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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MILTON, Edward | Newbury | Hot Presser | 1730 | D/A1/100/19 | MF572 |
MILTON, Elizabeth | Sunninghill | 1575 | D/A1/96/134 D/A1/9/455 | MF570 MF10046 | |
MILTON, Elizabeth | Clewer | 1728 | D/A1/100/8 | MF572 | |
MILTON, Francis | Winkfield | Husbandman | 1676 | D/A1/204/125 | MF96070 |
MILTON, Harry | Sunninghill | 1570 | D/A1/96/117 D/A1/9/228 | MF570 MF10046 | |
MILTON, Henry | Sunninghill | Husbandman | 1683 | D/A1/98/153 | MF571 |
MILTON, Joan | Warfield | 1650 | D/A1/98/042 | MF571 | |
MILTON, John | Waltham St. Lawrence | Husbandman | 1694 | D/A1/204/167 | MF96070 |
MILTON, John | Waltham St. Lawrence | Yeoman | 1702 | D/A1/99/62 | MF572 |
MILTON, Katherine | Sunninghill | 1669 | D/A1/98/89 | MF571 | |
MILTON, Mary | Waltham St. Lawrence | 1705 | D/A1/99/73 | MF572 | |
MILTON, Nicholas | Sunninghill | 1609 | D/A1/97/016 D/A1/14/549 | MF570 MF10064 | |
MILTON, Philip | New Windsor, Windsor | Husbandman | 1642 | D/A1/204/064 | MF96069 |
MILTON, Philip | New Windsor, Windsor | Husbandman | 1642 | D/A1/169/059 | MF96002 |
MILTON, Philip Snr | Clewer | Cook | 1634 | D/A1/97/151 D/A1/204/034 D/A1/168/259 | MF571 MF96068 MF96001 |
MILTON, Richard | White Waltham | Blacksmith | 1651 | D/A1/98/044 | MF571 |
MILTON, Robert | Sunninghill | 1572 | D/A1/96/124 D/A1/9/362 | MF570 MF10046 | |
MILTON, Roger | Warfield | Yeoman | 1682 | D/A1/98/147 | MF571 |
MILTON, Thomas | Waltham St Lawrence | 1559 | D/A1/96/047 D/A1/7/288 | MF570 MF10040 | |
MILTON, Thomas Snr | Sunninghill | 1601 | D/A1/96/143 D/A1/13/673 | MF570 MF10049 | |
MILTON, William | Newbury | Shoemaker | 1601 | D/A1/96/141 D/A1/13/660 | MF570 MF10049 |
MILTON, William | Winkfield | Yeoman | 1648 | D/A1/98/037 | MF571 |
MILTON, William | Waltham St. Lawrence | Husbandman | 1669 | D/A1/204/102 | MF96069 |
MILWARD, George | Wallingford St Peter | Victualler | 1772 | D/A1/205/134 | MF96072 |
MILWARD, William | Reading | Painter Stainer | 1684 | D/A1/204/145 | MF96070 |
MILWARD, William | Reading | Yeoman | 1689 | D/A1/99/9 | MF572 |
MILWELL, Ralph | Englefield | Husbandman | 1558 | D/A1/96/019 | MF570 |
MINALL , John Jnr | Bucklebury | Yeoman | 1731 | D/A1/100/23 | MF572 |
MINALL, John | Bucklebury | 1729 | D/A1/100/16 | MF572 | |
MINALL, Thomas | Bucklebury | 1760 | D/A1/100/105 | MF572 | |
MINCE, Samuel | Newbury | Surgeon | 1736 | D/A1/100/44 | MF572 |
MINCHIN, Anne | Burgage, Hinton Waldrist | 1677 | D/A1/98/125 | MF571 | |
MINCHIN, Phoebe | Lambourn | 1839 | D/A1/158/27 | MF581 | |
MINCHIN, Richard | Lambourn | 1833 | D/A1/158/12 | MF581 | |
MINEHOLT, Robert | Lambourn | Husbandman | 1694 | D/A1/99/28 | MF572 |
MING , Christian | Wallingford | Shoemaker | 1680 | D/A1/138/64 | MF553 |
MING , Jeffrey | Wallingford | Hemp Dresser | 1678 | D/A1/98/133 | MF571 |
MINGAY, Marmaduke | Wallingford | 1742 | D/A1/205/106 | MF96072 | |
MINNARD, Elizabeth | Abingdon | 1696 | D/A1/99/41 | MF572 | |
MINNS, Charles | Bucklebury | 1813 | D/A1/230/14/1 | MF96128 | |
MINNS, Martha | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | 1736 | D/A1/100/47 | MF572 | |
MINNS, Richard | Reading | 1785 | D/A1/100/157 | MF572 | |
MINNS, Sarah | Reading | 1836 | D/A1/158/17 | MF581 | |
MINOR, Steven | West Hendred | Yeoman | 1729 | D/A1/100/14 | MF572 |
MINSHAWE, John | Yattendon | Yeoman | 1606 | D/A1/96/171 D/A1/14/146 | MF570 MF10064 |
MITCHEL , Thomas Snr | West Shefford | Tailor | 1804 | D/A1/157/69 | MF581 |
MITCHEL, Samuel | West Shefford | 1810 | D/A1/230/9 | MF96127 | |
MITCHEL, Thomas | West Shefford | Tailor | 1802 | D/A1/157/59 | MF581 |
MITCHELL, Elijah | Newbury | Baker | 1856 | D/A1/230/51 | MF96127 |
MITCHELL, Elizabeth | Farmoor, Cumnor (W.), Cumnor | 1682 | D/A1/98/145 | MF571 | |
MITCHELL, Elizabeth | West Shefford | 1712 | D/A1/99/101 | MF572 | |
MITCHELL, Elizabeth | Thatcham | Servant | 1715 | D/A1/99/112 | MF572 |
MITCHELL, Frances | Reading St Laurence | Yeoman | 1629 | D/A1/97/125 | MF571 |
MITCHELL, Henry | Eaton, Appleton | Yeoman | 1680 | D/A1/204/135 | MF96070 |
MITCHELL, Henry | West Shefford | Yeoman | 1745 | D/A1/100/72 | MF572 |
MITCHELL, Jeronomo | Newbury | Weaver | 1737 | D/A1/100/53 | MF572 |
MITCHELL, Joan | Newbury | 1676 | D/A1/204/121 | MF96070 | |
MITCHELL, Joan | Frilsham | 1709 | D/A1/205/23 | MF96071 | |
MITCHELL, John | Peasmore | 1852 | D/A1/230/48 | MF96127 | |
MITCHELL, Joseph | Reading St Giles | Gardener | 1690 | D/A1/204/158 | MF96070 |
MITCHELL, Joseph | Thatcham | Labourer | 1733 | D/A1/205/84 | MF96072 |
MITCHELL, Joseph | Brightwalton | 1846 | D/A1/158/48 | MF581 | |
MITCHELL, Mary | Sutton Wick, Sutton Courtenay | 1698 | D/A1/204/178 | MF96070 | |
MITCHELL, Samuel | Reading | Victualler | 1743 | D/A1/100/65 | MF572 |
MITCHELL, Samuel | West Shefford | Yeoman | 1755 | D/A1/100/95 | MF572 |
MITCHELL, Samuel | Shefford Woodlands, East Shefford | Maltster | 1842 | D/A1/158/39 | MF581 |
MITCHELL, William | Finchampstead | Turner | 1628 | D/A1/204/024 | MF96068 |
MITCHELL, William | Eaton, Appleton | Husbandman | 1694 | D/A1/204/168 | MF96070 |
MITCHELL, William | Cookham | Labourer | 1769 | D/A1/100/126 | MF572 |
MITCHILL, Joseph | West Shefford | Husbandman | 1698 | D/A1/204/173 | MF96070 |
MODYE, Thomas | Brimpton | Weaver | 1561 | D/A1/96/081 D/A1/7/341 | MF570 MF10040 |
MOFFATT, Andrew | Reading | Linen Draper | 1774 | D/A1/100/136 | MF572 |
MOGGYNWOOD, John | Ashampstead | 1550 | D/A1/203/172 | MF96067 | |
MOGNER, Edmund | Binfield | Yeoman | 1700 | D/A1/205/2 | MF96071 |
MOGNOD, Agnes | Shinfield | 1619 | D/A1/97/071 D/A1/15/927 | MF570 MF10065 | |
MOHON, Charles | Buckland | Blacksmith | 1777 | D/A1/100/140 | MF572 |
MOL, John | 1558 | D/A1/203/179 | MF96067 | ||
MOLDEN, William | Shellingford | Husbandman | 1562 | D/A1/96/086 D/A1/3/021 D/A1/7/353 | MF570 MF604 MF10040 |
MOLINEUX, Henry | Ardington | Yeoman | 1739 | D/A1/100/57 | MF572 |
MOLLINEUX, Esther | Appleton | 1804 | D/A1/157/68 | MF581 | |
MOLLINEUX, John | Appleton | Yeoman | 1805 | D/A1/157/70 | MF581 |
MOLLINS, Bridget | Clapcot, Wallingford All Hallows | 1634 | D/A1/168/262 D/A1/204/035 | MF96001 MF96068 | |
MOLTON, William | Reading | Glover | 1725 | D/A1/99/150 | MF572 |
MONCK, Peter | South Moreton | Shepherd | 1713 | D/A1/205/41 | MF96071 |
MONDAY , John | White Waltham | Husbandman | 1623 | D/A1/97/095 | MF570 |
MONDAY, Catherine | Reading | 1755 | D/A1/100/93 | MF572 | |
MONDAYE, Robert | Reading | Butcher | 1597 | D/A1/96/266 D/A1/13/209 | MF570 MF10049 |
MONEES, John | Abingdon | Glover | 1626 | D/A1/204/017 | MF96068 |
MONEY , John Jnr | Bucklebury | Baker, Shopkeeper | 1813 | D/A1/157/84 | MF581 |
MONEY , Matthew | Compton | Husbandman | 1560 | D/A1/96/077 D/A1/6/088 | MF570 MF10043B |
MONEY , Richard Snr | Woolhampton | Yeoman | 1778 | D/A1/100/141 | MF572 |
MONEY, Adam | Holt, Kintbury | Yeoman | 1681 | D/A1/204/132 | MF96070 |
MONEY, Edward | Beedon | Yeoman | 1670 | D/A1/98/98 | MF571 |
MONEY, Elizabeth | Streatley | 1648 | D/A1/98/033 | MF571 | |
MONEY, Griffith | Shaw Cum Donnington | Carpenter | 1807 | D/A1/157/77 | MF581 |
MONEY, Henry | Basildon | 1604 | D/A1/14/179 | MF10064 | |
MONEY, John | Streatley | Yeoman | 1635 | D/A1/169/059 | MF96002 |
MONEY, John | Waltham St Lawrence | Blacksmith | 1754 | D/A1/100/91 | MF572 |
MONEY, John | Bucklebury | Yeoman | 1760 | D/A1/100/103 | MF572 |
MONEY, John Snr | Streatley | Yeoman | 1635 | D/A1/204/045 | MF96068 |