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 |
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APUSEYE, Philip | Pusey | 1574 | D/A1/35/140 D/A1/9/396 | MF459 MF10046 | |
APYSEYE, John | Pusey | 1548 | D/A1/103/085 | MF573 | |
ARANDELL, James | West Shefford | Husbandman | 1671 | D/A1/174/57 | MF96008 |
ARCHAR, Robert | Thatcham | Yeoman | 1735 | D/A1/38/92 | MF461 |
ARCHARD (ALIAS STAPELER), Mary | Coxwell, Faringdon | 1731 | D/A1/216/119 | MF96101 | |
ARCHARD, Catherine | Great Coxwell | 1672 | D/A1/174/58 | MF96008 | |
ARCHARD, Edwin | Eastbury, Lambourn | Day Labourer | 1624 | D/A1/173/110 | MF96006 |
ARCHARD, John | Eastbury, Lambourn | 1580 | D/A1/10/246 D/A1/35/168 | MF10047A MF459 | |
ARCHARD, John | Great Coxwell | 1591 | D/A1/35/216 D/A1/11/407 | MF459 MF10047B | |
ARCHARD, John | Great Coxwell | 1686 | D/A1/206/106a | MF96076 | |
ARCHARD, John Snr | Great Coxwell | Husbandman | 1673 | D/A1/174/62 | MF96008 |
ARCHARD, Malen | Longcot, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1731 | D/A1/38/89 | MF461 |
ARCHARD, Richard | New Windsor, Windsor | 1558 | D/A1/7/173 | MF10040 | |
ARCHARD, Richard | New Windsor, Windsor | Baker | 1558 | D/A1/35/054 | MF459 |
ARCHARD, Thomas | Dene, East Garston | 1586 | D/A1/35/189 D/A1/11/079 | MF459 MF10047B | |
ARCHARD, Thomas | Longcot, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1670 | D/A1/174/56 | MF96008 |
ARCHARD, William | Coxwell, Faringdon | 1731 | D/A1/174/154 | MF96008 | |
ARCHDEACON, William | Reading | 1840 | D/A1/144/53 | MF557 | |
ARCHER, Edward | Cookham | Clerk | 1672 | D/A1/174/61 | MF96008 |
ARCHER, John | Donnington, Shaw Cum Donnington | 1794 | D/A1/174/196 | MF96009 | |
ARCHER, Mary | Shaw Cum Donnington | 1855 | D/A1/144/81 | MF557 | |
ARCHER, Richard | Thatcham | Waggoner | 1728 | D/A1/174/145 | MF96008 |
ARCHER, Thomas | Appleford, Sutton Courtenay | Shepherd | 1848 | D/A1/226/23 | MF96122 |
ARCHER, William | Shaw Cum Donnington | Labourer | 1805 | D/A1/144/4 | MF557 |
ARCHETT, John | Newbury | Glover | 1731 | D/A1/38/88 | MF461 |
ARDEN, Edith | Hampton Turvin, Highworth, Wiltshire | 1578 | D/A1/173/038 | MF96006 | |
ARDEN, Eleanor | Longcot, Shrivenham | 1669 | D/A1/37/47 | MF460 | |
ARDEN, Joan | Harwell | 1682 | D/A1/174/80 | MF96008 | |
ARDIN, Richard | Chilton | Husbandman | 1642 | D/A1/36/174 | MF460 |
ARENDELL, John | Brimpton | Yeoman | 1688 | D/A1/37/117 | MF460 |
ARENDELL, Simon | West Shefford | 1690 | D/A1/174/96 | MF96008 | |
ARIS, Catherine | Abingdon | 1724 | D/A1/38/57 | MF461 | |
ARIS, Edward | Abingdon | Boatman | 1697 | D/A1/37/132 | MF460 |
ARIS, Samuel | Abingdon | Boatmaster | 1664 | D/A1/37/35 | MF460 |
ARIS, Susanna | Abingdon | 1759 | D/A1/38/145 | MF461 | |
ARIS, William | Abingdon | 1750 | D/A1/38/131 | MF461 | |
ARKELL, Robert | Abingdon St Nicholas | Miller | 1846 | D/A1/144/64 | MF557 |
ARKILL, Anthony | Wytham | Miller | 1703 | D/A1/174/118 | MF96008 |
ARLAD, George | Padworth | 1603 | D/A1/13/1017 | MF10049 | |
ARLADDE, George Snr | Padworth | 1603 | D/A1/173/069 | MF96006 | |
ARLADE, Richard | Thatcham | Husbandman | 1558 | D/A1/35/061 D/A1/7/227 | MF459 MF10040 |
ARLARD , Anne | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1546 | D/A1/2/045 | MF603 | |
ARLARD, Eleanor | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1609 | D/A1/36/017 D/A1/14/526 | MF459 MF10064 | |
ARLARD, Joan | Woolhampton | 1574 | D/A1/35/143 D/A1/9/451 | MF459 MF10046 | |
ARLARD, John | Woolhampton | Husbandman | 1573 | D/A1/35/137 D/A1/9/362 | MF459 MF10046 |
ARLARD, Miles | Aldermaston | 1574 | D/A1/35/141 D/A1/9/415 | MF459 MF10046 | |
ARLARDE, Richard | Sulhamstead Abbots | Husbandman | 1593 | D/A1/35/228 D/A1/12/087 | MF459 MF10048 |
ARLARDE, Thomas | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1541 | D/A1/2/034 D/A1/6/048 | MF603 MF10043B | |
ARLAT, George | Easton, Welford | Husbandman | 1661 | D/A1/37/15 | MF460 |
ARLATT, Joan | Woolhampton | 1629 | D/A1/208/053 | MF96080 | |
ARLATT, Richard | Reading St Laurence | Haberdasher | 1587 | D/A1/35/198 D/A1/11/270 | MF459 MF10047B |
ARLET, Alice | Donnington, Shaw Cum Donnington | 1621 | D/A1/36/082 | MF459 | |
ARLET, Thomas | Newbury | Cooper | 1614 | D/A1/36/033 D/A1/15/418 | MF459 MF10065 |
ARLETT, Alice | Donnington, Shaw Cum Donnington | 1621 | D/A1/36/083 | MF459 | |
ARLETT, John | Reading St Laurence | Mercer | 1580 | D/A1/35/163 D/A1/10/251 | MF459 MF10047A |
ARLETT, John | Theale, Tilehurst | Innholder | 1784 | D/A1/38/191 | MF461 |
ARLETT, Richard | Shaw Cum Donnington | Cooper | 1618 | D/A1/173/100 | MF96006 |
ARLETT, Richard | Shaw Cum Donnington | 1618 | D/A1/168/155 | MF96001 | |
ARLOTT, Richard | Sulhamstead Abbots | Husbandman | 1593 | D/A1/35/228 D/A1/12/087 | MF459 MF10048 |
ARLOTT, Walter | Kintbury | Husbandman | 1702 | D/A1/38/10 | MF461 |
ARMESTED, Elizabeth | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1601 | D/A1/35/263 D/A1/13/757 | MF459 MF10049 | |
ARMESTED, John | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1596 | D/A1/35/242 D/A1/12/433 | MF459 MF10048 | |
ARMESTED, Richard | Compton | 1582 | D/A1/35/171 | MF459 | |
ARMESTED, Richard | Compton | 1582 | D/A1/10/313 | MF10047A | |
ARMESTEED, James | East Hendred | Husbandman | 1623 | D/A1/36/091 | MF459 |
ARMESTEED, Katherine | West Compton, Compton | 1631 | D/A1/36/122 | MF460 | |
ARMESTEED, Richard | Compton | 1616 | D/A1/173/092 D/A1/168/128 | MF96006 MF96001 | |
ARMESTEEDE, Thomas | West Compton, Compton | 1618 | D/A1/36/062 D/A1/15/837 | MF459 MF10065 | |
ARMESTRONG, Richard | East Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Yeoman | 1685 | D/A1/37/103 | MF460 |
ARMESTRONGE, Erasmus | Stanford In The Vale | Victualler | 1706 | D/A1/38/21 | MF461 |
ARMESTRONGE, Roger | S. Moreton (W), Cholsey | Yeoman | 1707 | D/A1/38/25 | MF461 |
ARMSBIE, Joan | South Hinksey, Cumnor | 1594 | D/A1/35/235 D/A1/12/171 | MF459 MF10048 | |
ARMSEBE, John | South Hinksey, Cumnor | Husbandman | 1588 | D/A1/35/206 D/A1/11/156 | MF459 MF10047B |
ARMSTED, Joan | 1549 | D/A1/173/001 | MF96006 | ||
ARMSTRONG , William Jnr | Hagbourne | Labourer | 1751 | D/A1/38/132 | MF461 |
ARMSTRONG , William Snr | Reading | 1749 | D/A1/38/126 | MF461 | |
ARMSTRONG, Anne | West Hagbourne, Hagbourne | 1743 | D/A1/38/113 | MF461 | |
ARMSTRONG, Henry | East Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Yeoman | 1685 | D/A1/37/106 | MF460 |
ARMSTRONG, Joan | Hagbourne | 1683 | D/A1/37/96 | MF460 | |
ARMSTRONG, John | East Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Yeoman, Victualler | 1768 | D/A1/38/164 | MF461 |
ARMSTRONG, Joseph | Stanford In The Vale | Innholder | 1722 | D/A1/174/137 | MF96008 |
ARMSTRONG, Richard | East Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Yeoman | 1785 | D/A1/38/196 | MF461 |
ARMSTRONG, William | East Hagbourne, Hagbourne | 1805 | D/A1/226/1 | MF96122 | |
ARMSTRONG, William | Wantage | Shoemaker | 1850 | D/A1/144/70 | MF557 |
ARMSTRONG, William Snr | East Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Yeoman | 1760 | D/A1/38/147 | MF461 |
ARMSTRONGE, William Snr | Hagbourne | Yeoman | 1681 | D/A1/174/78 | MF96008 |
ARNALE, William | Abingdon | Weaver | 1630 | D/A1/36/110 | MF459 |
ARNALL, John | Cholsey | 1586 | D/A1/173/046 | MF96006 | |
ARNALL, John | Cholsey | 1586 | D/A1/11/064 | MF10047B | |
ARNDELL, John | Enborne | 1639 | D/A1/36/159 | MF460 | |
ARNDELL, John | Brimpton | Yeoman | 1728 | D/A1/38/72 | MF461 |
ARNDELL, William | Brimpton | Yeoman | 1719 | D/A1/38/48 | MF461 |
ARNETT, Henry | Aldermaston | Innholder | 1687 | D/A1/37/109 | MF460 |
ARNETT, Philip | East Garston | 1592 | D/A1/35/219 | MF459 | |
ARNOL, Katherine | Donnington, Shaw Cum Donnington | 1695 | D/A1/37/129 | MF460 | |
ARNOLD , Ralph | Buscot | 1607 | D/A1/173/079 | MF96006 | |
ARNOLD , Richard | Pangbourne | 1564 | D/A1/7/374 | MF10040 | |
ARNOLD, Anne | Bucklebury | 1640 | D/A1/36/168 | MF460 | |
ARNOLD, Benjamin | West Shefford | Cordwainer | 1712 | D/A1/38/33 | MF461 |
ARNOLD, Edward | Stanford In The Vale | Farmer | 1764 | D/A1/174/179 | MF96009 |