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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEWINDON, Richard | Aston Tirrold | Yeoman | 1763 | D/A1/95/181 | MF569 |
| LEWINGDON, George | East Ilsley | Innholder | 1734 | D/A1/95/124 | MF569 |
| LEWINGTON, Jane | Reading | 1855 | D/A1/157/52 | MF581 | |
| LEWINGTON, John | Hurley | Yeoman | 1613 | D/A1/202/036 | MF96064 |
| LEWINGTON, John | Hurley | 1613 | D/A1/168/096 | MF96001 | |
| LEWINGTON, Matthew | Reading St Mary | Clothier | 1643 | D/A1/202/102 | MF96065 |
| LEWINGTON, Thomas | Chilton | Yeoman | 1726 | D/A1/95/80 | MF568 |
| LEWINGTON, William | Wargrave | Yeoman | 1636 | D/A1/202/090 | MF96065 |
| LEWINGTON, William | Chilton | Yeoman | 1788 | D/A1/95/224 | MF569 |
| LEWINTON , William Snr | Chilton | Yeoman | 1762 | D/A1/95/178 | MF569 |
| LEWIS, Abraham | Enborne | Husbandman | 1665 | D/A1/202/130 | MF96065 |
| LEWIS, Agnes | North Hinksey, Cumnor | 1596 | D/A1/92/102 D/A1/12/411 | MF534 MF10048 | |
| LEWIS, Anthony | Longcot, Shrivenham | Labourer | 1708 | D/A1/95/25 | MF568 |
| LEWIS, Edward | Reading | Yeoman | 1783 | D/A1/95/216 | MF569 |
| LEWIS, Edward | Reading | 1812 | D/A1/229/61 | MF96126 | |
| LEWIS, Edward | Cold Ash, Thatcham | Yeoman | 1844 | D/A1/157/26 | MF581 |
| LEWIS, Edward Snr | Reading | Husbandman | 1688 | D/A1/203/24 | MF96066 |
| LEWIS, Elizabeth | Abingdon | 1696 | D/A1/94/121 | MF568 | |
| LEWIS, Elizabeth | Wargrave | 1849 | D/A1/157/37 | MF581 | |
| LEWIS, Francis | Shrivenham | Butcher | 1721 | D/A1/95/64 | MF568 |
| LEWIS, George | Speen | Glover | 1740 | D/A1/203/114 | MF96066 |
| LEWIS, George | Nettlebed, Oxfordshire | Baker | 1855 | D/A1/157/50 | MF581 |
| LEWIS, Hugh | North Hinksey, Cumnor | Yeoman | 1629 | D/A1/93/042 | MF534 |
| LEWIS, John | Newbury | 1728 | D/A1/95/93 | MF569 | |
| LEWIS, John | Finchampstead | 1757 | D/A1/95/173 | MF569 | |
| LEWIS, John | Faringdon | Carpenter | 1845 | D/A1/157/28 | MF581 |
| LEWIS, Joseph | Newbury | Farmer | 1843 | D/A1/157/21 | MF581 |
| LEWIS, Lawrence | Shrivenham | 1731 | D/A1/95/119 | MF569 | |
| LEWIS, Margery | Uffington | 1587 | D/A1/92/065 D/A1/11/275 D/A1/11/160 | MF534 MF10047B MF10047B | |
| LEWIS, Mary | North Hinksey, Cumnor | 1637 | D/A1/93/078 | MF534 | |
| LEWIS, Robert | Longcot, Shrivenham | 1545 | D/A1/91/006 D/A1/1/160 | MF533 MF10042 | |
| LEWIS, Sarah | Reading St Mary | 1853 | D/A1/157/43 | MF581 | |
| LEWIS, William | Shrivenham | Butcher | 1729 | D/A1/95/101 | MF569 |
| LEWIS, William | Harwell | Maltster | 1837 | D/A1/157/1 | MF581 |
| LEWIS, Winifred | Newbury | 1843 | D/A1/229/83 | MF96126 | |
| LEWNDON, Joan | Aston Tirrold | 1573 | D/A1/92/026 D/A1/9/364 | MF534 MF10046 | |
| LEWSE , Joan | Fernham, Shrivenham | 1560 | D/A1/91/056 D/A1/8/180 | MF533 MF10043C | |
| LEWSE, Matthew Snr | Newbury | Blacksmith | 1606 | D/A1/92/144 D/A1/14/211 | MF534 MF10064 |
| LEWSE, William Snr | Longcot, Shrivenham | 1621 | D/A1/93/005 | MF534 | |
| LEWSELEY, John | Cholsey | 1549 | D/A1/91/010 | MF533 | |
| LEWYNDYN, Joan | Chilton | 1543 | D/A1/233/186 | MF96132 | |
| LEWYNDYN, Joan | Chilton | 1544 | D/A1/3/056 | MF604 | |
| LEWYS, Agnes | Midgham, Thatcham | 1563 | D/A1/91/072 D/A1/8/276 | MF533 MF10043C | |
| LEWYS, Edith | Uffington | 1546 | D/A1/201/121 | MF96062 | |
| LEWYS, Elizabeth | Uffington | 1529 | D/A1/5/027 | MF10043A | |
| LEWYS, John | Cumnor | Servant | 1557 | D/A1/3/062 | MF604 |
| LEWYS, John | Midgham, Thatcham | Husbandman | 1559 | D/A1/91/035 D/A1/8/026 | MF533 MF10043C |
| LEWYS, John | Fernham, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1562 | D/A1/91/065 D/A1/8/231 | MF533 MF10043C |
| LEWYSLYE, John | Cholsey | Husbandman | 1549 | D/A1/5/079 | MF10043A |
| LEY , Blaise | Streatley | Labourer | 1597 | D/A1/92/114 D/A1/13/214 | MF534 MF10049 |
| LEY, Gregory | Betterton, East Lockinge | 1620 | D/A1/92/200 | MF534 | |
| LEYCROFTE, Thomas | Hurley | 1569 | D/A1/201/154 | MF96063 | |
| LEYFOLLIE, Richard | Cumnor | Shepherd | 1650 | D/A1/202/116 | MF96065 |
| LEYFOLLY, Richard | Cumnor | 1650 | D/A1/169/053 | MF96002 | |
| LEYVAR, William | Long Wittenham | Husbandman | 1554 | D/A1/91/016 D/A1/7/024 | MF533 MF10040 |
| LIBBE, Thomas | Tilehurst | 1661 | D/A1/202/117 | MF96065 | |
| LIBBEN, John | West Hendred | Vicar, Clerk | 1556 | D/A1/91/027 D/A1/7/125 | MF533 MF10040 |
| LIBBETT, Richard | Henwick, Thatcham | Fletcher | 1610 | D/A1/92/158 D/A1/15/059 | MF534 MF10065 |
| LICHEPOOLE, Christopher | Newbury | 1576 | D/A1/201/161 | MF96063 | |
| LICHFEILD, Thomas | Shinfield | Carpenter | 1666 | D/A1/94/36 | MF568 |
| LID, Robert | Sunninghill | Husbandman | 1630 | D/A1/93/048 | MF534 |
| LIDBETTER, Henry | Shrivenham | Tailor | 1605 | D/A1/202/020 D/A1/14/186 | MF96064 MF10064 |
| LIDDIARD, Jane | Speen | 1844 | D/A1/157/24 | MF581 | |
| LIDDIARD, John | Cholsey | Yeoman | 1660 | D/A1/94/4 | MF568 |
| LIDDIARD, John | East Ilsley | Yeoman | 1842 | D/A1/157/17 | MF581 |
| LIDDIARD, Thomas | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1837 | D/A1/157/4 | MF581 |
| LIDDIARD, William | Newbury | Gardener | 1824 | D/A1/156/72 | MF581 |
| LIDDIARD, William | Speen | 1838 | D/A1/157/10 | MF581 | |
| LIDDIARD, William | Eastbury, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1848 | D/A1/157/35 | MF581 |
| LIDE, John | Newbury | Glover | 1678 | D/A1/202/149 | MF96065 |
| LIDE, William | Brightwell | 1559 | D/A1/167/106 | MF96000 | |
| LIDIARD , John Snr | Newbury | Weaver | 1788 | D/A1/95/225 | MF569 |
| LIDIARD, William | Newbury | Currier | 1701 | D/A1/203/55 | MF96066 |
| LIDYARD, John | Longworth | Blacksmith | 1855 | D/A1/157/48 | MF581 |
| LIFORD, Nicholas | Finchampstead | 1629 | D/A1/93/043 | MF534 | |
| LIFORD, Sebastian | Stanford Dingley | Merchant Tailor | 1629 | D/A1/93/045 | MF534 |
| LIFORDE, William | Winkfield(W.), Reading St Laurence | Yeoman | 1707 | D/A1/95/23 | MF568 |
| LIGHTFOTE, Nicholas | Reading | Carpenter | 1627 | D/A1/93/029 | MF534 |
| LIGHTFOTE, Thomas | Reading St Laurence | 1568 | D/A1/167/139 | MF96000 | |
| LILBORNE, Roger | Cumnor | 1598 | D/A1/92/118 D/A1/13/300b | MF534 MF10049 | |
| LIMBERY, Richard | Newbury | 1621 | D/A1/93/001 | MF534 | |
| LIMBOW, William | Reading St Laurence | Carpenter | 1633 | D/A1/93/066 | MF534 |
| LIMBRO, Thomas | Longworth | Yeoman | 1620 | D/A1/92/202 | MF534 |
| LINCH, Anne | Newbury | 1731 | D/A1/95/115 | MF569 | |
| LINCH, Brian | Newbury | Dyer | 1686 | D/A1/203/15 | MF96066 |
| LINCH, Henry | Newbury | Clothier | 1671 | D/A1/94/54 | MF568 |
| LINCH, Margery | Newbury | 1708 | D/A1/95/26 | MF568 | |
| LINCH, Nathaniel | Newbury | Haberdasher | 1621 | D/A1/93/003 | MF534 |
| LINCH, Robert | Newbury | Innholder | 1637 | D/A1/93/079 | MF534 |
| LINCHE, Anthony | Newbury | Innholder | 1640 | D/A1/93/102 | MF568 |
| LINDSEY, Archibald | Abingdon | Soldier | 1742 | D/A1/203/120 | MF96066 |
| LINDSEY, John | Buckland | 1769 | D/A1/95/191 | MF569 | |
| LINE, John | Yattendon | Yeoman | 1583 | D/A1/92/080 D/A1/10/363 | MF534 MF10047A |
| LINGE, John | Shippon, Abingdon St Helen | Husbandman | 1611 | D/A1/202/034 D/A1/168/068 | MF96064 MF96001 |
| LINGER, Agnes | Abingdon St Helen | 1647 | D/A1/93/128 | MF568 | |
| LINGES, Robert | Shippon, Abingdon St Helen | Husbandman | 1597 | D/A1/92/105 D/A1/13/052 | MF534 MF10049 |
| LINSEY , Thomas Jnr | Buckland | 1722 | D/A1/95/71 | MF568 | |
| LINSEY, Thomas | Hinton Waldrist | Husbandman, Shepherd | 1677 | D/A1/94/81 | MF568 |
| LINSEY, William | Kingston Lisle, Sparsholt | Yeoman | 1637 | D/A1/93/087 | MF534 |
| LINTON, Richard | Bourton, Shrivenham | 1557 | D/A1/7/114 | MF10040 |