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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WEST, Robert | Appleton | 1609 | D/A1/221/028 | MF96112 | |
WEST, Robert | Bayworth, Sunningwell | Husbandman | 1623 | D/A1/135/005 | MF552 |
WEST, Robert | Abingdon | Innholder | 1717 | D/A1/224/16 | MF96119 |
WEST, Robert | Sunningwell | Yeoman | 1719 | D/A1/224/27 | MF96119 |
WEST, Robert | Binfield | Yeoman | 1725 | D/A1/224/49 | MF96119 |
WEST, Robert Snr | Sunningwell | Yeoman | 1705 | D/A1/139/107 | MF554 |
WEST, Stephen | Enborne | Husbandman | 1685 | D/A1/223/39 | MF96116 |
WEST, Susanah | Abingdon | 1828 | D/A1/232/89 | MF96131 | |
WEST, Susannah | Binfield | Husbandman | 1702 | D/A1/223/153 | MF96118 |
WEST, Thomas | Reading St Giles | Smith | 1564 | D/A1/132/188 D/A1/8/317 | MF550 MF10043C |
WEST, Thomas | Wallingford | 1574 | D/A1/220/079 | MF96110 | |
WEST, Thomas | Wasing | 1600 | D/A1/220/186 | MF96111 | |
WEST, Thomas | Wallingford | 1603 | D/A1/220/198 | MF96111 | |
WEST, Thomas | Wallingford | 1603 | D/A1/13/1022 | MF10049 | |
WEST, Thomas | Bayworth, Sunningwell | Husbandman | 1624 | D/A1/221/097 | MF96113 |
WEST, Thomas | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | Yeoman | 1628 | D/A1/16/178 | MF10066 |
WEST, Thomas | Gilbourns, Sutton Courtenay | Husbandman | 1632 | D/A1/135/131 | MF552 |
WEST, Thomas | Sutton Courtenay | 1633 | D/A1/136/018 | MF552 | |
WEST, Thomas | Sunningwell | 1640 | D/A1/136/090 | MF552 | |
WEST, Thomas | Reading St Laurence | Butcher | 1692 | D/A1/223/96 | MF96117 |
WEST, Thomas | Uffington | Innholder | 1708 | D/A1/139/135 | MF554 |
WEST, Thomas | Warfield | Yeoman | 1713 | D/A1/139/170 | MF554 |
WEST, Thomas | Chieveley | Blacksmith | 1744 | D/A1/224/132 | MF96120 |
WEST, William | Warfield | Yeoman | 1592 | D/A1/133/147 D/A1/12/043 | MF551 MF10048 |
WEST, William | Clewer | Labourer | 1611 | D/A1/134/066 D/A1/15/133 | MF551 MF10065 |
WEST, William | Bray | Yeoman | 1618 | D/A1/134/170 D/A1/15/905 | MF551 MF10065 |
WEST, William | Wootton, Cumnor | 1635 | D/A1/16/372 | MF10066 | |
WEST, William | Wootton, Cumnor | 1635 | D/A1/136/033 | MF552 | |
WEST, William | Abingdon | Gardener | 1639 | D/A1/221/163 D/A1/169/103 | MF96113 MF96002 |
WEST, William | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | Yeoman | 1642 | D/A1/222/002 D/A1/169/103 | MF96114 MF96002 |
WEST, William | Sutton Courtenay | Yeoman | 1646 | D/A1/222/030 | MF96114 |
WEST, William | Sutton Courtenay | Yeoman | 1646 | D/A1/169/102 | MF96002 |
WEST, William | Drayton | 1669 | D/A1/137/166 | MF553 | |
WEST, William | Pangbourne | Miller | 1820 | D/A1/165/19 | MF584 |
WESTALL, Daniel | Hampstead Norreys | Husbandman | 1739 | D/A1/140/173 | MF555 |
WESTALL, Henry | Theale, Tilehurst | Innkeeper | 1849 | D/A1/166/34 | MF585 |
WESTBROCK, William | White Waltham | Yeoman | 1667 | D/A1/137/141 | MF553 |
WESTBROKE, Thomas | 1569 | D/A1/167/140 | MF96000 | ||
WESTBROKE, Thomas | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | Husbandman | 1595 | D/A1/133/186 D/A1/12/299 | MF551 MF10048 |
WESTBROOCKE, John | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | Yeoman | 1621 | D/A1/134/183 | MF551 |
WESTBROOK , Joseph Snr | East Hanney, West Hanney | Yeoman | 1809 | D/A1/164/75 | MF584 |
WESTBROOK , Joseph Snr | Abingdon | Sacking Manufacturer | 1850 | D/A1/166/40 | MF585 |
WESTBROOK, Agnes | Brightwalton | 1635 | D/A1/169/102 | MF96002 | |
WESTBROOK, James | Bisham | Husbandman | 1748 | D/A1/141/19 | MF555 |
WESTBROOK, James | Bisham | Farmer | 1799 | D/A1/142/143 | MF556 |
WESTBROOK, Jane | Bisham | 1830 | D/A1/165/60 | MF585 | |
WESTBROOK, John | West Ilsley | Yeoman | 1714 | D/A1/139/180 | MF554 |
WESTBROOK, Joseph | East Hanney, West Hanney | Farmer | 1822 | D/A1/232/76 | MF96131 |
WESTBROOK, Rachel | West Hanney | 1827 | D/A1/165/50 | MF584 | |
WESTBROOK, William | East Hanney, West Hanney | Yeoman | 1685 | D/A1/138/111 | MF554 |
WESTBROOK, William | Buckland | Labourer | 1812 | D/A1/164/93 | MF584 |
WESTBROOK, William | Buckland | Yeoman | 1840 | D/A1/165/99 | MF585 |
WESTBROOK, William Snr | White Waltham | Cordwainer | 1683 | D/A1/223/29 | MF96116 |
WESTBROOKE , William Snr | White Waltham | Cordwainer | 1718 | D/A1/140/9 | MF555 |
WESTBROOKE, Agnes | Brightwalton | 1635 | D/A1/221/142 | MF96113 | |
WESTBROOKE, Edward | Thatcham | Husbandman | 1641 | D/A1/16/611 | MF10066 |
WESTBROOKE, Edward | Abingdon | Mason | 1663 | D/A1/137/102 | MF553 |
WESTBROOKE, Francis | Goosey, Stanford In The Vale | 1704 | D/A1/223/165 | MF96118 | |
WESTBROOKE, Joan | Shottesbrook, Shottesbrook | 1670 | D/A1/137/171 | MF553 | |
WESTBROOKE, John | Abingdon | Husbandman | 1594 | D/A1/220/161 | MF96111 |
WESTBROOKE, John | Abingdon | 1594 | D/A1/12/196 | MF10048 | |
WESTBROOKE, John | Stanford In The Vale | 1638 | D/A1/136/056 | MF552 | |
WESTBROOKE, John | East Challow, Letcombe Regis | Yeoman | 1661 | D/A1/137/78 | MF553 |
WESTBROOKE, John | Lyford, West Hanney | Yeoman | 1722 | D/A1/140/51 | MF555 |
WESTBROOKE, Margaret | Letcombe Regis | 1606 | D/A1/221/006 D/A1/168/010 | MF96112 MF96001 | |
WESTBROOKE, Thomas | Brightwalton | Yeoman | 1628 | D/A1/135/075 | MF552 |
WESTBROOKE, William | White Waltham | Yeoman | 1624 | D/A1/135/015 | MF552 |
WESTBRUCKE, Richard | Uffington | Husbandman | 1629 | D/A1/135/094 | MF552 |
WESTBURY , John Snr | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1733 | D/A1/140/139 | MF555 |
WESTBURY, Ann | West Shefford | 1766 | D/A1/141/107 | MF555 | |
WESTBURY, Ann | Speen | 1805 | D/A1/164/63 | MF584 | |
WESTBURY, Anthony | Great Shefford, West Shefford | Maltster | 1751 | D/A1/141/35 | MF555 |
WESTBURY, Church | Ashampstead | 1784 | D/A1/141/181 | MF556 | |
WESTBURY, Church | Boxford | Yeoman | 1825 | D/A1/165/39 | MF584 |
WESTBURY, John | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1766 | D/A1/141/110 | MF555 |
WESTBURY, Thomas | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1693 | D/A1/139/2 | MF554 |
WESTBURY, Thomas | Lambourn | Yeoman | 1705 | D/A1/223/167 | MF96118 |
WESTBURY, William | Boxford | Maltster | 1777 | D/A1/141/160 | MF556 |
WESTCOATE, Richard | Woolley, Bray | Husbandman | 1575 | D/A1/132/277 D/A1/9/458 | MF550 MF10046 |
WESTCOT , Richard | Bray | Husbandman | 1578 | D/A1/10/137 | MF10047A |
WESTCOT, Christopher | Altwood, Bray | 1559 | D/A1/132/155 D/A1/7/307 | MF550 MF10040 | |
WESTCOT, John Snr | Warfield | Yeoman | 1583 | D/A1/133/067 D/A1/10/375 | MF550 MF10047A |
WESTCOT, Robert | Bray | 1603 | D/A1/13/1020 | MF10049 | |
WESTCOTE, John | Windsor | Shoemaker | 1728 | D/A1/224/63 | MF96119 |
WESTCOTT, Richard Snr | White Waltham | Yeoman | 1662 | D/A1/222/50 | MF96114 |
WESTCOTT, Robert | Bray | Blacksmith | 1637 | D/A1/221/156 D/A1/169/102 | MF96113 MF96002 |
WESTCOTT, Thomas | Bray | 1551 | D/A1/5/143 | MF10043A | |
WESTCOTT, Thomas | Bray | Yeoman | 1597 | D/A1/133/197 D/A1/13/094 | MF551 MF10049 |
WESTCOTT, Thomas | Bisham | Ploughwright | 1615 | D/A1/134/113 D/A1/15/538 | MF551 MF10065 |
WESTCOTT, William | Maidenhead | Yeoman | 1643 | D/A1/222/019 | MF96114 |
WESTCOTT, William | Maidenhead | Yeoman | 1643 | D/A1/169/103 | MF96002 |
WESTE, Ann | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1637 | D/A1/136/051 | MF552 | |
WESTE, Daniel | Sutton Courtenay | Yeoman | 1665 | D/A1/137/124 | MF553 |
WESTE, Frances | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1639 | D/A1/136/081 | MF552 | |
WESTE, James | Abingdon | 1587 | D/A1/220/121 | MF96111 | |
WESTE, James | Abingdon | 1587 | D/A1/11/160 | MF10047B | |
WESTE, Joan | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1571 | D/A1/132/241 D/A1/9/267 | MF550 MF10046 | |
WESTE, Joan | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1594 | D/A1/133/169 D/A1/12/155 | MF551 MF10048 | |
WESTE, John | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | 1557 | D/A1/233/006 | MF96132 | |
WESTE, Richard | Drayton, Abingdon St Helen | Husbandman | 1577 | D/A1/132/284 D/A1/10/062 | MF550 MF10047A |