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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTYN, Thomas | Bray | Yeoman | 1545 | D/A1/96/060 D/A1/6/025 D/A1/5/003 | MF570 MF10043B MF10043A |
| MARTYN, Thomas | Newbury | Tailor | 1629 | D/A1/97/126 | MF571 |
| MARTYN, William Snr | Wargrave | Plough Maker | 1640 | D/A1/98/004 | MF571 |
| MARTYNE, James | Stratfield Mortimer, Hampshire | Tailor, Yeoman | 1685 | D/A1/98/163 | MF571 |
| MARTYNE, John | 1550 | D/A1/5/110 | MF10043A | ||
| MARTYNE, John | Newbury | Weaver | 1576 | D/A1/96/137 D/A1/10/046 | MF570 MF10047A |
| MARTYNE, John Snr | Sutton Courtenay | Yeoman | 1616 | D/A1/97/052 D/A1/15/621 | MF570 MF10065 |
| MARTYNE, William | South Moreton | Husbandman | 1563 | D/A1/96/088 D/A1/7/365 | MF570 MF10040 |
| MARVIN, Robert | Thatcham | Glover | 1602 | D/A1/96/147 D/A1/13/798 | MF570 MF10049 |
| MARVINE, Amy | Thatcham | 1608 | D/A1/97/009 D/A1/14/410 | MF570 MF10064 | |
| MARWAY, Henry | Reading St Mary | 1565 | D/A1/96/102 D/A1/7/380 | MF570 MF10040 | |
| MASCAL, John | Padworth | Labourer | 1755 | D/A1/100/96 | MF572 |
| MASCALL, Hannah | Wallingford | 1766 | D/A1/100/117 | MF572 | |
| MASCALL, Thomas | Sutton Courtenay | 1621 | D/A1/204/008 | MF96068 | |
| MASCALL, William | Bucklebury | Labourer | 1719 | D/A1/205/54 | MF96071 |
| MASCOLL, Fabian | Cholsey | Husbandman | 1609 | D/A1/97/012 D/A1/14/519 | MF570 MF10064 |
| MASCOLL, Henry | Cholsey | 1619 | D/A1/168/163 | MF96001 | |
| MASCOLL, Jane | Cholsey | 1637 | D/A1/97/174 | MF571 | |
| MASCOLL, John | Cholsey | Husbandman | 1579 | D/A1/10/181 D/A1/96/183 | MF10047A MF570 |
| MASCOLL, Margery | Winterbrook, Cholsey | 1635 | D/A1/97/164 | MF571 | |
| MASCOWLE, Henry | Cholsey | 1619 | D/A1/204/001 | MF96068 | |
| MASCULINE (ALIAS MARSLING), William | Buckland | Yeoman | 1739 | D/A1/205/100 | MF96072 |
| MASEY, John | Thatcham | Blacksmith, Yeoman | 1699 | D/A1/99/51 | MF572 |
| MASKALL, John | East Garston | Labourer | 1621 | D/A1/97/076 | MF570 |
| MASKALL, John | Aldworth | Yeoman | 1722 | D/A1/99/139 | MF572 |
| MASKALL, Matthew | Wallingford St Peter | Carrier | 1643 | D/A1/98/022 | MF571 |
| MASKALL, Richard | Cholsey | Husbandman | 1634 | D/A1/97/160 | MF571 |
| MASKALL, Thomas | Bucklebury | Husbandman | 1588 | D/A1/96/222 D/A1/11/295 | MF570 MF10047B |
| MASKALL, Thomas | Hampstead Norreys | Labourer | 1784 | D/A1/100/154 | MF572 |
| MASKALL, William | Bucklebury | Bricklayer | 1733 | D/A1/205/86 | MF96072 |
| MASKELINE, John | Buckland | Yeoman | 1727 | D/A1/205/73 | MF96071 |
| MASKELL, John | Newbury | Maltster | 1733 | D/A1/100/29 | MF572 |
| MASKELL, Peter | Binfield | Carrier | 1834 | D/A1/230/32 | MF96127 |
| MASKELL, William | Theale, Tilehurst | Shopkeeper | 1794 | D/A1/100/172 | MF572 |
| MASKOLL, Richard | Cholsey | 1606 | D/A1/97/002 D/A1/14/229 | MF570 MF10064 | |
| MASLEN, John | Catmore | Shopkeeper | 1841 | D/A1/158/32 | MF581 |
| MASLIN, Edmund | East Garston | Labourer | 1636 | D/A1/97/169 | MF571 |
| MASLIN, John Snr | Uplambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1670 | D/A1/98/95 | MF571 |
| MASLIN, John Snr | Uplambourn, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1670 | D/A1/98/104 | MF571 |
| MASLIN, Thomas | Warfield | Yeoman | 1689 | D/A1/99/10 | MF572 |
| MASLING, Robert | Eastbury, Lambourn | Wheelwright | 1702 | D/A1/205/5 | MF96071 |
| MASLYN, Christopher | Eastbury, Lambourn | Yeoman | 1631 | D/A1/97/134 | MF571 |
| MASON, Adam | E. Challow, Letcombe Regis | Yeoman | 1679 | D/A1/98/134 | MF571 |
| MASON, Alice | Reading St Mary | 1637 | D/A1/97/171 D/A1/97/173 | MF571 MF571 | |
| MASON, Andrew | Newbury | 1606 | D/A1/97/001 D/A1/14/223 | MF570 MF10064 | |
| MASON, Andrew | Kintbury | Yeoman | 1733 | D/A1/205/83 | MF96072 |
| MASON, Elizabeth | Newbury | 1633 | D/A1/204/038 D/A1/168/256 | MF96068 MF96001 | |
| MASON, Elizabeth | Reading | 1717 | D/A1/99/118 | MF572 | |
| MASON, George | Speenhamland, Speen | Saddler | 1746 | D/A1/100/75 | MF572 |
| MASON, Henry | Greenham, Thatcham | Yeoman | 1621 | D/A1/97/086 | MF570 |
| MASON, James | Reading St Laurence | Felt Maker | 1626 | D/A1/97/111 | MF571 |
| MASON, John | Aldermaston | 1604 | D/A1/203/264 | MF96067 | |
| MASON, John | Aldermaston | 1604 | D/A1/13/1394 | MF10049 | |
| MASON, John | Compton | Yeoman | 1688 | D/A1/99/4 | MF572 |
| MASON, John | Old Windsor | Bricklayer | 1702 | D/A1/205/4 | MF96071 |
| MASON, Lazarus | Kintbury | 1755 | D/A1/100/97 | MF572 | |
| MASON, Paul | Newbury | 1619 | D/A1/204/004 | MF96068 | |
| MASON, Robert | Sulham | 1712 | D/A1/205/36 | MF96071 | |
| MASON, Robert | Tilehurst | Bricklayer | 1825 | D/A1/230/24 | MF96127 |
| MASON, Robert Snr | Speenhamland, Speen | Yeoman | 1662 | D/A1/204/78 | MF96069 |
| MASON, Thomas | Speenhamland, Speen | 1589 | D/A1/11/184 | MF10047B | |
| MASON, Thomas | East Hanney, West Hanney | Husbandman | 1669 | D/A1/98/88 | MF571 |
| MASON, Thomas | Newbury | Yeoman | 1684 | D/A1/98/155 | MF571 |
| MASON, Thomas | Ardington | Labourer | 1709 | D/A1/205/24 | MF96071 |
| MASON, Thomas | Newbury | Penman | 1715 | D/A1/99/113 | MF572 |
| MASON, Thomas | Windsor | 1716 | D/A1/205/48 | MF96071 | |
| MASON, Thomas | Sulham | Yeoman | 1717 | D/A1/99/119 | MF572 |
| MASON, Thomas | Reading St Mary | Coach Harness Maker | 1730 | D/A1/205/80 | MF96071 |
| MASON, Thomas | Long Wittenham | Maltster | 1761 | D/A1/205/127 | MF96072 |
| MASON, William | Sulham | 1738 | D/A1/205/99 | MF96072 | |
| MASON, William | Hurley | Labourer | 1791 | D/A1/100/168 | MF572 |
| MASSELIN, Richard | New Windsor, Windsor | 1612 | D/A1/168/090 | MF96001 | |
| MASSELINE, Richard | New Windsor, Windsor | 1612 | D/A1/203/284 | MF96067 | |
| MASSEY, David | Wallingford | Dealer | 1841 | D/A1/158/33 | MF581 |
| MASSEY, William | Bradfield | Husbandman | 1758 | D/A1/100/100 | MF572 |
| MASSIE, Nicholas | Tidmarsh | Carpenter | 1590 | D/A1/96/230 D/A1/11/345 | MF570 MF10047B |
| MASSON, Dorothy | Newbury | 1631 | D/A1/97/138 | MF571 | |
| MASSON, Robert | Moulsford, Cholsey | Husbandman | 1598 | D/A1/96/271 D/A1/13/297 | MF570 MF10049 |
| MASSY, John | Thatcham | Gunsmith | 1662 | D/A1/98/59 | MF571 |
| MASTERS, Charity | Thatcham | 1802 | D/A1/157/60 | MF581 | |
| MASTERS, Francis | Newbury | Ironmonger | 1758 | D/A1/205/122 | MF96072 |
| MASTERS, George | Compton Beauchamp | 1709 | D/A1/205/22 | MF96071 | |
| MASTON, Roger | Abingdon St Helen | Mason | 1546 | D/A1/5/060 | MF10043A |
| MATCHAM, Clement | Botley, North Hinksey, Cumnor | 1639 | D/A1/97/186 | MF571 | |
| MATCHWICK, John | Wargrave | Yeoman | 1796 | D/A1/100/176 | MF572 |
| MATHER, Ann | Abingdon | 1738 | D/A1/100/55 | MF572 | |
| MATHER, Elizabeth | Drayton | 1854 | D/A1/158/67 | MF581 | |
| MATHER, Thomas | Abingdon | Maltster | 1707 | D/A1/99/80 | MF572 |
| MATHEW , Richard | Finchampstead | 1603 | D/A1/13/1020 | MF10049 | |
| MATHEW, Alice | Hampstead Norreys | 1560 | D/A1/96/048 D/A1/6/044 | MF570 MF10043B | |
| MATHEW, Avery | Abingdon | Collar Maker | 1729 | D/A1/205/76 | MF96071 |
| MATHEW, Edward | Shinfield | Harness Maker | 1681 | D/A1/204/138 | MF96070 |
| MATHEW, Elizabeth | Hampstead Norris | 1683 | D/A1/98/151 | MF571 | |
| MATHEW, George | Benham, Speen | Husbandman | 1661 | D/A1/63/14 | MF515 |
| MATHEW, Gregory Snr | Hampstead Norris | Yeoman | 1660 | D/A1/98/46 | MF571 |
| MATHEW, James | Hampstead Norreys | Yeoman | 1596 | D/A1/96/258 D/A1/12/365 | MF570 MF10048 |
| MATHEW, James | Chalton, Hampshire | Husbandman | 1642 | D/A1/98/019 | MF571 |
| MATHEW, James | Hampstead Norris | 1670 | D/A1/98/97 | MF571 | |
| MATHEW, James | Ashampstead Buccoll, Ashampstead | Yeoman | 1678 | D/A1/98/131 | MF571 |
| MATHEW, James | Hill House, Burghfield | 1693 | D/A1/204/165 | MF96070 |