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Using the 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
PRYCE, John	West Challow, Letcombe Regis	Husbandman	1639	D/A1/106/081	MF576
PRYDY, Thomas	Newbury		1612	D/A1/207/169 D/A1/168/085	MF96078 MF96001
PRYER, Henry	Englefield		1615	D/A1/105/019 D/A1/15/543	MF576 MF10065
PRYER, John	Stanford In The Vale	Yeoman	1726	D/A1/109/49	MF578
PRYER, John	Chilton	Yeoman	1778	D/A1/110/35	MF535
PRYER, Mary	Childrey		1673	D/A1/107/113	MF577
PRYER, Richard	Burghfield	Husbandman	1591	D/A1/104/078 D/A1/11/255	MF575 MF10047B
PRYER, William	Sheffield, Burghfield		1558	D/A1/103/117 D/A1/7/188	MF573 MF10040
PRYMMER, Thomas			1550	D/A1/103/091	MF573
PRYMMER, William	Cookham		1554	D/A1/103/098 D/A1/7/034	MF573 MF10040
PRYNE, William Snr	Stanford Dingley	Parson, Clerk	1641	D/A1/106/098	MF576
PRYNTALL, George	Hurley	Tile Maker	1580	D/A1/104/025 D/A1/10/224	MF575 MF10047A
PRYOR, Anne	Grazeley, Sulhamstead Abbots		1662	D/A1/107/37	MF577
PRYOR, Dorothy	Stanford In The Vale		1640	D/A1/106/091	MF576
PRYOR, Francis	East Hagbourne, Hagbourne	Yeoman	1778	D/A1/110/31	MF535
PRYOR, Giles Snr	Burghfield	Yeoman	1602	D/A1/104/155 D/A1/13/828	MF575 MF10049
PRYOR, Henry	Marcham	Yeoman	1691	D/A1/209/87	MF96083
PRYOR, Henry Snr	Goosey, Stanford In The Vale	Husbandman	1622	D/A1/105/079	MF576
PRYOR, Joan	Englefield		1623	D/A1/105/085	MF576
PRYOR, John	Stratfield Mortimer		1581	D/A1/104/035 D/A1/10/323	MF575 MF10047A
PRYOR, John	Brightwell	Labourer	1774	D/A1/110/15	MF535
PRYOR, John Snr	Stanford In The Vale	Yeoman	1673	D/A1/107/118	MF577
PRYOR, Richard	Compton	Husbandman	1762	D/A1/109/221	MF535
PRYOR, Thomas	Marcham	Husbandman	1696	D/A1/108/91	MF577
PRYOR, William	North Moreton		1546	D/A1/3/120	MF604
PRYOR, William	North Moreton		1546	D/A1/233/228	MF96132
PRYOR, William	Boxford	Cooper	1625	D/A1/208/042	MF96080
PUCKEMORE, Alexander	Enborne		1576	D/A1/104/006 D/A1/10/048	MF575 MF10047A
PUCKERIDGE, Edward	Swallowfield	Yeoman	1596	D/A1/104/107 D/A1/12/314	MF575 MF10048
PUCKMAR, Thomas	Enborne	Weaver	1609	D/A1/104/216 D/A1/14/521	MF575 MF10064
PUCKMORE, Ellen	Enborne		1581	D/A1/104/036 D/A1/10/329	MF575 MF10047A
PUCKMORE, Joan	Enborne		1609	D/A1/104/219 D/A1/14/546	MF575 MF10064
PUCKRIDGE, John	Padworth	Yeoman	1693	D/A1/209/101	MF96083
PUCKRIDGE, Richard	Compton		1792	D/A1/110/59	MF535
PUCKRIDGE, Thomas Head	Compton	Yeoman	1777	D/A1/110/30	MF535
PUDSEY, John	Reading	Bargemaster	1737	D/A1/109/127	MF578
PUDSEY, Mary	Cookham		1775	D/A1/110/22	MF535
PUESEY, William	Buckland	Labourer	1620	D/A1/105/056	MF576
PUFFEY, John	Enborne		1694	D/A1/108/73	MF577
PUKRIGE, William	Pangbourne		1529	D/A1/1/116	MF10041
PULBROOK, Thomas	Bucklebury	Yeoman	1731	D/A1/109/90	MF578
PULBROOKE, Richard	Stanford In The Vale	Yeoman	1728	D/A1/109/72	MF578
PULCHER, Alice	Northcourt, Abingdon St Helen		1576	D/A1/207/079	MF96077
PULCHER, John	Pusey		1590	D/A1/11/374	MF10047B
PULCHER, John	Pusey		1591	D/A1/207/110	MF96078
PULCHER, John	Northcourt, Abingdon St Helen		1600	D/A1/207/135	MF96078
PULCHER, John	Abingdon St Helen		1600	D/A1/13/594	MF10049
PULCHER, Marian	Northcourt, Abingdon St Helen		1616	D/A1/105/024 D/A1/15/568	MF576 MF10065
PULCHER, Stephen	Northcourt, Abingdon St Helen		1610	D/A1/207/163 D/A1/168/063	MF96078 MF96001
PULKER, John	Sutton Courtenay		1521	D/A1/1/053	MF10041
PULKER, Osmond	Northcourt, Abingdon St Helen		1557	D/A1/7/157	MF10040
PULKER, Osmond			1557	D/A1/103/106	MF573
PULLEN, Edward	Appleford, Sutton Courtenay	Yeoman	1839	D/A1/160/38	MF582
PULLEN, John	Warfield	Yeoman	1617	D/A1/105/033 D/A1/15/732	MF576 MF10065
PULLEN, John	Coleshill	Butcher, Farmer	1734	D/A1/109/103	MF578
PULLEN, John	Marcham	Wheelwright	1834	D/A1/160/24	MF582
PULLEN, John	Appleford, Sutton Courtenay	Yeoman	1844	D/A1/160/57	MF582
PULLEN, John	Sutton Courtenay	Yeoman	1854	D/A1/160/94	MF582
PULLEN, Nicholas	Buscot	Parson, Rector	1598	D/A1/207/127 D/A1/13/422	MF96078 MF10049
PULLIN, John	Warfield	Husbandman	1664	D/A1/107/58	MF577
PULLIN, John Jnr	Abingdon		1695	D/A1/209/109	MF96083
PULLIN, Richard	Reading St Giles	Yeoman	1714	D/A1/209/182	MF96084
PULLIN, Thomas Snr	Warfield	Yeoman	1674	D/A1/107/125	MF577
PULLING, Martha	East Lockinge		1842	D/A1/160/52	MF582
PULLPETT, Joan	Chieveley		1615	D/A1/15/595	MF10065
PULLYN, Thomas	New Bracknell, Warfield	Yeoman	1608	D/A1/104/208 D/A1/14/407	MF575 MF10064
PULLYN, Walter	Abingdon	Yeoman, Victualler	1603	D/A1/104/175 D/A1/13/919	MF575 MF10049
PULPITT, Joan	Chieveley		1616	D/A1/105/026	MF576
PULTER, Richard	Easthampstead		1541	D/A1/3/122	MF604
PULTER, Thomas	Easthampstead		1556	D/A1/3/098	MF604
PUMFREY, Joseph	Wantage	Grocer	1847	D/A1/160/69	MF582
PUMFREY, Thomas	East Lockinge	Yeoman	1687	D/A1/108/44	MF577
PUMFREY, Thomas	Speen	Labourer	1719	D/A1/209/196	MF96084
PUMFREY, Thomas	East Ilsley	Yeoman	1739	D/A1/109/132	MF578
PUMFREY, Thomas Snr	East Lockinge	Yeoman	1657	D/A1/107/13	MF577
PUMFREY, William	Shefford	Yeoman	1837	D/A1/160/30	MF582
PUMFRY, Katherine	Harwell		1690	D/A1/108/57	MF577
PUMMELL, John	Midgham, Thatcham		1558	D/A1/103/119 D/A1/7/224	MF573 MF10040
PUMMELL, Peter	Ilsley	Husbandman	1608	D/A1/207/152	MF96078
PUMMELL, Peter	Ilsley		1608	D/A1/168/029	MF96001
PUNFULL, Catherine	Fawler, Sparsholt(W.), Compton Beauchamp		1701	D/A1/108/108	MF578
PUNTER, Ann	Reading		1816	D/A1/159/81	MF582
PUNTER, Edward	Winkfield	Yeoman	1722	D/A1/109/28	MF578
PUNTER, Henry	Winkfield	Yeoman	1706	D/A1/108/145	MF578
PUNTER, Henry	Binfield	Husbandman	1762	D/A1/109/220	MF535
PUNTER, Jane	Winkfield		1609	D/A1/104/222 D/A1/14/601	MF575 MF10064
PUNTER, Jeffrey	Bray	Yeoman	1572	D/A1/103/216 D/A1/9/335	MF575 MF10046
PUNTER, Joan	Winkfield		1731	D/A1/109/91	MF578
PUNTER, John	Bray	Bricklayer	1560	D/A1/3/267	MF604
PUNTER, John	Bray		1560	D/A1/233/328	MF96132
PUNTER, John	Winkfield	Yeoman	1721	D/A1/109/25	MF578
PUNTER, Richard	Bray	Yeoman	1605	D/A1/104/187 D/A1/13/1400	MF575 MF10049
PUNTER, Richard	Winkfield	Husbandman	1734	D/A1/109/105	MF578
PUNTER, Roger	New Windsor, Windsor	Carpenter	1665	D/A1/107/69	MF577
PUNTER, Susan	New Windsor, Windsor		1667	D/A1/208/169	MF96081
PUNTER, Thomas	Winkfield		1559	D/A1/103/142 D/A1/6/017	MF573 MF10043B
PUNTER, Thomas	Binfield		1721	D/A1/109/24	MF578
PUNTER, William	Bray	Yeoman	1643	D/A1/208/103	MF96080
PUNTER, William	Bray	Husbandman	1643	D/A1/169/068	MF96002
PUNTTER, Agnes			1550	D/A1/5/111	MF10043A

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