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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SLADE, Joan | Hagbourne | 1716 | D/A1/216/37 | MF96100 | |
SLADE, John | Mackney, Brightwell | 1550 | D/A1/114/123 D/A1/5/068 | MF537 MF10043A | |
SLADE, John | Little Wittenham | 1570 | D/A1/9/217 | MF10046 | |
SLADE, John | Little Wittenham | 1570 | D/A1/115/074 | MF538 | |
SLADE, John | Hagbourne | Miller | 1600 | D/A1/213/015 | MF96094 |
SLADE, John | Hagbourne | 1600 | D/A1/13/713 | MF10049 | |
SLADE, John | North Moreton | Yeoman | 1634 | D/A1/16/397 D/A1/119/045 | MF10066 MF540 |
SLADE, John | Frilsham | Yeoman | 1670 | D/A1/214/147 | MF96097 |
SLADE, John | East Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Yeoman | 1706 | D/A1/215/179 | MF96099 |
SLADE, Michael | Sunninghill | 1588 | D/A1/212/141 | MF96092 | |
SLADE, Nicholas | Sunninghill | 1588 | D/A1/11/178 | MF10047B | |
SLADE, Richard | Theale, Tilehurst | Tanner | 1635 | D/A1/16/403 | MF10066 |
SLADE, Richard | Fulscot, South Moreton | Yeoman | 1692 | D/A1/122/37 | MF542 |
SLADE, Richard | North Moreton | Yeoman | 1710 | D/A1/216/5 | MF96100 |
SLADE, Richard | North Moreton | Yeoman | 1710 | D/A1/216/5 | MF96100 |
SLADE, Richard | North Moreton | Yeoman | 1713 | D/A1/216/22 | MF96100 |
SLADE, Richard | East Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Paper Maker | 1765 | D/A1/216/222 | MF96102 |
SLADE, Robert | East Hagbourne, Hagbourne | Paper Maker | 1759 | D/A1/125/29 | MF544 |
SLADE, Thomas | Aston Tirrold | Yeoman | 1635 | D/A1/214/014 | MF96096 |
SLADE, Thomas | Aston Tirrold | 1635 | D/A1/169/083 | MF96002 | |
SLADE, Thomas | Aston Tirrold | Yeoman | 1641 | D/A1/214/050 | MF96096 |
SLADE, Thomas | Brightwell | Victualler | 1682 | D/A1/121/130 | MF542 |
SLADE, Thomas | Oare, Chieveley | Yeoman | 1709 | D/A1/216/3 | MF96100 |
SLADE, Thomas | Chieveley | Yeoman | 1709 | D/A1/216/3 | MF96100 |
SLADE, Thomas Snr | Brightwell | Grazier | 1710 | D/A1/122/196 | MF543 |
SLADE, William | Hagbourne | 1559 | D/A1/114/195 D/A1/8/111 | MF537 MF10043C | |
SLADE, William | Wallingford | Tallow Chandler | 1707 | D/A1/215/182 | MF96099 |
SLADE, William | Reading | 1835 | D/A1/162/7 | MF583 | |
SLANE, Richard | Sunninghill | 1621 | D/A1/118/028 | MF540 | |
SLANE, William | Sunninghill | 1616 | D/A1/213/100 | MF96094 | |
SLANN , Margery | Sunninghill | 1609 | D/A1/117/026 D/A1/14/551 | MF539 MF10064 | |
SLANN , William | Sunninghill | Tailor | 1648 | D/A1/120/035 | MF541 |
SLANN, Daniel | Sunninghill | Yeoman | 1689 | D/A1/122/16 | MF542 |
SLANN, Silvester | Coworth, Old Windsor | Labourer | 1633 | D/A1/214/008 | MF96096 |
SLANN, Silvester | Old Windsor | Farmer | 1633 | D/A1/168/251 | MF96001 |
SLANN, William | Sunninghill | Yeoman | 1687 | D/A1/121/172 | MF542 |
SLANN, William | Winkfield | Husbandman | 1692 | D/A1/122/39 | MF542 |
SLANN, William | Sunninghill | Yeoman | 1719 | D/A1/123/67 | MF543 |
SLANNE, Charles | Newbury | Mercer | 1667 | D/A1/120/155 | MF541 |
SLANNE, Daniel | Sunninghill | 1630 | D/A1/118/143 | MF540 | |
SLANNE, Henry | Sunninghill | Yeoman | 1593 | D/A1/116/065 D/A1/12/083 | MF538 MF10048 |
SLANNE, Mary | Sunninghill | 1701 | D/A1/122/107 | MF542 | |
SLANNE, Oliver | Old Windsor | 1597 | D/A1/116/128 D/A1/13/098 | MF539 MF10049 | |
SLANNE, Richard | Coworth, Old Windsor | Yeoman | 1596 | D/A1/116/116 D/A1/12/330 | MF538 MF10048 |
SLANNE, Thomas | Sunninghill | 1580 | D/A1/115/169 D/A1/10/244 | MF538 MF10047A | |
SLANNE, William | Sunninghill | 1616 | D/A1/168/131 | MF96001 | |
SLARKE, Joseph | Reading | Cordwainer | 1719 | D/A1/123/72 | MF543 |
SLARKES, William | Shinfield | Husbandman | 1569 | D/A1/115/049 D/A1/9/210 | MF538 MF10046 |
SLATER, William | Reading | Peruke Maker | 1782 | D/A1/125/127 | MF544 |
SLATFORD , John Snr | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | Blacksmith | 1721 | D/A1/123/88 | MF543 |
SLATFORD, Christian | Coleshill | 1565 | D/A1/5/222k | MF10043A | |
SLATFORD, John | Coleshill | 1557 | D/A1/6/134 | MF10043B | |
SLATFORD, John | Baulking, Uffington | Husbandman | 1570 | D/A1/9/218 D/A1/115/073 | MF10046 MF538 |
SLATFORD, Thomas | Newbury | 1607 | D/A1/213/044 | MF96094 | |
SLATFORD, Thomas | Newbury | 1607 | D/A1/168/022 | MF96001 | |
SLATFORDE, John | Coleshill | 1557 | D/A1/114/167 | MF537 | |
SLATTER , Thomas Snr | Cumnor | Shoemaker | 1730 | D/A1/124/19 | MF544 |
SLATTER, Daniel | Pusey | Labourer | 1722 | D/A1/216/64 | MF96101 |
SLATTER, Elizabeth | Stanford In The Vale | 1719 | D/A1/123/75 | MF543 | |
SLATTER, George | Reading | Bargeman | 1743 | D/A1/216/171 | MF96101 |
SLATTER, John | Long Wittenham | 1565 | D/A1/167/127 | MF96000 | |
SLATTER, John | Uffington | Shepherd | 1585 | D/A1/115/215 D/A1/11/031 | MF538 MF10047B |
SLATTER, Peter | Long Wittenham | Husbandman | 1618 | D/A1/213/103 | MF96094 |
SLATTER, Peter | Long Wittenham | 1618 | D/A1/168/146 | MF96001 | |
SLATTER, Peter | Stanford In The Vale | Labourer | 1719 | D/A1/216/50 | MF96100 |
SLATTER, Richard | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | Miller | 1612 | D/A1/117/085 D/A1/15/319 | MF539 MF10065 |
SLATTER, Richard | Pusey | Yeoman | 1669 | D/A1/120/179 | MF541 |
SLATTER, Stephen | Abingdon | Blacksmith | 1739 | D/A1/124/97 | MF544 |
SLATTER, William | Wytham | Husbandman | 1696 | D/A1/122/68 | MF542 |
SLAUGHTER, Edmund | Pusey | 1716 | D/A1/123/44 | MF543 | |
SLAUGHTER, Henry | Easthampstead | Husbandman | 1623 | D/A1/118/049 | MF540 |
SLAUGHTER, Peter | Wallingford | Tailor | 1706 | D/A1/215/177 | MF96099 |
SLAUGHTER, William | Reading | Soldier | 1816 | D/A1/231/56 | MF96129 |
SLAYMAKER, John | Wargrave | Husbandman | 1641 | D/A1/214/052 D/A1/169/083 | MF96096 MF96002 |
SLEECH, Joan | New Windsor, Windsor | 1706 | D/A1/215/172 | MF96099 | |
SLEECH, William | New Windsor, Windsor | Victualler | 1704 | D/A1/215/160 | MF96099 |
SLEMAKER, John | Binfield | Wheelwright | 1749 | D/A1/216/194 | MF96102 |
SLOCOCK , Eleanor | Hamstead Marshall | 1639 | D/A1/119/105 | MF540 | |
SLOCOCKE, Edith | Hamstead Marshall | 1624 | D/A1/118/055 | MF540 | |
SLOCOKE, Thomas | Hamstead Marshall | Yeoman | 1637 | D/A1/119/081 | MF540 |
SLOWCOCK, Oliver | Newbury | Carpenter | 1696 | D/A1/215/113 | MF96098 |
SLOWMAN, Thomas | Reading St Laurence | Labourer | 1622 | D/A1/213/127 | MF96095 |
SLY, William | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Carpenter | 1796 | D/A1/125/176 | MF546 |
SLYE, Mark | Tilehurst | 1625 | D/A1/118/083 D/A1/117/091 D/A1/15/951 | MF540 MF539 MF10065 | |
SLYE, Thomas | Bray | Yeoman | 1578 | D/A1/115/143 D/A1/10/381 | MF538 MF10047A |
SLYTHURST, Thomas | Reading St Mary | 1530 | D/A1/1/128 | MF10041 | |
SMALBOANE, William | East Hendred | 1620 | D/A1/213/116 | MF96095 | |
SMALBONE, Alexander | Frilsham | Husbandman | 1688 | D/A1/215/54 | MF96098 |
SMALBONE, Anne | Frilsham | 1704 | D/A1/215/158 | MF96099 | |
SMALBONE, Barbara | Arlington, Chieveley | 1633 | D/A1/119/027 | MF540 | |
SMALBONE, Dorothy | Bockhampton, Lambourn | 1660 | D/A1/120/66 | MF541 | |
SMALBONE, Edward | Fyfield | 1660 | D/A1/214/87 | MF96097 | |
SMALBONE, Edward Snr | Steventon | Yeoman | 1618 | D/A1/117/166 D/A1/15/819 | MF539 MF10065 |
SMALBONE, Eleanor | Bockhampton, Lambourn | 1704 | D/A1/122/131 | MF543 | |
SMALBONE, Elizabeth | Abingdon | 1632 | D/A1/119/002 | MF540 | |
SMALBONE, Elizabeth | Shellingford | Yeoman | 1704 | D/A1/215/157 | MF96099 |
SMALBONE, Francis | Steventon | 1722 | D/A1/216/69 | MF96101 | |
SMALBONE, Henry | Steventon | 1705 | D/A1/122/144 | MF543 | |
SMALBONE, Jane | Steventon | 1661 | D/A1/120/84 | MF541 | |
SMALBONE, John | Frilsham | Husbandman | 1599 | D/A1/116/160 D/A1/13/386 | MF539 MF10049 |