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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.

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.

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Name	Place Name	Occupation	Year	BRO Ref	MF Copy
BAASLY, John	Sunningwell		1660	D/A1/45/67	MF465
BABHAM, Arthur	Cookham		1563	D/A1/39/182 D/A1/7/359	MF461 MF10040
BACAR, Maude	Cookham		1559	D/A1/39/137 D/A1/7/295	MF461 MF10040
BACAR, Roger	Burghfield		1545	D/A1/1/004	MF10041
BACAR, Thomas	East Ilsley		1551	D/A1/5/134	MF10043A
BACAR, Thomas	East Ilsley		1551	D/A1/4/022	MF604
BACCHELOR, Edmund	Aldermaston		1617	D/A1/43/002 D/A1/15/700	MF464 MF10065
BACCON, John	East Garston	Yeoman	1689	D/A1/47/138	MF467
BACCON, John Snr	Eastbury, Lambourn	Yeoman	1605	D/A1/41/193 D/A1/14/030	MF463 MF10064
BACHELER, John	Newbury	Cloth Worker	1612	D/A1/42/082 D/A1/15/241	MF463 MF10065
BACHELLER, John Snr	Wasing	Yeoman	1615	D/A1/42/133 D/A1/15/528	MF463 MF10065
BACHILOR, Nicholas	Newbury	Fuller	1574	D/A1/40/037 D/A1/9/405	MF462 MF10046
BACKEHOWSE, Richard	Abingdon St Helen		1545	D/A1/6/171 D/A1/5/055 D/A1/2/071 D/A1/2/087	MF10043B MF10043A MF604 MF604
BACKER, Peter	Shinfield	Yeoman	1696	D/A1/48/40	MF467
BACKHOUSE, Edward	Reading	Carpenter	1684	D/A1/179/36	MF96016
BACKHOUSE, Elizabeth	Swallowfield		1631	D/A1/16/281	MF10066
BACKHOUSE, John	Reading	Broad Weaver	1644	D/A1/45/001	MF465
BACKHOWSE, Thomas	Abingdon	Blacksmith	1602	D/A1/41/168 D/A1/13/882	MF463 MF10049
BACKSTONE, Anne	Reading		1716	D/A1/180/36	MF96019
BACON , John Snr	Lambourn Woodlands, Lambourn	Yeoman	1725	D/A1/49/83	MF468
BACON, Agnes	Bagnor, Speen		1605	D/A1/41/204 D/A1/14/099	MF463 MF10064
BACON, Ann	Blewbury		1701	D/A1/179/137	MF96017
BACON, Elizabeth	Lambourn Woodlands, Lambourn		1782	D/A1/50/194	MF469
BACON, Elizabeth	Lambourn Woodlands, Lambourn		1783	D/A1/50/200	MF469
BACON, Elizabeth	Reading		1825	D/A1/145/122	MF557
BACON, Henry	Eastbury, Lambourn	Husbandman	1627	D/A1/44/074	MF464
BACON, Henry	Lambourn	Labourer	1686	D/A1/179/51	MF96016
BACON, Henry	Eastbury, Lambourn	Glover	1777	D/A1/50/165	MF469
BACON, Henry Snr	Newbury	Cloth Worker	1626	D/A1/43/142	MF464
BACON, James	East Garston	Shopkeeper	1689	D/A1/47/149	MF467
BACON, Joan	Orpenham, Kintbury		1640	D/A1/44/135	MF465
BACON, John	Sotwell, Wallingford St Leonard	Labourer	1636	D/A1/44/073	MF464
BACON, John	East Garston	Yeoman	1712	D/A1/48/187	MF467
BACON, John	Eastbury, Lambourn		1733	D/A1/49/165	MF468
BACON, John Snr	Eastbury, Lambourn		1585	D/A1/40/117 D/A1/11/035	MF462 MF10047B
BACON, John Snr	Eastbury, Lambourn	Husbandman, Shepherd	1694	D/A1/48/19	MF467
BACON, Mary	East Garston		1727	D/A1/49/110	MF468
BACON, Richard	East Garston	Yeoman	1694	D/A1/179/104	MF96017
BACON, Richard	Lambourn Woodlands, Lambourn	Yeoman	1760	D/A1/50/90	MF469
BACON, Robert	Lambourn Woodlands, Lambourn	Husbandman	1623	D/A1/43/089	MF464
BACON, Robert	Newbury	Clothier	1635	D/A1/177/051	MF96013
BACON, Samuel	White Waltham	Gardener	1704	D/A1/48/118	MF467
BACON, Stephen	Welford	Yeoman	1711	D/A1/180/4	MF96019
BACON, Stephen	Speen	Cooper	1743	D/A1/49/260	MF468
BACON, Thomas	Eastbury, Lambourn	Husbandman	1629	D/A1/43/186	MF464
BACON, Thomas	Kintbury	Yeoman	1737	D/A1/49/193	MF468
BACON, Thomas	Wallingford	Tallow Chandler	1835	D/A1/146/23	MF557
BACON, William	Abingdon	Waggoner	1727	D/A1/180/96	MF96019
BADCOCK , Henry Snr	Abingdon St Helen	Yeoman	1728	D/A1/49/115	MF468
BADCOCK , William Snr	Wootton	Yeoman	1712	D/A1/48/190	MF467
BADCOCK, Ann	Marcham		1801	D/A1/226/29	MF96123
BADCOCK, Anne	Hagbourne		1652	D/A1/16/659	MF10066
BADCOCK, Christopher	North Hinksey, Cumnor	Husbandman	1623	D/A1/176/091	MF96012
BADCOCK, Edward	Wootton	Yeoman	1730	D/A1/49/144	MF468
BADCOCK, Elizabeth	Wootton, Cumnor		1658	D/A1/45/61	MF465
BADCOCK, Elizabeth	Marcham		1778	D/A1/180/238	MF96020
BADCOCK, Elizabeth	Radley		1799	D/A1/51/16	MF469
BADCOCK, Francis	Abingdon	Yeoman	1676	D/A1/47/9	MF466
BADCOCK, Henry	Garford, Marcham	Yeoman	1661	D/A1/178/51	MF96015
BADCOCK, Henry	Abingdon St Helen	Yeoman	1731	D/A1/49/151	MF468
BADCOCK, James	Kingston Bagpuize		1813	D/A1/145/67	MF557
BADCOCK, Joan	Abingdon		1681	D/A1/47/62	MF466
BADCOCK, John	Radley	Yeoman	1821	D/A1/145/104	MF557
BADCOCK, Nicholas	Abingdon	Maltster	1743	D/A1/49/261	MF468
BADCOCK, Richard Snr	Garford, Marcham	Yeoman	1683	D/A1/47/78	MF466
BADCOCK, Thomas	Garford, Marcham	Yeoman	1649	D/A1/45/041	MF465
BADCOCK, William	Garford, Marcham		1588	D/A1/40/159 D/A1/11/283	MF462 MF10047B
BADCOCK, William	North Hinksey, Cumnor	Yeoman	1614	D/A1/42/107 D/A1/15/410	MF463 MF10065
BADCOCK, William	Wootton, Cumnor	Yeoman	1648	D/A1/178/036	MF96015
BADCOCK, William	Marcham	Yeoman	1722	D/A1/180/65	MF96019
BADCOCK, William	Frilford, Marcham	Labourer	1758	D/A1/180/204	MF96020
BADCOCK, William	Marcham	Yeoman	1799	D/A1/51/14	MF469
BADCOCKE, Anne	Wootton, Cumnor		1597	D/A1/41/097 D/A1/13/235	MF462 MF10049
BADCOCKE, Anne	Hagbourne		1652	D/A1/45/057	MF465
BADCOCKE, Anne	Garford, Marcham		1690	D/A1/47/156	MF467
BADCOCKE, Jane	Radley		1680	D/A1/178/183	MF96015
BADCOCKE, Joseph Snr	Garford, Marcham	Yeoman	1688	D/A1/47/126	MF467
BADCOCKE, Nicholas	Boars Hill, Cumnor	Yeoman	1607	D/A1/42/008 D/A1/14/383	MF463 MF10064
BADCOCKE, Nicholas	Abingdon		1655	D/A1/45/59	MF465
BADCOCKE, Richard	Boars Hill, Cumnor	Yeoman	1651	D/A1/45/052	MF465
BADCOCKE, Simon	Abingdon		1693	D/A1/179/100	MF96017
BADCOCKE, Simon	Radley	Husbandman	1676	D/A1/178/169	MF96015
BADCOCKE, Thomas	Wootton, Cumnor		1556	D/A1/39/078	MF461
BADCOCKE, Thomas	North Hinksey, Cumnor	Husbandman	1635	D/A1/177/053	MF96013
BADCOCKE, William	Wootton, Cumnor		1626	D/A1/43/143	MF464
BADCOKE, John	Wootton, Cumnor		1544	D/A1/1/230 D/A1/39/012	MF10042 MF461
BADCOKE, John	Boars Hill, Cumnor		1561	D/A1/39/169 D/A1/7/335	MF461 MF10040
BADCOKE, Marian	Wootton, Cumnor		1569	D/A1/39/242 D/A1/9/165	MF462 MF10046
BADCOKE, Richard	North Hinksey, Botley, Cumnor		1568	D/A1/39/230 D/A1/9/111	MF462 MF10046
BADCOKE, Thomas	Cumnor		1556	D/A1/6/061 D/A1/6/073	MF10043B MF10043B
BADCOOK, Thomas	Wootton, Cumnor	Husbandman	1590	D/A1/41/002 D/A1/11/232	MF462 MF10047B
BADGANT, William	Shinfield		1819	D/A1/226/58	MF96123
BADGER (ALIAS BOWYER) (ALIAS LYFORD), Jane	Winkfield		1712	D/A1/203/73	MF96066
BADGER, Augustus	Windsor	Apothecary	1730	D/A1/180/111	MF96020
BADGER, Catherine	Sunninghill		1677	D/A1/178/175	MF96015
BADGER, Thomas	Sunninghill	Tailor	1677	D/A1/47/12	MF466
BADGER, Thomas	Sunninghill	Tailor	1712	D/A1/180/12	MF96019
BADNALL, Ursula	Besselsleigh		1686	D/A1/184/51	MF96026
BADNALL, William	Abingdon		1689	D/A1/179/74	MF96017
BADNALL, William	Cumnor	Yeoman	1729	D/A1/49/129	MF468