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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POVEY, Robert | Ashbury | Yeoman | 1641 | D/A1/106/109 | MF576 |
| POVEY, Robert Snr | Snowswick, Buscot | Yeoman | 1670 | D/A1/209/7 | MF96082 |
| POVEY, Thomas | Bourton, Shrivenham | 1730 | D/A1/109/84 | MF578 | |
| POVEY, Thomas | Bourton, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1742 | D/A1/109/150 | MF578 |
| POVEY, Thomas | Bourton, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1807 | D/A1/159/61 | MF582 |
| POVEY, William | Lambourn | Husbandman | 1736 | D/A1/109/119 | MF578 |
| POVEY, William | Welford | Farmer | 1825 | D/A1/160/7 | MF582 |
| POVEY, William Snr | Bourton, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1689 | D/A1/108/55 | MF577 |
| POVEY, William Snr | Chipping Lambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman, Shepherd | 1691 | D/A1/108/60 | MF577 |
| POVIE, Christopher | Ashbury | Yeoman | 1675 | D/A1/107/131 | MF577 |
| POVIE, Edith | Ashbury | 1644 | D/A1/106/121 | MF576 | |
| POVIE, Henry | Ashbury | Husbandman | 1598 | D/A1/104/133 D/A1/13/248 | MF575 MF10049 |
| POVIE, Joan | Bourton, Shrivenham | 1607 | D/A1/104/209 D/A1/14/380 | MF575 MF10064 | |
| POVY , William | Bourton, Shrivenham | Yeoman | 1602 | D/A1/104/169 D/A1/13/887 | MF575 MF10049 |
| POVY, Edmund | Shrivenham | 1529 | D/A1/1/104 | MF10041 | |
| POVY, Richard | Watchfield, Shrivenham | 1529 | D/A1/1/103 | MF10041 | |
| POVY, Thomas Snr | Bourton, Shrivenham | Husbandman | 1633 | D/A1/208/067 D/A1/168/243 | MF96080 MF96001 |
| POVYE, Jane | Watchfield, Shrivenham | 1589 | D/A1/104/065 D/A1/11/214 | MF575 MF10047B | |
| POVYE, Richard | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Husbandman | 1577 | D/A1/104/010 D/A1/10/081 | MF575 MF10047A |
| POWDRELL, Anne | North Hinksey, Cumnor | 1626 | D/A1/105/106 | MF576 | |
| POWDRELL, George | North Hinksey, Cumnor | Yeoman | 1613 | D/A1/105/001 D/A1/15/355 | MF576 MF10065 |
| POWDRELL, William | Oxford, Oxfordshire | Yeoman | 1627 | D/A1/105/126 | MF576 |
| POWDRELL, William | Oxford, Oxfordshire | Yeoman | 1628 | D/A1/16/187 | MF10066 |
| POWEL, Elizabeth | Burghfield | 1683 | D/A1/108/21 | MF577 | |
| POWEL, Thomas | Ginge, West Hendred | Labourer | 1754 | D/A1/109/192 | MF535 |
| POWELL, Alice | Fernham, Shrivenham | 1565 | D/A1/103/184 D/A1/8/344 | MF573 MF10043C | |
| POWELL, Benjamin | Theale, Tilehurst | Innholder | 1693 | D/A1/108/70 | MF577 |
| POWELL, Benjamin | Theale, Tilehurst | Innholder | 1746 | D/A1/109/166 | MF535 |
| POWELL, Joan | Henwick, Thatcham | 1623 | D/A1/208/030 | MF96079 | |
| POWELL, John | Hanney | Clerk | 1566 | D/A1/167/134 | MF96000 |
| POWELL, John | Hanney | Clerk, Vicar | 1585 | D/A1/207/098 | MF96077 |
| POWELL, John | Winkfield | Yeoman | 1666 | D/A1/107/74 | MF577 |
| POWELL, John | Binfield | Wheelwright | 1727 | D/A1/210/14 | MF96085 |
| POWELL, John | Beenham Valence, Beenham | Yeoman | 1729 | D/A1/109/77 | MF578 |
| POWELL, John | Eaton Hastings | Labourer | 1745 | D/A1/109/162 | MF535 |
| POWELL, John | Tilehurst | Wheelwright | 1828 | D/A1/160/16 | MF582 |
| POWELL, Mary | Reading | Weaver | 1701 | D/A1/209/132 | MF96083 |
| POWELL, Mary | Abingdon | 1746 | D/A1/109/167 | MF535 | |
| POWELL, Mary | St Marylebone, Middlesex | 1852 | D/A1/230/129 | MF96128 | |
| POWELL, Philip | Chaddleworth | Clerk, Vicar | 1574 | D/A1/103/221 D/A1/9/410 | MF575 MF10046 |
| POWELL, Richard | Ufton Nervet | 1560 | D/A1/103/152 D/A1/8/190 | MF573 MF10043C | |
| POWELL, Robert | Beenham | Husbandman | 1628 | D/A1/105/135 | MF576 |
| POWELL, Susanna | Theale, Tilehurst | 1709 | D/A1/209/162 | MF96084 | |
| POWELL, Thomas | South Hinksey | Yeoman | 1724 | D/A1/210/2 | MF96085 |
| POWELL, William | Abingdon | 1560 | D/A1/207/038 | MF96077 | |
| POWELL, William | Abingdon | 1560 | D/A1/167/110 | MF96000 | |
| POWELL, William | Wargrave | Yeoman | 1690 | D/A1/138/143 | MF554 |
| POWELL, William | Theale, Tilehurst | Yeoman | 1706 | D/A1/108/147 | MF578 |
| POWELL, William | Uffington | 1710 | D/A1/108/211 | MF578 | |
| POWELL, William Caleb | Reading | Dissenting Minister | 1852 | D/A1/160/88 | MF582 |
| POWERS, William | Newbury | Cordwainer | 1819 | D/A1/159/88 | MF582 |
| POWILL, Eleanor | Dry Sandford, Abingdon St Helen | 1686 | D/A1/209/63 | MF96083 | |
| POWILL, John | Fyfield | Cordwainer | 1679 | D/A1/107/166 | MF577 |
| POWILL, Thomas | Dry Sandford, Abingdon St Helen | 1684 | D/A1/108/31 | MF577 | |
| POWLE, Robert | 1603 | D/A1/104/182 | MF575 | ||
| POWLE, Robert | Binfield | Husbandman | 1644 | D/A1/106/124 | MF576 |
| POWLE, Robert | Warfield | Husbandman | 1664 | D/A1/107/56 | MF577 |
| POWLEY, Thomas | Saint Martin In The Fields, Middlesex | Cook, Servant | 1627 | D/A1/105/121 | MF576 |
| POWLL, John | Finchampstead | Yeoman | 1627 | D/A1/105/120 | MF576 |
| POWLTER, Alice | Easthampstead | 1580 | D/A1/104/026/1 | MF575 | |
| POWLTER, Henry | Easthampstead | Labourer | 1619 | D/A1/105/053 | MF576 |
| POWLTER, Henry | Easthampstead | Tanner | 1669 | D/A1/107/90 | MF577 |
| POWLTER, John | Easthampstead | Husbandman | 1638 | D/A1/106/067 | MF576 |
| POWLTER, Thomas | Burghfield | Husbandman | 1648 | D/A1/208/120 | MF96080 |
| POWLTER, William Snr | Easthampstead | Yeoman | 1650 | D/A1/106/144 | MF576 |
| POWLTON, John | Newbury | Fuller | 1587 | D/A1/207/104 D/A1/11/114 | MF96077 MF10047B |
| POWLY, Thomas | Englefield | Yeoman | 1707 | D/A1/209/153 | MF96084 |
| POWMEFRETT, Dennis | West Hanney, Hanney | 1521 | D/A1/1/052 | MF10041 | |
| POWND, John | Streatley | Labourer | 1624 | D/A1/105/089 | MF576 |
| POWND, John Snr | Bourton, Shrivenham | Husbandman | 1630 | D/A1/105/147 | MF576 |
| POWND, Richard | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1538 | D/A1/103/063 | MF573 | |
| POWND, Robert | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | Yeoman | 1600 | D/A1/104/148 D/A1/13/590 | MF575 MF10049 |
| POWND, Thomas | Uffington | 1541 | D/A1/3/123 | MF604 | |
| POWND, Thomas | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | Husbandman | 1570 | D/A1/103/203 D/A1/9/212 | MF575 MF10046 |
| POWND, William Snr | Uffington | Husbandman | 1558 | D/A1/103/121 D/A1/7/184 | MF573 MF10040 |
| POWNDE, John | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | Yeoman | 1591 | D/A1/104/082/1 D/A1/11/394 | MF575 MF10047B |
| POWNDE, Richard | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | Plough Maker | 1592 | D/A1/104/087 D/A1/12/046 | MF575 MF10048 |
| POWNDE, Thomas | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1557 | D/A1/3/114 | MF604 | |
| POWNDE, William | Uffington | Husbandman | 1579 | D/A1/104/019 D/A1/10/179 | MF575 MF10047A |
| POWNE, John | Carpenter | 1544 | D/A1/103/070 D/A1/5/017 | MF573 MF10043A | |
| POWNE, John | Uffington | 1545 | D/A1/5/047 | MF10043A | |
| POWNE, Thomas | 1546 | D/A1/207/009 | MF96077 | ||
| POWNEY, Alice | New Windsor, Windsor | 1668 | D/A1/107/82 | MF577 | |
| POWNEY, Anne | Cookham | Yeoman | 1667 | D/A1/208/168 | MF96081 |
| POWNEY, John | Winkfield | Yeoman | 1624 | D/A1/208/029 | MF96079 |
| POWNEY, John | Bray | Yeoman | 1641 | D/A1/106/102 | MF576 |
| POWNEY, Richard | Bray | Yeoman | 1619 | D/A1/105/052 | MF576 |
| POWNEY, Richard | Hawthorn, Bray | Yeoman | 1672 | D/A1/209/12 | MF96082 |
| POWNEY, Richard | Bray | Husbandman | 1722 | D/A1/209/212 | MF96084 |
| POWNEY, Robert Snr | Winkfield | Husbandman | 1624 | D/A1/105/090 | MF576 |
| POWNEY, Simon | Eton, Bucks., New Windsor | Yeoman | 1666 | D/A1/107/71 | MF577 |
| POWNEY, Thomas | Winkfield | 1579 | D/A1/104/020 D/A1/10/168 | MF575 MF10047A | |
| POWNEY, Thomas | Bray | Yeoman | 1648 | D/A1/106/141 | MF576 |
| POWNEY, William Snr | Bray | Husbandman | 1704 | D/A1/108/133 | MF578 |
| POWNIE, Henry | Winkfield | Yeoman | 1631 | D/A1/106/012 | MF576 |
| POWNTNEY, William | Englefield | Husbandman | 1638 | D/A1/106/069 | MF576 |
| POWNY, Thomas | Shinfield | Yeoman | 1738 | D/A1/109/131 | MF578 |
| POWNYE, Thomas | Winkfield | Yeoman | 1682 | D/A1/108/14 | MF577 |
| POWNYS, John | East Garston | 1526 | D/A1/1/046 | MF10041 | |
| POWSEY, William | Marlston, Bucklebury | Husbandman | 1700 | D/A1/209/124 | MF96083 |