A1/169/059 | MF96069 MF96002 |
| MAXEY , Robert Snr | Wallingford | Cooper | 1728 | D/A1/100/11 | MF572 |
| MAXEY, Elizabeth | Wallingford | 1693 | D/A1/99/19 | MF572 | |
| MAXEY, Elizabeth | Wallingford | 1776 | D/A1/100/138 | MF572 | |
| MAXEY, John | Wallingford | 1764 | D/A1/205/129 | MF96072 | |
| MAXEY, Robert Joseph | Wallingford | Shopkeeper | 1781 | D/A1/100/149 | MF572 |
| MAXEY, Thomas | Wallingford | Victualler | 1713 | D/A1/205/42 | MF96071 |
| MAXEY, Thomas | Wallingford | Cider Maker | 1744 | D/A1/100/69 | MF572 |
| MAXEY, William | Wallingford | Cooper | 1722 | D/A1/99/131 | MF572 |
| MAXEY, William | Wallingford | Salesman | 1826 | D/A1/158/1 | MF581 |
| MAXEY, William Snr | Wallingford | Cooper | 1680 | D/A1/98/139 | MF571 |
| MAXFIELD, Francis | Speenhamland, Speen | Innkeeper | 1733 | D/A1/205/88 | MF96072 |
| MAY , Alice | Wallingford St Leonard | 1633 | D/A1/168/242 | MF96001 | |
| MAY (ALIAS BLANDY), Mary | Kintbury | 1736 | D/A1/205/92 | MF96072 | |
| MAY (ALIAS COALES), Mary | Reading St Mary | 1718 | D/A1/205/52 | MF96071 | |
| MAY, Agnes | Shaw Cum Donnington | 1665 | D/A1/98/105 | MF571 | |
| MAY, Alice | Wallingford St Leonard | 1633 | D/A1/204/037 | MF96068 | |
| MAY, Ann | Maidenhead | 1825 | D/A1/157/108 | MF581 | |
| MAY, Anthony | East Hanney, West Hanney | Husbandman | 1661 | D/A1/98/53 | MF571 |
| MAY, Anthony | Newbury | Maltster | 1702 | D/A1/99/61 | MF572 |