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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAW, James | Newbury | Yeoman, Labourer | 1733 | D/A1/216/125 | MF96101 |
| SHAW, John | Thatcham | 1728 | D/A1/216/92 | MF96101 | |
| SHAW, John Snr | Newbury | 1694 | D/A1/215/94 | MF96098 | |
| SHAW, Joseph | Speen | Baker | 1803 | D/A1/161/131 | MF583 |
| SHAW, Martha | Kingston Bagpuize | 1693 | D/A1/215/84 | MF96098 | |
| SHAW, Richard | Newbury | 1679 | D/A1/121/101 | MF542 | |
| SHAW, Roger | Newbury | Tailor | 1597 | D/A1/116/127 D/A1/13/079 | MF539 MF10049 |
| SHAW, William | Ashbury | Miller | 1683 | D/A1/215/19 | MF96098 |
| SHAWE, Agnes | Newbury | 1597 | D/A1/116/138 D/A1/13/221 | MF539 MF10049 | |
| SHAWE, Christopher | Reading | Cook | 1658 | D/A1/120/58 | MF541 |
| SHAWE, John | 1576 | D/A1/212/096 | MF96092 | ||
| SHAWE, Ralph | Brimpton | Vicar | 1555 | D/A1/212/029 | MF96092 |
| SHAWE, Richard | Newbury | Card Maker | 1638 | D/A1/119/098 | MF540 |
| SHAWE, William | Newbury | Innholder, Yeoman | 1615 | D/A1/117/112 D/A1/15/496 | MF539 MF10065 |
| SHAWE, William | Besselsleigh | Yeoman | 1661 | D/A1/120/73 | MF541 |
| SHAYLER, Henry | Botley, Oxfordshire | Blacksmith | 1762 | D/A1/125/49 | MF544 |
| SHEAKESHAFT, John | Newbury | Felt Maker | 1667 | D/A1/214/132 | MF96097 |
| SHEAPHEARD, Francis | Sulhamstead Abbots | Yeoman | 1645 | D/A1/120/021 | MF541 |
| SHEARD , William Snr | Stanford In The Vale | Yeoman | 1805 | D/A1/161/123 | MF583 |
| SHEARD, John | West Challow, Letcombe Regis | Yeoman | 1701 | D/A1/122/108 | MF542 |
| SHEARD, Jonathan | Blewbury | Labourer | 1844 | D/A1/162/96 | MF583 |
| SHEARD, Jonathan | Blewbury | Shepherd | 1854 | D/A1/231/119 | MF96130 |
| SHEARD, Thomas | Newbury | 1684 | D/A1/215/23 | MF96098 | |
| SHEARD, Thomas Snr | Sutton Courtenay | Yeoman | 1627 | D/A1/118/105 | MF540 |
| SHEDD, Henry | Shellingford | Yeoman | 1691 | D/A1/197/132 | MF96053 |
| SHEEN, John | Little Wittenham | Yeoman | 1709 | D/A1/122/189 | MF543 |
| SHEEN, Margaret Eliz | Wallingford | 1828 | D/A1/162/40 | MF583 | |
| SHEEN, Nathaniel | Little Wittenham | Yeoman | 1703 | D/A1/215/146 | MF96099 |
| SHEEN, Nathaniel | Little Wittenham | Yeoman | 1712 | D/A1/216/14 | MF96100 |
| SHEEN, Samuel | Abingdon | Joiner | 1721 | D/A1/216/56 | MF96101 |
| SHEEN, Thomas | Little Wittenham | Yeoman | 1712 | D/A1/216/17 | MF96100 |
| SHEENE, Elizabeth | Wallingford | 1674 | D/A1/121/64 | MF542 | |
| SHEENE, Elizabeth | Little Wittenham | 1693 | D/A1/215/85 | MF96098 | |
| SHEENE, Henry | Thrupp, Radley | Husbandman | 1605 | D/A1/116/252 D/A1/14/135 D/A1/168/001 | MF539 MF10064 MF96001 |
| SHEENE, Joan | Little Wittenham | 1614 | D/A1/117/111 D/A1/15/484 | MF539 MF10065 | |
| SHEENE, John | Thrupp, Radley | Husbandman | 1578 | D/A1/115/144 D/A1/10/114 | MF538 MF10047A |
| SHEENE, John | Thrupp, Radley | Cordwainer | 1597 | D/A1/116/133 D/A1/13/135 | MF539 MF10049 |
| SHEENE, John Snr | Wallingford St Leonard | Husbandman | 1662 | D/A1/214/103 | MF96097 |
| SHEENE, Mary | Abingdon | 1674 | D/A1/121/55 | MF542 | |
| SHEENE, Mary | Little Wittenham | 1715 | D/A1/216/31 | MF96100 | |
| SHEENE, Nathaniel | Little Wittenham | Yeoman | 1676 | D/A1/121/78 | MF542 |
| SHEENE, Robert | Radley | Husbandman | 1596 | D/A1/116/115 D/A1/12/387 | MF538 MF10048 |
| SHEENE, Robert | Abingdon | Blacksmith | 1637 | D/A1/214/067 | MF96096 |
| SHEENE, William | Radley | 1563 | D/A1/8/235 | MF10043C | |
| SHEENE, William | Radley | Yeoman | 1685 | D/A1/121/157 | MF542 |
| SHEENE, Zachary | Radley | Husbandman | 1620 | D/A1/118/011 | MF540 |
| SHEEPPERY, Stephen | Kingston Bagpuize | Yeoman | 1595 | D/A1/116/101 D/A1/12/290 | MF538 MF10048 |
| SHEERE, William | Cookham | Basket Maker | 1609 | D/A1/213/062 | MF96094 |
| SHEERE, William | Cookham | 1609 | D/A1/168/053 | MF96001 | |
| SHEFFARD, Ann | Reading St Laurence | 1707 | D/A1/215/183 | MF96099 | |
| SHEFFEILD, Sawkell | Burghfield | Labourer | 1616 | D/A1/117/125 D/A1/15/628 | MF539 MF10065 |
| SHEFFELD, Cecily | Stratfield Mortimer | 1618 | D/A1/117/157 D/A1/15/904 | MF539 MF10065 | |
| SHEFFERD, Anne | Earley, Sonning | 1661 | D/A1/120/79 | MF541 | |
| SHEFFORD, John | Friar Street, Reading St Laurence | Cloth Worker | 1644 | D/A1/120/020 | MF541 |
| SHEFFORD, Thomas | Long Wittenham | 1570 | D/A1/115/072 D/A1/9/267 D/A1/167/144 | MF538 MF10046 MF96000 | |
| SHELL, William | Wallingford | Tanner | 1776 | D/A1/125/109 | MF544 |
| SHELTHRAM, Robert | Abingdon | Yeoman | 1636 | D/A1/119/071 D/A1/120/027 | MF540 MF541 |
| SHELTON, Agnes | Watchfield, Shrivenham | 1594 | D/A1/116/076 D/A1/12/188 | MF538 MF10048 | |
| SHELTON, Walter | Watchfield, Shrivenham | Husbandman | 1603 | D/A1/116/218 D/A1/13/1002 | MF539 MF10049 |
| SHENE, John | Radley | 1558 | D/A1/7/170 | MF10040 | |
| SHENE, John | Radley | 1558 | D/A1/114/200/1 | MF537 | |
| SHENE, John | Little Wittenham | Husbandman | 1597 | D/A1/116/121 D/A1/13/043 | MF538 MF10049 |
| SHENE, Richard | Thrupp, Radley | Husbandman | 1558 | D/A1/7/156 D/A1/114/200/2 | MF10040 MF537 |
| SHENTON, Samuel | Kingston Bagpuize | 1754 | D/A1/124/194 | MF544 | |
| SHEPARD, John | Kennington, Sunningwell | 1558 | D/A1/114/188 D/A1/8/007 | MF537 MF10043C | |
| SHEPARD, William | Speen | Yeoman | 1669 | D/A1/120/178 | MF541 |
| SHEPERD, Thomas | Fernham, Shrivenham | 1521 | D/A1/1/062 | MF10041 | |
| SHEPERD, Thomas | Abingdon St Helen | 1563 | D/A1/114/265 | MF537 | |
| SHEPEREVE, Agnes | Hanney | 1559 | D/A1/8/138 | MF10043C | |
| SHEPERY, William | East Hanney, Hanney | Yeoman | 1627 | D/A1/118/106 D/A1/213/149 | MF540 MF96095 |
| SHEPEWAYE, Agnes | 1557 | D/A1/233/269 | MF96132 | ||
| SHEPHARD, Henry | Farnborough | Victualler | 1816 | D/A1/161/89 | MF583 |
| SHEPHARD, Thomas | Reading St Laurence | Cutler | 1731 | D/A1/216/116 | MF96101 |
| SHEPHEARD, Joan | Newbury | 1693 | D/A1/215/79 | MF96098 | |
| SHEPHEARD, Simon | Abingdon | Barber | 1697 | D/A1/215/111 | MF96098 |
| SHEPHERD, John | Abingdon | 1608 | D/A1/168/035 | MF96001 | |
| SHEPHERD, John | Streatley | 1777 | D/A1/216/241 | MF96102 | |
| SHEPHERD, Jonathan | Fyfield | 1819 | D/A1/161/97 | MF583 | |
| SHEPHERD, Joseph | Grove, Wantage | Yeoman | 1854 | D/A1/163/35 | MF584 |
| SHEPHERD, Simon | Shinfield | Tailor | 1706 | D/A1/215/171 | MF96099 |
| SHEPHERD, Thomas | Fernham, Shrivenham | Labourer | 1811 | D/A1/161/109 | MF583 |
| SHEPLEY, Elizabeth | Newbury | 1622 | D/A1/118/037 | MF540 | |
| SHEPPARD, Ann | Reading | 1778 | D/A1/125/118 | MF544 | |
| SHEPPARD, Daniel | Winterbourne, Chieveley | 1845 | D/A1/231/108 | MF96130 | |
| SHEPPARD, Elizabeth | Speen | 1719 | D/A1/123/70 | MF543 | |
| SHEPPARD, Francis | Benham, Speen | Yeoman | 1695 | D/A1/215/97 | MF96098 |
| SHEPPARD, Francis | Benham Lovell, Speen | 1709 | D/A1/122/177 | MF543 | |
| SHEPPARD, Francis | Speen | Yeoman | 1772 | D/A1/125/93 | MF544 |
| SHEPPARD, John | Abingdon | Baker | 1608 | D/A1/213/050 | MF96094 |
| SHEPPARD, John | Speen | 1713 | D/A1/123/21 | MF543 | |
| SHEPPARD, John | Thatcham | Yeoman | 1726 | D/A1/216/83 | MF96101 |
| SHEPPARD, John | Kintbury | 1729 | D/A1/124/8 | MF544 | |
| SHEPPARD, John | Lambourn | Baker | 1809 | D/A1/161/113 | MF583 |
| SHEPPARD, John Snr | Speen | Yeoman | 1671 | D/A1/121/25 | MF542 |
| SHEPPARD, Mary | Sutton Courtenay | 1745 | D/A1/124/143 | MF544 | |
| SHEPPARD, Sarah | Speen | 1780 | D/A1/216/243 | MF96102 | |
| SHEPPARD, Stephen | Nalderhill, Speen | Yeoman | 1702 | D/A1/122/115 | MF542 |
| SHEPPARD, Stephen | Speen | Yeoman | 1740 | D/A1/124/108 | MF544 |
| SHEPPARD, Thomas | Chieveley | 1746 | D/A1/124/160 | MF544 | |
| SHEPPARD, William | Speen | Yeoman | 1724 | D/A1/123/122 | MF543 |