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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
PIGGOTT, John	Reading	Labourer	1646	D/A1/106/131	MF576
PIGGOTT, John	West Challow, Letcombe Regis		1825	D/A1/230/96	MF96128
PIGGOTT, Kezia	Compton		1825	D/A1/230/95	MF96128
PIGGOTT, Mary	Lambourn		1815	D/A1/159/78	MF582
PIGGOTT, Richard	Wargrave	Yeoman	1638	D/A1/106/068	MF576
PIGGOTT, Richard	Wargrave		1824	D/A1/230/92	MF96128
PIGGOTT, Thomas	Wargrave	Yeoman	1719	D/A1/109/14	MF578
PIGGOTT, William	Reading St Laurence	Innholder	1701	D/A1/209/133	MF96083
PIGGOTT, William	Wargrave	Cooper	1775	D/A1/110/20	MF535
PIGGOTT, William Snr	Shinfield	Husbandman	1614	D/A1/105/011 D/A1/15/465	MF576 MF10065
PIGGOTT, William Trigg	White Waltham	Cooper	1778	D/A1/110/32	MF535
PIGOOT, William	Barkham		1579	D/A1/104/021 D/A1/10/171	MF575 MF10047A
PIGOT, Ralph	Marcham		1699	D/A1/209/120	MF96083
PIGOTT (ALIAS SPICER), Mary	West Challow, Letcombe Regis		1728	D/A1/216/89	MF96101
PIGOTT, Hugh	Reading St Giles	Husbandman, Cordwainer	1694	D/A1/209/105	MF96083
PIGOTT, John	West Challow, Letcombe Regis		1719	D/A1/209/197	MF96084
PIGOTT, John	West Challow, Letcombe Regis		1723	D/A1/209/209	MF96084
PIGOTT, John	West Challow, Letcombe Regis		1768	D/A1/110/2	MF535
PIGOTT, Lucy	Wargrave		1602	D/A1/104/154 D/A1/13/791	MF575 MF10049
PIGOTT, Mary	West Challow, Letcombe Regis		1706	D/A1/209/148	MF96083
PIGOTT, Mary	Letcombe Regis		1812	D/A1/159/70	MF582
PIGOTT, Ralph	West Challow, Letcombe Regis		1662	D/A1/107/32	MF577
PIGOTT, Ralph	Marcham		1705	D/A1/108/138	MF578
PIGOTT, Robert	Wargrave		1572	D/A1/167/150	MF96000
PIGOTT, Robert			1574	D/A1/207/078	MF96077
PIGOTT, Roger	Bray	Yeoman	1593	D/A1/104/095/1 D/A1/104/097/2 D/A1/12/105	MF575 MF575 MF10048
PIGOTT, Sarah	Marcham		1708	D/A1/108/157	MF578
PIGOTT, Sarah	East Hanney, West Hanney		1839	D/A1/160/37	MF582
PIKE , Roger Snr	Buscot	Yeoman	1762	D/A1/109/217	MF535
PIKE , Roger Snr	Buscot	Farmer	1818	D/A1/159/86	MF582
PIKE, Andrew Snr	Thatcham	Cordwainer	1676	D/A1/107/138	MF577
PIKE, Edmund	Eastbury, Lambourn	Maltster	1792	D/A1/110/60	MF535
PIKE, Edmund	Buscot		1789	D/A1/210/118	MF96086
PIKE, Elizabeth	Thatcham		1676	D/A1/209/32	MF96082
PIKE, Elizabeth	Stanford In The Vale		1794	D/A1/110/65	MF535
PIKE, James	Coleshill	Yeoman	1714	D/A1/108/194	MF578
PIKE, James	Sparsholt	Cordwainer	1806	D/A1/159/58	MF582
PIKE, Jane	Enborne		1745	D/A1/210/69	MF96086
PIKE, Mary	Coleshill		1719	D/A1/109/9	MF578
PIKE, Mary	Lyford, West Hanney		1812	D/A1/159/69	MF582
PIKE, Peter	Childrey	Labourer	1825	D/A1/160/4	MF582
PIKE, Richard	Enborne	Maltster	1733	D/A1/109/99	MF578
PIKE, Robert	Eaton Hastings	Yeoman	1676	D/A1/107/145	MF577
PIKE, Sarah	Sparsholt		1749	D/A1/109/179	MF535
PIKE, Stephen	Eaton, Appleton	Yeoman	1704	D/A1/108/135	MF578
PIKE, Stephen	Lyford, West Hanney	Yeoman	1764	D/A1/109/225	MF535
PIKE, Stephen	Frilford, Marcham		1799	D/A1/210/130	MF96086
PIKE, Stephen	Lyford, West Hanney	Shopkeeper	1848	D/A1/160/78	MF582
PIKE, William	Enborne	Yeoman	1674	D/A1/107/121	MF577
PIKE, William	Fawler, Sparsholt	Carpenter	1709	D/A1/108/168	MF578
PIKE, William	Fawler, Sparsholt	Yeoman	1794	D/A1/110/64	MF535
PIKE, William	Uffington		1838	D/A1/160/35	MF582
PIKEMAN, William	Beech Hill, Stratfield Saye, Hampshire		1585	D/A1/104/049 D/A1/11/024	MF575 MF10047B
PILDRIM , John Snr	Brimpton	Yeoman	1682	D/A1/108/11	MF577
PILDRIM, Richard	Tilehurst		1575	D/A1/207/074	MF96077
PILGRIM, Grace	Reading		1803	D/A1/159/47	MF582
PILGRIM, John	Crookham, Thatcham	Husbandman	1629	D/A1/208/051	MF96080
PILGRIM, John	Brimpton	Yeoman	1689	D/A1/209/84	MF96083
PILGRIM, Nathaniel	Reading	Brick Maker	1772	D/A1/110/10	MF535
PILGRIM, Nathaniel	Reading	Yeoman	1810	D/A1/230/81	MF96127
PILGRIM, Reynold	Sulhamstead Abbots	Husbandman	1679	D/A1/209/38	MF96082
PILGRIM, Thomas	Burghfield	Husbandman	1698	D/A1/209/118	MF96083
PILGRIM, Thomas	Bradfield	Yeoman	1768	D/A1/110/1	MF535
PILGRIM, William	Tilehurst	Yeoman	1639	D/A1/106/080	MF576
PILGRIM, William	Tilehurst	Yeoman	1724	D/A1/210/3	MF96085
PILKINGTON, Anne	Hampstead Norreys		1634	D/A1/106/040	MF576
PINCHIN, Anthony	Watchfield, Shrivenham	Labourer	1573	D/A1/207/072	MF96077
PINCK, Henry	Hagbourne	Husbandman	1644	D/A1/208/108	MF96080
PINCK, Henry	Oakfield, Stratfield Mortimer	Blacksmith	1668	D/A1/208/173	MF96081
PINCK, Robert	University, Oxford, Oxfordshire	Doctor Of Divinity	1647	D/A1/16/662	MF10066
PINCKNEY, Thomas	Wallingford St Mary	Clerk, Minister	1670	D/A1/209/6	MF96083
PINELL, Edward	Reading St Laurence	Weaver	1704	D/A1/209/144	MF96083
PINELL, Jane	Bourton, Shrivenham		1706	D/A1/108/144	MF578
PINELL, Joan	Sunningwell		1684	D/A1/108/26	MF577
PINELL, John	Bourton, Shrivenham	Blacksmith	1748	D/A1/109/175	MF535
PINFALL, Richard	Wasing		1605	D/A1/207/145 D/A1/14/181	MF96078 MF10064
PINFALL, Richard	Newbury	Ware Burner	1624	D/A1/208/032	MF96079
PINFAULD, William	Longcot, Shrivenham	Cordwainer	1700	D/A1/209/126	MF96083
PINFOLD , William Snr	Chieveley	Yeoman	1780	D/A1/110/38	MF535
PINFOLD, Joseph	Wallingford	Millwright	1830	D/A1/160/19	MF582
PINFOLD, Mary	Chieveley		1784	D/A1/110/48	MF535
PINK, Agnes	Swallowfield		1569	D/A1/103/200 D/A1/9/168	MF575 MF10046
PINK, Elizabeth	Abingdon		1737	D/A1/109/125	MF578
PINK, John	Bucklebury	Labourer	1726	D/A1/210/10	MF96085
PINKE, Edward	Abingdon St Helen	Yeoman	1723	D/A1/109/34	MF578
PINKE, Ingram	Swallowfield		1567	D/A1/103/192 D/A1/9/096	MF573 MF10046
PINKE, Richard	Cuttes, Appleton		1621	D/A1/105/067	MF576
PINKE, William	Swallowfield		1559	D/A1/7/256	MF10040
PINNACK, Richard	Cumnor	Husbandman	1663	D/A1/208/151	MF96081
PINNELL, Alice	Stanford In The Vale		1640	D/A1/106/093	MF576
PINNELL, Elizabeth	Compton		1822	D/A1/159/100	MF582
PINNELL, John	Woolhampton	Victualler	1814	D/A1/159/72	MF582
PINNELL, John	Lambourn		1822	D/A1/159/101	MF582
PINNELL, John Snr	Stanford In The Vale	Husbandman	1607	D/A1/104/206 D/A1/14/309	MF575 MF10064
PINNELL, John Snr	Stanford In The Vale		1625	D/A1/105/098	MF576
PINNELL, Mary	Stanford In The Vale		1734	D/A1/109/107	MF578
PINNELL, Mary	Ashbury		1822	D/A1/159/102	MF582
PINNELL, Pernell	Stanford In The Vale		1608	D/A1/104/212/recto D/A1/14/480	MF575 MF10064
PINNELL, Richard	Lambourn		1550	D/A1/5/101	MF10043A
PINNELL, Richard	Stanford In The Vale	Husbandman	1600	D/A1/104/147 D/A1/13/574	MF575 MF10049

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